{"id":2340028,"date":"2024-09-11T23:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-laura-loomer-republicans-fear-conservative-activists-influence-growing-on-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T23:59:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:59:03","slug":"who-is-laura-loomer-republicans-fear-conservative-activists-influence-growing-on-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-laura-loomer-republicans-fear-conservative-activists-influence-growing-on-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Laura Loomer? Republicans fear conservative activist\u2019s influence growing on Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-is-laura-loomer-republicans-fear-conservative-activists-influence-growing-on-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2340028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Laura \u2062Loomer, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rival-strategist-admits-to-being-behind-fake-biden-robocall-discouraging-citizens-from-voting\/\" title=\"Rival strategist confesses to orchestrating deceptive Biden robocall, discouraging voter participation\">controversial conservative activist<\/a> and self-described investigative\u200d journalist, and her growing influence around former \u2064President Donald Trump. Recently, Loomer\u2062 was seen accompanying Trump during significant events, including a presidential debate and the 9\/11\u2063 day\u2064 of remembrance, raising concerns among some Republicans about her potential impact on \u2064Trump&#8217;s campaign. Loomer is known for her provocative statements, including derogatory comments about the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-biden-officials-keep-lying-about-the-trump-admin-not-having-a-vaccine-plan\/\" title=\"RNC: Biden officials keep lying about the Trump admin. not having a vaccine plan\">controversial remark<\/a> about\u200c Vice President Kamala Harris that was labeled as racist. Despite some\u200d support from Trump \u200cand past \u200dcollaboration with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene condemned Loomer&#8217;s recent comments, stating they do not reflect Republican values. Loomer&#8217;s online attacks against Greene highlight \u200can ongoing rift.\u200b Observers within Trump&#8217;s\u2063 campaign express worry \u200dthat Loomer&#8217;s association could worsen Trump&#8217;s vulnerabilities as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/third-party-no-labels-planning-2024-nominating-convention-in-april\/\" title=\"No Labels, a third-party organization, plans to hold its 2024 nominating convention in April.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a> \u200capproaches<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Who is Laura Loomer? Republicans fear conservative activist&rsquo;s influence growing on Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1758731\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Laura Loomer, a self-labeled &ldquo;investigative journalist,&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/laura-loomer-cheers-rep-sheila-jackson-lees-death-in-racist-rant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> <\/a>has been repeatedly sighted around former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> in recent days. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Loomer was seen de-boarding his plane on the day of the presidential debate, and she was spotted around him throughout the day on Wednesday as Trump joined with others in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3151595\/harris-trump-biden-9-11-anniversay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>9\/11 day of remembrance<\/a>. Some conservatives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3151538\/republicans-point-finger-trump-debate-team-prep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>are concerned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Loomer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/laura-loomer-cheers-rep-sheila-jackson-lees-death-in-racist-rant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called<\/a> the late-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee a &ldquo;ghetto b****,&rdquo; said last year that 9\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/laura-loomer-trump-911-conspiracy-theories-18198b8ea2ce567467acfd6bf7f19f1e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>was<\/a> an &ldquo;inside job,&rdquo; and just this week <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1832888733567209640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>claimed<\/a> that if Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> wins in November, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> &ldquo;will smell like curry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Laura Loomer walks as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump visits the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company in Shanksville, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA), an ardent defender of Trump, commented on Loomer&rsquo;s &ldquo;racist&rdquo; Harris commentary, which Loomer later declared was a joke.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is appalling and extremely racist,&rdquo; the congresswoman said. &ldquo;It does not represent who we are as Republicans or MAGA. This does not represent President Trump. This type of behavior should not be tolerated ever. Laura Loomer should take this down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Loomer also claimed in her post on Sunday that &ldquo;White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center and the American people will only be able to convey their feedback through a customer satisfaction survey at the end of the call that nobody will understand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>MTG later admitted that she used to be friends with Loomer, even fundraising for her during Loomer&rsquo;s failed congressional run, but refused to endorse her after Loomer allegedly didn&rsquo;t listen to her advice on running again in a different district. Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1644394053172166656?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> last year that Loomer &ldquo;can not be trusted,&rdquo; with the <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-laura-loomer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reporting<\/a> that the campaign would not hire Loomer despite Trump&rsquo;s insistence.<\/p>\n<p>Since MTG&rsquo;s post, Loomer has made several posts on X degrading the congresswoman. She compared MTG to &ldquo;a hooker [who] sells herself to the highest bidder,&rdquo; and accused her of cheating on her husband &ldquo;with a Zangief cosplayer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&rsquo;s really funny how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mtgreenee<\/a> (a raging anti semite who said Jews use space lasers to control the world) wants to pretend like I&rsquo;m a &ldquo;racist&rdquo; because I made a funny joke about Kamala Harris making cooking videos and buying curry spice at an anti Trump spice shop and I mocked&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5uLJazczyP\">https:\/\/t.co\/5uLJazczyP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1834018438685356161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>One person close to the Trump campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/09\/11\/2024\/republicans-fear-laura-loomer-is-influencing-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reportedly told<\/a> <em>Semafor<\/em> they were &ldquo;100%&rdquo; concerned about her &ldquo;exacerbating Trump&rsquo;s weaknesses,&rdquo; as her recent involvement with the former president takes place with the presidential election less than two months away.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Regardless of any guardrails the Trump campaign has put on her, I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s working,&rdquo; the person said.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unlikely Loomer will be given a formal campaign role because of the controversy she has stirred, which has upset some Trump supporters as well as his fiercest critics. But her continued appearances around Trump have raised her profile and seemingly deepened their connection.<\/p>\n<p>In another post on X, Loomer denied she works for Trump and said she won&rsquo;t talk to reporters, but that she has &ldquo;dedicated myself, all of my time, all of my resources, all of my focus all of my energy and all of my loyalty to helping [Trump] who is truly our nations&rsquo; last hope.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign declined to directly comment on Loomer to the <em>Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, President Trump put politics aside and stood beside Kamala Harris and Joe Biden to honor those who lost their lives during the worst terrorist attack in our nation&rsquo;s history,&rdquo; Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said. &ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-notorious-liar-tries-to-recover-from-debate-disaster-by-telling-crowd-what-i-do-know-is-how-to-tell-the-truth\/\" title=\"Biden, Notorious Liar, Tries to Recover From Debate Disaster By Telling Crowd &#039;What I Do Know Is How To Tell The Truth&#039;\">day wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t about anyone other than the souls who are no longer with us, their families, and the heroes who courageously stepped up to save their fellow Americans on that fateful day.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1758731\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1758731\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Laura Loomer? Republicans are worried about the increasing influence of conservative activist Laura Loomer on Donald Trump. Loomer, who describes herself as an &#8220;investigative journalist,&#8221; has been frequently seen in close proximity to the former president lately. She was observed getting off his plane on the day of a presidential debate and was also present with him during events commemorating 9\/11. This has raised concerns among some conservatives due to her controversial remarks, including derogatory comments about late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, claims that 9\/11 was an &#8220;inside job,&#8221; and a recent statement suggesting that if Vice President Kamala Harris wins in November, the White House &#8220;will smell like curry.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), a strong supporter of Trump, criticized Loomer&#8217;s comment about Harris as &#8220;appalling and extremely racist,&#8221; asserting it does not reflect Republican values or Trump&#8217;s character and should not be tolerated. Although Greene previously supported Loomer during her unsuccessful congressional campaign, she distanced herself after Loomer allegedly ignored her advice regarding future runs for office.<\/p>\n<p>Following Greene&#8217;s criticism, Loomer made several disparaging posts about her on social media, likening Greene to someone who sells herself for money and accusing her of infidelity. A source close to Trump&#8217;s campaign expressed concern that Loomer&#8217;s involvement could highlight Trump&#8217;s vulnerabilities as the election approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this controversy surrounding her presence at Trump events\u2014raising both support and opposition\u2014Loomer claimed she is dedicated to helping Trump but denied any formal role within his campaign or communication with reporters. The Trump campaign did not directly address questions about Loomer&#8217;s influence but emphasized that recent commemorative events were focused solely on honoring those lost during 9\/11 rather than political matters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2340029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Loomer-Trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[40709,40708,32603,3911,32370],"class_list":["post-2340028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-conservative-activist","tag-laura-loomer","tag-political-news","tag-republican","tag-trump-influence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Loomer-Trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2340028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2340029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2340028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2340028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2340028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}