Tara Setmayer is a CNN Political Commentator, ABC News Political Contributor, and former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill. She is currently the host of the "Honestly Speaking with Tara" podcast. Tara's also written for Cosmopolitan, The Daily Beast, and CNN.com and has guest-hosted on SiriusXM's Patriot and POTUS channels.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Weeknight (2025)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2025-07-22: Episode 54 (Jul 22, 2025)
- Episode 2025-06-18: Episode 31 (Jun 18, 2025)
The Weekend (2024)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2025-08-24: Episode 68 (Aug 24, 2025)
- Episode 2025-07-19: Episode 57 (Jul 19, 2025)
- Episode 2025-04-13: Episode 30 (Apr 13, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-22: Episode 23 (Mar 22, 2025)
- Episode 2025-03-02: Episode 18 (Mar 2, 2025)
- Episode 2024-10-20: Episode 81 (Oct 20, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-24: Episode 64 (Aug 24, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-27: Episode 56 (Jul 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-05-25: Episode 39 (May 25, 2024)
The Katie Phang Show (2022)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2025-04-26: Episode 16 (Apr 26, 2025)
- Episode 2025-01-25: Episode 4 (Jan 25, 2025)
- Episode 2024-10-26: Episode 44 (Oct 26, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-03: Episode 6 (Feb 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-13: Episode 3 (Jan 13, 2024)
The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle (2022)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-06-20: Episode 115 (Jun 20, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-08: Episode 65 (Apr 8, 2024)
The ReidOut (2020)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(17 episodes)
- Episode 2025-01-17: Episode 12 (Jan 17, 2025)
- Episode 2024-12-17: Episode 221 (Dec 17, 2024)
- Episode 2024-12-04: Episode 212 (Dec 4, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-25: Episode 206 (Nov 25, 2024)
- Episode 2024-11-20: Episode 203 (Nov 20, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-28: Episode 188 (Oct 28, 2024)
- Episode 2024-10-08: Episode 174 (Oct 8, 2024)
- Episode 2024-09-05: Episode 154 (Sep 5, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-26: Episode 131 (Jul 26, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-03: Episode 120 (Jul 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-26: Episode 37 (Feb 26, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-20: Episode 33 (Feb 20, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-16: Episode 10 (Jan 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-01-08: Episode 5 (Jan 8, 2024)
- Episode 2023-12-20: Episode 243 (Dec 20, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-29: Episode 228 (Nov 29, 2023)
- Episode 2023-11-06: Episode 213 (Nov 6, 2023)
The Beat with Ari Melber (2017)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2025-10-23: Episode 207 (Oct 23, 2025)
- Episode 2025-09-23: Episode 185 (Sep 23, 2025)
- Episode 2025-08-08: Episode 154 (Aug 8, 2025)
- Episode 2025-07-25: Episode 144 (Jul 25, 2025)
- Episode 2025-01-23: Episode 16 (Jan 23, 2025)
- Episode 2024-08-16: Episode 151 (Aug 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-08: Episode 126 (Jul 8, 2024)
Deadline: White House (2017)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2024-10-25: Episode 209 (Oct 25, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-15: Episode 159 (Aug 15, 2024)
- Episode 2024-07-23: Episode 142 (Jul 23, 2024)
- Episode 2024-06-18: Episode 118 (Jun 18, 2024)
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
- Episode 2015-02-23: He's Just Not That Into U.S.? (Feb 23, 2015)
CNN Tonight (2014)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2020-10-06: Episode 171 (Oct 6, 2020)
- Episode 2020-09-08: Episode 152 (Sep 8, 2020)
- Episode 2020-07-22: Episode 127 (Jul 22, 2020)
All In with Chris Hayes (2013)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2025-07-30: Episode 116 (Jul 30, 2025)
- Episode 2025-02-07: Episode 21 (Feb 7, 2025)
- Episode 2024-09-19: Episode 128 (Sep 19, 2024)
- Episode 2024-08-27: Episode 115 (Aug 27, 2024)
- Episode 2024-06-13: Episode 83 (Jun 13, 2024)
- Episode 2024-05-03: Episode 63 (May 3, 2024)
- Episode 2024-02-22: Episode 27 (Feb 22, 2024)
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Guest starring as Tara Setmayer
- Episode 15x13: Elizabeth Warren; Nick Hanauer, Rob Reiner and Tara Setmayer; Ernest Moniz (Apr 28, 2017)