Her parents, Gaetano "Thomas" Trotta, a successful pharmacist, and Lillian Theresa Mazzacane, were both Catholics who had emigrated from Italy.

[4][5][6] While speaking about Hillary Clinton's reference[7][8] to Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, Trotta said: ... and now we have what some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama.

[11][12] In October 2011, Liz Trotta mocked the participants in Occupy Wall Street for being "people who like good weather" who spout "the ravings of what sounds like the Unabomber.

"[13] In February 2012, she made remarks on Fox News suggesting that women in the military should not be surprised by the increase in sexual assaults by members of the army.

She went on to say that women "have demanded too much money to fund [military] programs for sexual abuse victims.”[14] Trotta responded to criticism of her comments the following week.