Mollie Hemingway Biography
Mollie Hemingway is an American anchor, contributor and author working for FOX NEWS as a contributor and Editor-in-Chief at The Federalist. She joined the FOX news team in 2017, after previously working for Ricochet.
Mollie Hemingway Career
Hemingway earned a degree in economics from the University of Colorado Denver and later joined Gannett Publishing in 2002, working at the Federal Times. She has contributed columns to various publications, including the Wall Street Journal, National Review, The New York Times Magazine, and Ricochet. Additionally, she was a founding member of The Federalist and became a Fox News contributor in 2017. Her columns have been featured in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, CNN, and RealClearPolitics.
During the early stages of the 2016 presidential campaign, she criticized then-candidate Donald Trump as “a demagogue with no real solutions for anything at all.” However, her stance shifted, and she has since been characterized as pro-Trump. Politico described her as “a reliably pro-Trump commentator,” and Salon referred to her as The Federalist’s “most reliable Trump defender.” In 2020, The New York Times noted that her columns, critical of Democrats and the media, earned presidential retweets and affirmation. Furthermore, she defended Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey in May 2017 and questioned Comey’s character after his testimony to Congress.
In February 2018, she argued that the civil liberties of Carter Page, a former Trump campaign advisor under intelligence surveillance, were violated. The Mueller Report in April 2019 found no direct evidence of Page coordinating with the Russian government. In May 2018, Trump tweeted a quote attributed to Hemingway, supporting a conspiracy theory about the Obama administration placing a spy in his 2016 campaign. Her statements were countered by Vox, which explained that the FBI’s actions were likely part of a legitimate counterintelligence operation. She criticized Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as “a very Stalinist-type approach to criminal justice” in November 2018.
In November 2019, she named the alleged whistleblower in the Trump-Ukraine scandal, seemingly breaking the network’s policy. Later in June 2020, she accused the media of fabricating reports about law enforcement’s use of tear gas and excessive force against peaceful protestors to clear a path for Trump’s photo op in front of St. John’s Church. Subsequently, law enforcement acknowledged shooting pepper-based irritants into the crowd. The Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank criticized conservative panelists, including Hemingway, for their conclusion in a discussion that marriage is beneficial for women.
In 2016, New York Times writer Ana Marie Cox portrayed Hemingway as “no fan of Donald Trump,” despite her affiliation with the conservative publication The Federalist. Cox noted her openness on issues of marriage and sexuality, characterizing her as sounding “a little bit like a feminist in talking about sex.” Charlotte Hays of the Independent Women’s Forum described Hemingway as “a lightning rod in the debates about feminism and religious liberty” and acknowledged her significance in conservative-leaning intellectual circles in the nation’s capital. Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine expressed his view that her work has become increasingly reactionary during the Trump era.
He suggested that she, along with other conservatives, has adopted an “increasingly right-wing character” mixed with a conviction that Democratic elections are inherently fraudulent, leading to a belief that extra-legal processes can be justified as countermeasures. In addition, she has authored three books: “Trump vs. the Media” (Encounter Broadsides Book 51) which was published in 2017. “Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court” – Co-authored with Carrie Severino and published in 2019. Additionally, she also wrote “Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections” – Published in 2021.
In addition to her books, she has contributed to four other publications, namely “Dual Citizens: Politics and American Evangelicalism,” “The Seven Deadly Virtues: 18 Conservative Writers on Why the Virtuous Life is Funny as Hell,” “The Christmas Virtues: A Treasury of Conservative Tales for the Holidays,” and “Conservative Christmas Quotables.” She also authored the pamphlet titled “Imprimis – September 2017 – Russian Collusion?” Furthermore, in the film “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer,” the character Mollie Mullaney, the reporter, is based on a combination of Mollie Hemingway and J. D. Mullane, a columnist from Calkins Media.
This amalgamation likely draws inspiration from both Hemingway and Mullane’s roles and coverage during the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a physician convicted of multiple murders related to his abortion clinic in Philadelphia.
Mollie Hemingway Salary
Hemingway earns an annual salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Mollie Hemingway Net Worth
Hemingway has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which she has earned through her career as an author.
Mollie Hemingway Age
Hemingway was born on August 3, 1974, in Denver, Colorado, United States. She is 50 years old as of 2024, and she celebrates her birthday on the 3rd of August every year.
Mollie Hemingway Height and Weight
Hemingway stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall, and she weighs 125 lbs (75kgs).
Mollie Hemingway Family
Hemingway is the daughter of Larry Ziegler a retired pastor of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod and Carolyn Ziegler a retired schoolteacher.
Mollie Hemingway Husband and Children
Hemingway is married to Mark Hemingway who is a journalist and a senior writer for The Weekly Standard. They met in at a professional site and tied the knot on September 15, 2006, at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Together they have been blessed with two daughters. She resides in New York City together with her family.
Is Mollie Hemingway Related to Ernest Hemingway?
Mollie Hemingway, originally Mollie Ziegler, adopted the last name Hemingway upon marrying Mark Hemingway. Despite the shared last name, there is no familial relationship between Mollie Hemingway and the renowned writer Ernest Hemingway. Many mistakenly assume a connection due to the name similarity, but the two individuals are not related. It’s essential to note that Mollie Hemingway and Ernest Hemingway have distinct family backgrounds, with Mollie originating from Colorado and Ernest from Oak Park, Illinois. Despite this lack of familial ties, both Mollie and Ernest Hemingway share a passion for writing and journalism, making significant contributions to their respective fields.
Mollie Hemingway FOX News
While working for FOX News Hemingway co-works alongside:
- Marie Harf
- Steve Harrigan
- Aishah Hasnie
- Pete Hegseth
- Jacqui Heinrich
Social Media Platform
Hemingway is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 1.2M followers on Twitter 204+ followers on Instagram, and 27k followers on Facebook.
