Laura Loomer

Laura Elizabeth Loomer is a Jewish American alt-right activist and white supremacist who has been noted for her ties to former president Donald Trump's 2024 election campaign.Trump allies worry his ties to far-right activist Laura Loomer could cost him Georgia and North Carolina. NBC News. A self-described "journalist", Loomer's antics instead consisted primarily of harassing politicians and actual journalists while posting deranged statements on her social media accounts. Laura Loomer Goes Ballistic In Anti-Muslim Twitter Meltdown. Right Wing Watch. Loomer's role in the Trump campaign drew criticism from many of the former president's allies, who are wary of having him associated with someone who made headlines in September 2024 for her virulently racist statements about his opponent Kamala Harris' Indian heritage. 
Loomer previously worked for Project Veritas, InfoWars, and before having her press credentials revoked in 2018 for shouting Islamaphobic conspiracy theories at relatives of people who were killed at the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting while they were outside of a federal courthouse.Far-Right Activist Thrown Out Of Courthouse At Pulse Nightclub Trial. Huffington Post. Mar 29, 2018. Classy. Loomer then twice ran for a seat in the House of Representatives twice in central Florida, losing to an incumbent Democrat in 2020 and losing a primary in 2022.GOP Rep. Dan Webster narrowly beats far-right activist Laura Loomer in Florida. PBS News. Aug 23, 2022. 
She is probably best known for the vile statements she regularly makes on social media. She made waves in 2017 for describing herself as a "proud Islamaphobe" and denouncing Muslims as "savages fucking everything up." Laura Loomer Goes Ballistic In Anti-Muslim Twitter Meltdown. Right Wing Watch. November 1, 2017. She also called herself "pro-white nationalism" and expressed support for an "ethnostate" on a white supremacist podcast in 2017.In Unearthed Audio, Laura Loomer Calls Herself ‘Pro-White Nationalism’. Angry White Men. 7 March 2021. She has also made disgusting comments about Black Americans, such as calling Democratic Representative Sheila Jackson Lee a "ghetto bitch" while Lee was dying from cancer in 2024.Karen Gets Dragged For Degrading Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Her Deathbed. The Root. July 23, 2024. She said if Harris won in the 2024 election, "Ebonics will replace English as the language of our land"Laura Loomer Twitter post from 07/31/24, archived by Media Matters. and said that all Black Democratic women "talk in their little DEI Shaniqua voices."Trump ally Laura Loomer calls Kamala Harris, Fani Willis, and Letitia James “meritless DEI Shaniquas”. Media Matters. 09/05/24. She also spreads conspiracy theories that school shootings are staged by DemocratsDonald Trump Tries to Distance From ‘Toxic’ 9/11 Truther Laura Loomer. Daily Beast. 14 September 2024. and that 9/11 was an "inside job"Laura Loomer, who promoted a 9/11 conspiracy theory, joins Trump for ceremonies marking the attacks. Associated Press. September 11, 2024. Loomer is also, of course, a denier of the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election,The Election Deniers Running In Florida And New York. FiveThirtyEight. Aug. 22, 2022. and she even claimed that her own party committed election fraud against her after her primary defeat in 2022.Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Refuses to Concede, Sobs About Voter Fraud. Newsweek. Aug 24, 2022.
In short, Loomer is an absolutely despicable person. And that's why it should really fucking worry you that Donald Trump is absolutely enamored with her. He endorsed her campaign in 2020 and praised her as "terrific" and "very special" during an in-person meeting in 2023.Trump praises ‘terrific’ white supremacist conspiracy theorist . The Guardian. 14 Aug 2023. Her gag-worthy response was, "You're the best. I love you." He tried to directly hire her for his campaign ahead of the 2024 primaries, although it was never made official.Trump reportedly seeks 2024 campaign role for far-right activist Laura Loomer. The Guardian. 7 Apr 2023. He still remained close to her during 2024, even taking her to multiple 9/11 commemoration events despite her conspiracy-mongering about the tragedy. She appeared with him ahead of his presidential debate against Kamala Harris, likely being responsible for some of his more unhinged moments such as his claim that immigrants from Haiti were eating people's dogs.Trump ally Laura Loomer called herself ‘white advocate’, audio reveals. The Guardian. 14 Sep 2024. Because of her influence over the former president, Trump's own allies started to voice alarm at his close association with Loomer, fearing her to be a dangerous liability to his re-election campaign. 
Even infamous MAGA disciples like Marjorie Taylor Greene, of all fucking people, considers Loomer to be "a documented liar"Sara Dorn (April 7, 2023). "Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts Possible Trump Campaign Hire Loomer—Calls Her 'Unstable And A Documented Liar'". Forbes. and "mentally unstable". In September 2024, Greene called out a Twitter post Loomer made regarding Kamala Harris's Indian heritage as "extremely racist"."Marjorie Taylor Greene calls far-right activist Laura Loomer’s rhetoric ‘huge problem’ that ‘doesn’t represent MAGA’" by Clare Foran and Haley Talbot, CNN, 2024 September 12
==Early "activism"==
Loomer's first big stunt was a poorly-produced "sting" for Project Veritas in which she attempted to create a "humanitarian pro-ISIS" club at her school, Barry University.https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Barry-University-Student-Behind-ISIS-Video-Apparently-Suspended-298826941.html For this, she was suspended and faced criminal charges.https://www.local10.com/news/florida/barry-university-professor-files-criminal-complaint-against-student She also has secretly video-taped professors and smeared them as ISIS sympathizers, breaking Florida laws pertaining to filming without consent and also violating code of conduct, as well as creating a disruptive and hostile community for the students and staff. Loomer can cry to the judges about her free speech all she wants, but in the end, she's only hurting herself even more than she already has.
==Anti-Muslim bigotry==
Loomer is an anti-Muslim bigot. She consistently attacks Muslims as a group instead of criticizing Islam. For example, she consistently describes Muslims as savages:
She is willfully ignorant of the existence of different strains of Islamic belief:
As previously shown, she consistently blames all Muslims for Islamist terrorism:
She upholds a complete ban of Muslims in the West:
She refuses services from Muslims (in particular Muslim Uber and Lyft drivers):
She has even cheered on the deaths of migrants.
Indeed, she can't even handle Muslims walking around New York City:
TLDR: Loomer is so bigoted that even Lauren Southern called Loomer out:
All of this eventually lent to her Twitter account being suspended due to her eventually smearing Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar as "anti-Jewish" and her typical bigoted tweets.Givetash, Linda (Nov. 22, 2018) Laura Loomer banned from Twitter after criticizing Ilhan Omar. NBC News. Retrieved November 23, 2018. You can guess what her and her fanbase reaction was like.
==Jewish ethnicity as moral license==
Loomer frequently uses her Jewish ethnic background to deflect criticism or attack others:
Funny, because Loomer believes that George Soros (a Jew) was a Nazi collaborator.https://blather.io/fallacies/laura-loomer-doesnt-know-if-being-jewish-makes-it-impossible-to-be-a-nazi-sympathizer-91
==Conspiracy theories==
Loomer runs with the Alex Jones and Mike Cernovich crowds. For example, she is proud to say that "CNN is ISIS". Loomer also engaged in holocaust denial by victim blaming George Soros as a Nazi collaborator. In 2024, she promoted the conspiracy theory that Kamala Harris was a prostitute who got rich by giving oral sex to rich black men.Kamala Harris’ ex Montel Williams shuts down MAGA conspiracy, Times of India 23 July 2024
Loomer has promoted 9/11 conspiracy theories, and was disgracefully invited by Donald Trump to a 2024 memorial of the terrorist attack. Loomer has been campaigning with Trump in his 2024 presidential election bid.Laura Loomer, who promoted a 9/11 conspiracy theory, joins Trump for ceremonies marking the attacks (September 11, 2024) The Associated Press.
==Twitter drama about teh sensy ship==
Twitter removed Loomer's "verified" blue checkmark. In response, Loomer wrote:
We at RationalWiki heartily agree: Twitter's verification policies are exactly like the Holocaust.
==Banned from Twitter and Facebook==
By 2018, Twitter grew sick of Loomer's antics and decided to ban her.https://www.newsweek.com/i-am-sure-trump-going-get-wind-twitter-bans-laura-loomer-far-right-activist-1227218 Loomer then responded by handcuffing herself to the door of a Twitter office in NYC while wearing a yellow Jewish star and threatening to pee her pants.https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068244727298953216https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068244924158656525https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068245205013458947https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068245800822743040https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068247052734349314https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068247519656902657https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068251234933587973https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068253386850611200https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068256811059503104https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068258265224617984https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068259537994596352https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068263351933906945https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/1068266681611505664https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/1068267171653005312https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1068273361330020352 Unsurprisingly, her account was not reactivated until 2022 when Elon Musk took over.Twitter reinstates Laura Loomer, Roger Stone and Project Veritas banned accounts, Beth Stibal, 850 WFTL 8 December 2022
In 2019, Facebook banned Loomer and several other individuals (Alex Jones, Paul Joseph Watson, Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos and Louis Farrakhan) as "dangerous individuals and organizations".Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan And Other 'Dangerous' Individuals by Matthew S. Schwartz (May 3, 20198:12 AM ET) NPR.Community Standards: 2. Dangerous Individuals and Organizations Facebook.
==Running for office==
On August 2, 2019, Loomer decided that she was going to run for the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 21st congressional district, running as a Republican (surprise, surprise).https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-muslim-activist-laura-loomer-to-run-for-congress?source=articles&via=rss She faced five other Republicans in the 2020 primary, including a QAnon crank (Reba Sherrill).An exotic dancer, a nuclear engineer, a QAnon enthusiast and Laura Loomer: The GOP race to represent Trump’s Palm Beach district by Lori Rozsa (August 17, 2020 at 3:48 a.m. PDT) The Washington Post. Proving that even Florida is capable of making the occasional rational decision... wait, no, apparently she won.CNN, Self described 'proud Islamophobe' just won a GOP nomination
Loomer faced incumbent Democratic Party Representative Lois Frankel in November 2020. Unsurprisingly, since the district represents the Democratic stronghold of Palm Beach County, Frankel wound up winning easily in the 2020 House of Representatives Elections, ending Loomer's bid.WPTV, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel defeats Laura Loomer for Florida's 21st Congressional District
===Fool me twice...===
Loomer announced a second try at running for Congress, this time in Florida’s 11th district. Thankfully, she failed once again…Florida 11th Congressional District Primary Election Results, The New York Times only to declare "voter fraud" when she lost.Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Refuses to Concede, Sobs About Voter Fraud, Aila Slisco, Newsweek 24 August 2022 Why is it only the elections with results that Trumpists don't like that are always accused of having voter fraud?
==Post-candidate developments==
On September 2021, after pushing anti-vaccination rhetoric and COVID-19 denialism, claiming "food poisoning was worse than COVID", she tested positive for COVID-19.Orlando Sentinel, Laura Loomer, anti-vax conspiracy theorist and GOP congressional candidate, says she has COVID
Loomer downplayed COVID-19, writing in December 2020, "I hope I get COVID just so I can prove to people I've had bouts of food poisoning that are more serious and life-threatening than a hyped-up virus". In September 2021, she said she had become ill with the disease and was battling it with a variety of preparations, including some shown to be ineffective. Loomer announced via Telegram that she was in great pain and requested that people pray for her.https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article254320688.html
==Embracing the alt-right==
In 2022, Loomer made an appearance at the annual conference of the white nationalist magazine American Renaissance. There, Loomer declared herself to be a "white advocate" and proclaimed that even the Trumpism-aligned Republican party was "no longer rightwing enough for me". Guardian later reported that prior to the conference, Loomer appeared on Jared Taylor's podcast, where she thanked Taylor for his "white advocacy and being a white advocate". Loomer also asserted to Taylor that Democrats were trying to persecute white people and "Christians, the most persecuted people in the world"."Trump ally Laura Loomer called herself ‘white advocate’, audio reveals" by Jason Wilson, Guardian, 2024 September 14"White Nationalist Conference Lists Former Congressman and Current GOP Congressional Candidate as Speakers" by Hannah Gais, SPLC, 2022 July 6
==Becoming Trump's misinformation muse==
During the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Loomer and Trump were frequently seen hanging around together."Trump’s time with Loomer, a far-right activist, upsets his GOP allies" by Patrick Svitek, Washington Post, 2024 September 13 This worried some Republicans in Congress (ranging from Lindsey Graham to even Marjorie Taylor Greene) as well as some senior officials, as Loomer was seen as too "toxic", "mean-spirited", and incredibly "racist" even for Trumpism. Loomer was widely seen as the person who promoted the baseless claim that Haitian immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio to Trump — a claim that Trump repeated (and was widely derided for) during his September debate with Kamala Harris."Far-right activist Laura Loomer's access to Trump reveals a crisis in his campaign" by Jonathan Allen, Julie Tsirkin, and Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News, 2024 September 13 Loomer also has long peddled in 9/11 conspiracy theories; therefore, many were also shocked that Trump invited Loomer to join him at the 2024 9/11 memorial service."Trump defends far-right activist Laura Loomer: 'She's a free spirit' and 'a supporter'" by Alexandra Marquez and Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News, 2024 September 13
===Possible affair with Trump===
Many people have suspected Loomer sleeping with Trump because of their uncomfortably close relationship, and although this has not been confirmed, it wouldn’t be surprising given Trump’s nature as a cheater and Laura Loomer being close to Trump (even giving him shitty debate advice). The rumor, originating from a joke made by comedian Bill Maher, made waves on social media with Loomer herself deciding to sue Maher for “defamation”.Laura Loomer joke by Maher draws chuckles from his audience but Loomer takes it seriously 
==Notes==
==See also==
*Pamela Geller: Another Jewish commentator with similar views on Muslims and similar use of Jewish identity as a shield from criticism of her fascist/nazi politics.
*Faith Goldy - Another female fascist known for drama and affairs within the white supremacist community.
==External links==
*A guide to Laura Loomer, Trump ally and “pro-white nationalism” bigot by Media Matters for America
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