Laura Loomer

[[File:Laura Loomer by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Laura Loomer at a pro-Trump event in [[Iowa]], 2024.]]
{{cquote|I literally never [[sleep]].|||Our best explanation for her behavior.<ref>"I have too much adrenaline to go to sleep. I literally never sleep." Laura Loomer on Twitter (6:20 AM on November 1, 2017). [http://archive.today/2025.08.19-035106/https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/925608431607787520 Archived.]</ref>}}
{{cquote|This is just not guilt by association, okay? She's flying on [Donald Trump's] plane. He's using their rhetoric. He is choosing to empower people like Laura Loomer. Those are the sorts of people who will enjoy greater power in a second term, I promise you, and of all the reasons to prevent him from winning another term, that might be the most important.|||MSNBC host Chris Hayes, 12 September 2024.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/chris-hayes/msnbcs-chris-hayes-donald-trump-choosing-empower-people-laura-loomer MSNBC's Chris Hayes: Donald Trump is “choosing to empower people like Laura Loomer”]. ''Media Matters.'' 09/12/24.</ref>}}
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'''Laura Elizabeth Loomer''' {{lived|1993}} is a [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[United States|American]] [[alt-right]] activist and white supremacist who has been noted for her ties to former president [[Donald Trump]]'s [[2024 U.S. presidential election|2024 election campaign]].<ref name="nbccrit">[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-allies-worry-laura-loomer-georgia-north-carolina-rcna171137 Trump allies worry his ties to far-right activist Laura Loomer could cost him Georgia and North Carolina]. ''NBC News.''</ref> A self-described "journalist", Loomer's antics instead consisted primarily of harassing politicians and actual journalists while posting deranged and inflammatory statements on her social media accounts.<ref name="loomsav">[https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/laura-loomer-goes-ballistic-in-anti-muslim-twitter-meltdown/  Laura Loomer Goes Ballistic In Anti-Muslim Twitter Meltdown]. ''Right Wing Watch.''</ref> 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]]' [[India|Indian]] heritage.<ref name="nbccrit"/> 

Loomer previously worked for right-wing propaganda outlets such as [[Project Veritas]], [[InfoWars]], and {{wpl|Rebel Media|}} before having her press credentials revoked in 2018 for shouting [[Islamaphobia|Islamaphobic]] [[conspiracy theories]] at relatives of people who were killed at the [[2016 Orlando nightclub shooting|2016 Pulse nightclub shooting]] while they were outside of a federal courthouse.<ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/far-right-activist-thrown-out-of-courthouse-at-pulse-nightclub-trial_n_5abd1882e4b06409775e48cb Far-Right Activist Thrown Out Of Courthouse At Pulse Nightclub Trial]. ''Huffington Post.'' Mar 29, 2018.</ref> Classy.

With her career as a reporter gone down the drain, 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 midterm elections|2022]].<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/gop-rep-dan-webster-narrowly-beats-far-right-activist-laura-loomer-in-florida GOP Rep. Dan Webster narrowly beats far-right activist Laura Loomer in Florida]. ''PBS News.'' Aug 23, 2022.</ref> 

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."<ref>[https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/laura-loomer-goes-ballistic-in-anti-muslim-twitter-meltdown/  Laura Loomer Goes Ballistic In Anti-Muslim Twitter Meltdown]. ''Right Wing Watch.'' November 1, 2017.</ref> She also called herself "pro-[[white nationalism]]" and expressed support for an "ethnostate" on a [[white supremacist]] podcast in 2017.<ref>[https://angrywhitemen.org/2021/03/07/in-unearthed-audio-laura-loomer-calls-herself-pro-white-nationalism/ In Unearthed Audio, Laura Loomer Calls Herself ‘Pro-White Nationalism’]. ''Angry White Men.'' 7 March 2021.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.theroot.com/karen-gets-dragged-for-degrading-rep-sheila-jackson-le-1851602974 Karen Gets Dragged For Degrading Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee on Her Deathbed]. ''The Root.'' July 23, 2024.</ref> She said if Harris won in the 2024 election, "Ebonics will replace English as the language of our land"<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/media/4023771 Laura Loomer Twitter post from 07/31/24, archived by ''Media Matters.]''</ref> and said that all Black Democratic women "talk in their little DEI Shaniqua voices."<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-loomer/trump-ally-laura-loomer-calls-kamala-harris-fani-willis-and-letitia-james-meritless Trump ally Laura Loomer calls Kamala Harris, Fani Willis, and Letitia James “meritless DEI Shaniquas”]. ''Media Matters.''  09/05/24.</ref> She also spreads conspiracy theories that [[school shooting]]s are staged by Democrats<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-criticizes-free-spirit-laura-loomers-rhetoric-in-truth-social-post Donald Trump Tries to Distance From ‘Toxic’ 9/11 Truther Laura Loomer]. ''Daily Beast.'' 14 September 2024.</ref> and that [[9/11]] was an "inside job"<ref name="loomerninel">[https://apnews.com/article/laura-loomer-trump-911-conspiracy-theories-18198b8ea2ce567467acfd6bf7f19f1e Laura Loomer, who promoted a 9/11 conspiracy theory, joins Trump for ceremonies marking the attacks]. ''Associated Press.'' September 11, 2024.</ref> Loomer is also, of course, a denier of the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election,<ref>[https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/the-election-deniers-running-in-florida-and-new-york/ The Election Deniers Running In Florida And New York]. ''FiveThirtyEight.'' Aug. 22, 2022.</ref> and she even claimed that her own party committed election fraud against her after her primary defeat in 2022.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/far-right-activist-laura-loomer-refuses-concede-sobs-about-voter-fraud-1736325 Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Refuses to Concede, Sobs About Voter Fraud]. ''Newsweek.'' Aug 24, 2022.</ref>

In short, Loomer is an absolutely despicable and callous person who should not be given any kind of institutional power or influence. And that's why it should really fucking worry you that Donald Trump is somehow 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.<ref name="trumplove">[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/laura-loomer-trump-praise-white-supremacist Trump praises ‘terrific’ white supremacist conspiracy theorist ]. ''The Guardian.'' 14 Aug 2023.</ref> Her gag-worthy response was, "You're the best. I love you."<ref name="trumplove"/> He tried to directly hire her for his campaign ahead of the 2024 primaries, although it was never made official.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/07/laura-loomer-trump-2024-campaign Trump reportedly seeks 2024 campaign role for far-right activist Laura Loomer]. ''The Guardian.'' 7 Apr 2023.</ref> He still remained close to her during 2024, even taking her to multiple 9/11 commemoration events despite her conspiracy-mongering about the tragedy.<ref name="loomerninel"/> 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.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/trump-ally-laura-loomer-audio Trump ally Laura Loomer called herself ‘white advocate’, audio reveals]. ''The Guardian.'' 14 Sep 2024.</ref> 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.<ref name="nbccrit"/> 

Even infamous MAGA disciples like [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]], of [[Stopped clock|all fucking people]], considers Loomer to be "a documented liar"<ref>Sara Dorn (April 7, 2023). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/04/07/marjorie-taylor-greene-blasts-possible-trump-campaign-hire-loomer-calls-her-unstable-and-a-documented-liar/ "Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts Possible Trump Campaign Hire Loomer—Calls Her 'Unstable And A Documented Liar'"]. ''Forbes''.</ref> and "mentally unstable". In September 2024, Greene called out a [[Twitter]] post Loomer made regarding [[Kamala Harris]]'s [[Indian]] heritage as "extremely racist".<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-laura-loomer-rhetoric-maga/index.html "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</ref>

==Miscellaneous stunts==
===Fake "pro-ISIS" group and arrest===
Loomer's first big stunt, in 2015, was a poorly-produced "sting" for [[Project Veritas]] in which she attempted to create a "humanitarian pro-[[ISIS]]" club at her school, Barry University.<ref>https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Barry-University-Student-Behind-ISIS-Video-Apparently-Suspended-298826941.html</ref> (The name of the group was apparently "Sympathetic Students In Support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria".<ref>Ari Feldman (July 13, 2017). [https://forward.com/news/376973/watch-in-laura-loomers-first-stunt-she-made-an-isis-club/ "WATCH: In Laura Loomer’s First Stunt, She Made An ISIS Club"]. ''The Forward''.</ref>) For this, she was suspended and faced criminal charges.<ref>https://www.local10.com/news/florida/barry-university-professor-files-criminal-complaint-against-student</ref> 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.

===Screaming at a play about Julius Caesar===
In June 2017, Loomer went to the play ''Julius Caesar'', which was being shown at a park in New York City. She interrupted the play, screaming that it was "inciting terrorists" against right-wing politicians and the people behind the play were "all Nazis like Joseph Goebbels". She was then "charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct".<ref>Aric Jenkins (June 17, 2017). [https://time.com/4822840/shakespeare-in-the-park-donald-trump-protests/ "Pro-Trump Protesters Interrupt 'Shakespeare in the Park' Performance of 'Julius Caesar'"]. ''TIME''.</ref>

==="Slashed tire"===
In August 2017, Loomer posted a photo of her tire that looked one hundred years old, claiming someone knifed it. More technically, ''Jalopnik'' said it was "textured like gila monster skin, dry, brittle, and coming off in chunks. What this damage looks most like is a blowout related to the severely rotted and abraded sidewalls."<ref>Jason Torchinsky (August 4, 2017). [https://www.jalopnik.com/theres-a-huge-ridiculous-twitter-fight-happening-right-1797538421/ "There's A Huge Ridiculous Twitter Fight Happening Right Now About A Shitty Tire"]. '"Jalopnik''.</ref>

===Screaming at James Comey's book event===
Former FBI director James Comey (who had been fired by Trump) hosted an event to promote his book, ''{{w|A Higher Loyalty||'',}} in April 2018. Loomer showed up to scream at him that he would be prosecuted, and was escorted away by security.<ref>Caleb Ecarma (April 19th, 2018). [https://www.mediaite.com/online/far-right-conspiracy-theorist-heckles-comey-at-book-event-youre-gonna-get-locked-up/ "Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist Heckles Comey at Book Event: 'You're Gonna Get Locked Up!'"]. ''Mediaite''.</ref>

===Screaming at a congressional hearing===
At a September 2018 hearing in U.S. Congress, she showed up in the audience and started yelling about Twitter. A congressman who was formerly an auctioneer drowned her out using his {{w|auction chant||.}}<ref>(September 5, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afF2BzeWg8Y "A fast-talking auctioneer-turned-Congressman drowned out this far-right protester"]. ''PBS NewsHour'', via YouTube.</ref>

===Handcuffing herself to Twitter's headquarters===
By 2018, [[Twitter]] grew sick of Loomer's antics and decided to ban her.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/i-am-sure-trump-going-get-wind-twitter-bans-laura-loomer-far-right-activist-1227218</ref> 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.<ref>Paige Leskin (November 29, 2018). [https://www.businessinsider.com/lara-loomer-chained-herself-twitter-hq-after-banned-2018-11 "Laura Loomer, a far-right activist who tweeted anti-Muslim remarks about Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, handcuffed herself to Twitter's headquarters after the company kicked her off the platform"]. ''Business Insider''.</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068244727298953216</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068244924158656525</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068245205013458947</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068245800822743040</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068247052734349314</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068247519656902657</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068251234933587973</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068253386850611200</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068256811059503104</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068258265224617984</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068259537994596352</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1068263351933906945</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/1068266681611505664</ref><ref>https://twitter.chttps://theweek.com/speedreads/817669/rightwing-provocateur-goes-nancy-pelosis-house-shows-how-easy-climb-over-barrierom/JoePerticone/status/1068267171653005312</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1068273361330020352</ref> Unsurprisingly, her account was not reactivated until 2022 when [[Elon Musk]] took over.<ref>[https://www.850wftl.com/twitter-reinstates-laura-loomer-roger-stone-and-project-veritas-banned-accounts/ Twitter reinstates Laura Loomer, Roger Stone and Project Veritas banned accounts], Beth Stibal, ''850 WFTL'' 8 December 2022</ref>

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".<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2019/05/03/719897599/facebook-bans-alex-jones-louis-farrakhan-and-other-dangerous-individuals Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan And Other 'Dangerous' Individuals] by Matthew S. Schwartz (May 3, 20198:12 AM ET) ''NPR''.</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/dangerous_individuals_organizations Community Standards: 2. Dangerous Individuals and Organizations] ''Facebook''.</ref>

===Hopping Nancy Pelosi's border wall===
It was reported in 2019 that Loomer hopped the fence to the home of [[Nancy Pelosi]], who had then recently been made the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. ''The Week'' reported she was given a warning for trespassing, and she told the cops she brought undocumented immigrants with her.<ref>Catherine Garcia (January 15, 2019). [https://theweek.com/speedreads/817669/rightwing-provocateur-goes-nancy-pelosis-house-shows-how-easy-climb-over-barrier "Right-wing provocateur goes to Nancy Pelosi's house and shows how easy it is to climb over a barrier"]. ''The Week''.</ref>

==Anti-Muslim bigotry==
{{cquote|[[Phobia]]&#61;irrational fear. It's 100% [[rational]] to fear that (ISLAM) which wants to kill you ([[Infidel]]s). [[Denialism|There is NO SUCH THING as]] [[Islamophobia]]!|||Loomer in a nutshell<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925776896478072832|Twitter}}</ref>}}
Loomer is an anti-Muslim [[bigot]]. She consistently [[Ad hominem|attacks Muslims as a group]] instead of criticizing Islam. For example, she consistently describes Muslims as savages:

{{quotebox|Leave it to Muslims to ruin everything. People can't even enjoy #[[Halloween]] without those savages f**king everything up for everyone.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925465043889737728|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|How many more people need to die before everyone agrees that Islam is cancer & we should never let another Muslim into the civilized world?<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925467834343395336|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|Despite what @andersoncooper and @[[CNN]] tell you, [[Americans]] are sick and tired of Islamic savages killing ppl!<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925752537873084417|Twitter}}</ref>}}

She is [[Willful ignorance|willfully ignorant]] of the existence of different strains of Islamic belief:

{{quotebox|There's no such thing as a moderate Muslim. [[Overgeneralization|They're ALL the same]]. It's time for us to [[WAKE UP|accept this reality]]. I refuse to watch more ppl die.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925475297847336963|Twitter}}</ref> The [[Quran]] explicitly tells followers of Islam to kill all infidels. Why are people trying to pretend like this can be interpreted? #BanIslam<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925475846458085376|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|How can you honestly say there are non [[sharia]] compliant Muslims when to be a Muslim, you must follow the Quran which says kill all infidels?<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925476486659928065|Twitter}}</ref>}}

As previously shown, she consistently blames ''all'' Muslims for Islamist [[terrorism]]:

{{quotebox|Going to order ton of "Muslims please stop killing us" t-shirts from [[Milo]] & give them out to every [[NYC]] @[[Uber]] driver.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925611415188230145|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|I would be happy to adjust my position in the future if most Muslims would publicly denounced Islamic terror. But that's not happening ATM.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925631406012846080|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|My life and the life of other innocent Americans is more important than some Islamic immigrant's feelings. I will continue to speak truth.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925750099468341248|Twitter}}</ref>}}

She upholds a complete ban of Muslims in [[the West]]:

{{quotebox|What about Muslims? Is that ban in question?<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925750278728617985|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|Then let me be the first to say I never want another Muslim entering this country EVER AGAIN! #ProudIslamophobe<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925466342890901505|Twitter}}</ref>}}

She refuses services from Muslims (in particular Muslim Uber and Lyft drivers):

{{quotebox|I'm late to the NYPD press conference because I couldn't find a non Muslim cab or @Uber @lyft driver for over 30 min! This is insanity.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925749405994635265|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|I generally try to not support Muslim owned businesses companies here in NY. That shouldn't be hard to do in US, but w/ immigration it is.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925746037939212289|Twitter}}</ref> Nearly every cab @uber @lyft driver in NYC is Muslim. It's extremely unfortunate and this is a conversation we need to have for our safety.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925747027484598272|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|Someone needs to create a non Islamic form of @uber or @lyft because I never want to support another Islamic immigrant driver.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925745407145205760|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|.@nytimes sent a female Muslim [[hijab]] wearing reporter to cover #[[ISIS]] terror attack in [[NYC]]. I asked her to disavow, she laughed & refused!<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925567686637170688|Twitter}}</ref>}}

She has even cheered on the deaths of migrants.
{{quotebox|Good. 👏🏻 Here's to 2,000 more<ref>
{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/890018871431888896|Twitter}}</ref>}}

Indeed, she [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence can't even handle Muslims walking around New York City]:

{{quotebox|Muslims are out in full force at the scene of the NYC #ISIS attack today rubbing it in everyone's face. Aimlessly walking around in hijabs.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925763606083448832|Twitter}}</ref> You'd think they'd have the decency to not walk around in hijabs @ cross street of the attack. But they don't. I bet they're loving this.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925764720212303874|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|They literally just walk around in Muslim garb and hope people notice they are Muslim. They like reminding people that their ppl did this.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925764095244165120|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|The 2 women were smiling/smirking in hijabs as they walked past scene of terrorist attack. That is not appropriate. I stand by what I said.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925835799530221568|Twitter}}</ref>}}

TLDR: Loomer is so bigoted that even [[Lauren Southern]] [[Stopped clock|called Loomer out]]:<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/925808519282085893|Twitter}}</ref>

{{cquote|I don't like Islam — but I'm not going to pretend two girls walking in the street is them "loving" a terrorist attack. That's insane.}}

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.<ref>Givetash, Linda (Nov. 22, 2018) [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/laura-loomer-banned-twitter-after-criticizing-ilhan-omar-n939256 Laura Loomer banned from Twitter after criticizing Ilhan Omar.] ''NBC News.'' Retrieved November 23, 2018.</ref> [[Freedom of speech|You can guess what her and her fanbase reaction was like.]]

==Jewish ethnicity as moral license==
{{cquote|I am not a white supremacist. I am JEWISH!|||Laura Loomer, intellectual extraordinaire<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/931251244139778048|Twitter}}</ref>}}
{{cquote|Ashkenazi Jews are white...It’s an absurd thing to classify all Jews as not white.|||Also Laura Loomer, kind of giving the game away<ref>https://forward.com/news/national/376920/laura-loomer-is-the-jewish-voice-of-the-far-right-can-she-tame-jew-haters/</ref>}}
{{main|Whataboutism}}
Loomer frequently uses her [[Jewish]] ethnic background to [[Whataboutism|deflect criticism]] or attack others:

{{quotebox|Lefties may call me a [[Nazi]], even though I'm a Jew. But I promise you I am not paid by ACTUAL nazi Jew @[[George Soros|georgesoros]].<ref name=soros>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/876098814322585604|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|[[Black supremacy|Black supremacist]] @tariqnasheed accusing me of being modern day sonderkommando. [[Non sequitur|But my grandfather was arrested in Berlin for being a Jew]].🤔<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/887540412218433536|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|[[Argumentum ad nauseam|But I am a Jew. Not a Nazi]].<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/874844360726249474|Twitter}}</ref>}}
[[Irony|Funny]], because Loomer believes that [[George Soros]] (a Jew) was a Nazi collaborator.<ref>https://blather.io/fallacies/laura-loomer-doesnt-know-if-being-jewish-makes-it-impossible-to-be-a-nazi-sympathizer-91</ref>

{{quotebox|This is why people don't like [[Cultural Marxism|Marxist]] [[Hollywood values|Hollywood]] Jews. They act like they are in a [[mafia]].<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/923583385326444544|Twitter}}</ref> Don't let anyone tell you that [[International Jewish Conspiracy|the Marxist Hollywood-Jew mafia]] isn't real. *I am a Jew and I approve this message.*<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/923587628213010433|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|There is a lot of Jewish influence in the media… as a Jew even I will admit this. [[Dunning-Kruger effect|Facts are facts]].<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/893599876210196480|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|As a Jew, I am calling total [[bullshit]] on the @[[ADL]]_National for claiming to fight hate while they spread hate against [[conservatives]].<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/887518824550903808|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|I was already taking legal action against @Uber before they banned me today. They are a highly anti Semitic company and endanger lives.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925867379653009408|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|And I say that as a Jew myself. I don't understand why the rich Jews of this country are so hellbent on trying to destroy our country, but for some reason so many rich Jews have a fixation on trying to destroy America. And it's not an antisemitic statement to make. I say that as a Jew myself, OK?<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-loomer/laura-loomer-so-many-rich-jews-have-fixation-trying-destroy-america Laura Loomer: “So many rich Jews have a fixation on trying to destroy America”] (01/30/24 12:26 PM EST) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref>}}

==Conspiracy theories==
{{main|Conspiracy theory}}
{{cquote|Good. I live in NY and I [[Doxing|have the addresses of every top CNN anchor]]. I will blame and shame them all until @[[CNN]] is shut down forever.|||Laura Loomer, not a stalker<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925638567627575296|Twitter}}</ref>}}
Loomer runs with the [[Alex Jones]] and [[Mike Cernovich]] crowds. For example, she is proud to say that "[[Balance fallacy|CNN is ISIS]]".<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/925556830172041216|Twitter}}</ref> Loomer also engaged in [[holocaust denial]] by [[blaming the victim|victim blaming]] George Soros as a Nazi collaborator.<ref name=soros /><ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/887543834107719680|Twitter}}</ref> In 2024, she promoted the conspiracy theory that [[Kamala Harris]] was a [[prostitute]] who got rich by giving [[oral sex]] to rich black men.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/kamala-harris-ex-montel-williams-shuts-down-maga-conspiracy-theorist-laura-loomers-misogynist-tweet-about-vice-president/articleshow/111966015.cms Kamala Harris’ ex Montel Williams shuts down MAGA conspiracy], ''Times of India'' 23 July 2024</ref>

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.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/laura-loomer-trump-911-conspiracy-theories-18198b8ea2ce567467acfd6bf7f19f1e Laura Loomer, who promoted a 9/11 conspiracy theory, joins Trump for ceremonies marking the attacks] (September 11, 2024) ''The Associated Press''.</ref>

==Twitter drama about teh sensy ship==
[[Twitter]] removed Loomer's "verified" blue checkmark. In response, Loomer wrote:

{{quotebox|And so it begins. Twitter is quick to call me and others Nazis, but [[Persecution complex|they are literally trying to eradicate my presence]]. Just like [[Hitler]].<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/930996756799770624|Twitter}}</ref>}}

{{quotebox|To the LEFT:<br>"First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Socialist.<br>Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Jew.<br>Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."<br>--Martin Niemoller<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/lauraloomer/status/930940565457338368|Twitter}}</ref><ref group="note">She either didn't notice or doesn't care that the first line is literally about [[Socialism|the left]].</ref>}}

{{quotebox|Because taking away a journalist's public verification on social media is a form of [[censorship]]. And censorship is the first step toward tyranny.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/931041513559220225|Twitter}}</ref><ref group=note>Censorship is actually the [https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/naturally-selected/201702/7-steps-becoming-dictator fourth] step toward tyranny.</ref>}}

{{quotebox|Using "badge politics", censoring those who don't worship twitter's [[liberal]] [[dictator]], & implementing procedures to annihilate conservatives from the Internet?

Sounds like twitter is carrying out its own "[[final solution]]" for conservatives.<ref>{{a|https://twitter.com/LauraLoomer/status/931007139866439681|Twitter}}</ref>}}

We at [[RationalWiki]] heartily agree: Twitter's verification policies are ''exactly'' like the [[Holocaust]].

==Running for office==
On August 2, 2019, Loomer decided that she was going to run for the United States House of Representatives for [[Fun:Florida|Florida]]'s 21st congressional district, running as a Republican (surprise, surprise).<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-muslim-activist-laura-loomer-to-run-for-congress?source=articles&via=rss</ref> She faced five other Republicans in the 2020 primary, including a [[QAnon]] crank (Reba Sherrill).<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-candidates-florida-21st-congressional-district-trump/2020/08/16/a8d710b8-de2d-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most 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''.</ref> Proving that even Florida is capable of making the occasional rational decision... wait, no, apparently she won.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/laura-loomer-donald-trump-florida/index.html CNN, Self described 'proud Islamophobe' just won a GOP nomination]</ref>

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.<ref>[https://www.wptv.com/news/election-2020/u-s-rep-lois-frankel-defeats-laura-loomer-for-floridas-21st-congressional-district WPTV, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel defeats Laura Loomer for Florida's 21st Congressional District]</ref>

===Fool me twice...===
Loomer announced a second try at running for Congress, this time in Florida’s 11th district. Thankfully, she failed once again…<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/23/us/elections/results-florida-us-house-district-11.html Florida 11th Congressional District Primary Election Results], ''The New York Times''</ref> only to declare "voter fraud" when she lost.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/far-right-activist-laura-loomer-refuses-concede-sobs-about-voter-fraud-1736325?amp=1 Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Refuses to Concede, Sobs About Voter Fraud], Aila Slisco, ''Newsweek'' 24 August 2022</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-laura-loomer-covid-20210917-756h4dttgvfedbe27et32cl3xy-story.html Orlando Sentinel, Laura Loomer, anti-vax conspiracy theorist and GOP congressional candidate, says she has COVID]</ref>

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.<ref>https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/celebrities/article254320688.html</ref>

==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 [[persecution complex|trying to persecute]] white people and "[[Christians]], the most persecuted people in the world".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/trump-ally-laura-loomer-audio "Trump ally Laura Loomer called herself ‘white advocate’, audio reveals"] by Jason Wilson, Guardian, 2024 September 14</ref><ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/07/06/white-nationalist-conference-lists-former-congressman-and-current-gop-congressional "White Nationalist Conference Lists Former Congressman and Current GOP Congressional Candidate as Speakers"] by Hannah Gais, SPLC, 2022 July 6</ref>

==Becoming Trump's misinformation muse==
During the [[2024 U.S. presidential election]], Loomer and Trump were frequently seen hanging around together.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/12/trump-presidential-campaign-laura-loomer/ "Trump’s time with Loomer, a far-right activist, upsets his GOP allies"] by Patrick Svitek, Washington Post, 2024 September 13</ref> 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]].<ref name="nbccrisis">[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/far-right-activist-laura-loomer-access-trump-crisis-campaign-rcna170915 "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</ref> Loomer also has long peddled in [[9/11]] [[9/11#Truthers|conspiracy theories]]; therefore, many were also shocked that Trump invited Loomer to join him at the 2024 9/11 memorial service.<ref name="nbccrisis"/><ref name="nbcfreespirit">[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-defends-far-right-activist-laura-loomer-s-free-spirit-supporter-rcna171061 "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</ref>

===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”.<ref>[https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/14/bill-maher-joke-about-loomer-trump-relationship-draws-lawsuit-threat/75227017007/ Laura Loomer joke by Maher draws chuckles from his audience but Loomer takes it seriously] </ref>

==Notes==
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==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==
*[https://www.mediamatters.org/laura-loomer/guide-laura-loomer-trump-ally-and-pro-white-nationalism-bigot A guide to Laura Loomer, Trump ally and “pro-white nationalism” bigot] by [[Media Matters for America]]

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