Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 | 12:48 p.m.
Conservative pundit and former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in Las Vegas on Thursday to promote a new television show and serve food at a local Salvation Army.
The former Alaska governor and reality TV star is partnering with the Sportsman Channel for the Hunt.Fish.Feed program — the channel’s outreach effort to help curb hunger in America.
With the help of police officers and military veterans, Palin will be dishing up wild boar chili from 4 to 6 pm. at the Salvation Army at 35 West Owens Ave. The channel says its program has served meals to 25,000 people in 40 cities.
The channel dubs Palin, who has entrenched herself in punditry and popular culture after her failed vice presidential bid, as the “First Lady of the Outdoors.” She is well known for her love of shooting and other outdoor activities. She has her own show on the Sportsman Channel: Amazing America with Sarah Palin.
Palin’s appearance as reality TV personality is a pivot from her previous trips to Nevada.
She traveled to Northern Nevada in 2008 during her vice presidential run. She also made trips to Nevada to support failed Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle in her bid to oust U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.
Palin’s TV appearances are a sign of her diminishing role in the policy side of politics but the continued interest in her personality.
Palin, a former beauty pageant contestant, was once the new face of the Republican Party. But her brand of far-right, Tea Party-driven conservatism has fallen out of favor with mainstream voters.
She is also a contributor to Fox news. She has her own online subscription service, the Sarah Palin Channel. She had a short-lived program on TLC, Sarah Palin’s Alaska, that aired for one season.
Her show on the Sportsman Channel is airing its second season this year. In Las Vegas, the Sportsman Channel is 1383 (HD) on Cox Communications, 395 (HD) on DISH Network and 605 (SD) on DIRECTV.
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