New tab opens a blank tab

[btlechowski]

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open a new tab

Actual result:
The tab is blank

Reproduces how often:
always

Brave Version

Brave: 0.23.102 
V8: 6.8.275.24 
rev: 43eb6673e6601527129f3f9f96aade08d15bc671 
Muon: 8.0.8 
OS Release: 6.1.7601 
Update Channel: Release 
OS Architecture: x64 
OS Platform: Microsoft Windows 
Node.js: 7.9.0 
Brave Sync: v1.4.2 
libchromiumcontent: 68.0.3440.84

Reproducible on current live release:

No

[LaurenWags]

Reproduces on macOS using 0.23.102

[kjozwiak]

Reproducible on Windows 10 x64 using 0.23.102 as well. This affects the following tabs:

• New Tab - Reproducible
• Session Tab - Reproducible
• New Private Tab - Not Reproducible (loads the home screen without issues)
• New Private Tor Tab - Not Reproducible (loads the home screen without issues)

[bsclifton]

Caused by #15047

[srirambv]

Verified on Windows 10 x64 using

• 0.23.103 ae8e277
• Muon 8.0.8
• libchromiumcontent 68.0.3440.84

Verified with macOS 10.12.6 using

• 0.23.103 ae8e277
• Muon 8.0.8
• libchromiumcontent 68.0.3440.84

Verified on Ubuntu 17.10 x64

• 0.23.103 ae8e277
• Muon 8.0.8
• libchromiumcontent 68.0.3440.84