Who is \u201cTan Mom\u201d and why might she be the next US senator? Instagram: realtanmom\u201cTan Mom\u201d was accused of bringing her 5-year-old daughter to a tanning salon in 2012. Now she\u2019s a \u201ctotally different person\u201d and looking to run for office. Four years before TikTok launched and two years after Instagram, \u201cTan Mom\u201d was a viral sensation. Patricia Krentcil was arrested in 2012 for child endangerment after taking her then-5-year-old daughter to a tanning salon, though all charges were later acquitted. However, her bronzed skin ensured her spot in the internet\u2019s hall of fame, and more than ten years later, Krentcil is still sporting her dark summer glow. Only now she is pursuing a new venture. In a bid to ensure that \u201call voices are heard\u201d, Krentcil is running for a seat in the Senate in the 2024 Florida election. Having seen and experienced the struggles faced by many currently living in Florida, Krentil is looking to make a difference. She is pro-LGBTQ+, fighting for affordable healthcare and housing, and supports a \u201cTax Cut for moms\u201d. Describing herself as a \u201cchampion for those who are underserved, and underheard\u201d on her campaign website, Krentril hopes to \u201cshow people that they have the choice of compassion, to vote the way they want to vote, to be their own person, not be afraid, not be judged when they go out in public.\u201d \u201cEveryone is so quick to judge these days,\u201d Krentcil told Fox News. \u201cI know what it\u2019s like to be targeted. That\u2019s something I\u2019ve endured my entire life.\u201d One mission especially close to Krentcil\u2019s heart is to improve America\u2019s healthcare system after she lost her husband of 25 years to cancer during the pandemic. Krentcil said, \u201cI would pass a law for everybody to be able to have insurance, Medicare, Medicaid,\u201d and wants to expand the child tax credit to ensure parents don\u2019t get overwhelmed by medical bills. And don\u2019t worry, she now also \u201cadvocates for using a high SPF\u201d. Check out all the latest entertainment news on our page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Who is \u201cTan Mom\u201d and why might she be the next US senator? Instagram: realtanmom\u201cTan Mom\u201d was accused of bringing her 5-year-old daughter to a tanning salon in 2012. Now she\u2019s a \u201ctotally different person\u201d and looking to run for office. Four years before TikTok launched and two years after Instagram, \u201cTan Mom\u201d was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}