{"id":2420899,"date":"2025-04-07T18:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-bacon-mocks-laura-loomer-as-off-the-movie-poltergeist\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:44:14","slug":"don-bacon-mocks-laura-loomer-as-off-the-movie-poltergeist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-bacon-mocks-laura-loomer-as-off-the-movie-poltergeist\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Bacon mocks Laura Loomer as &#8216;off the movie Poltergeist&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdon-bacon-mocks-laura-loomer-as-off-the-movie-poltergeist%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=2420899&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>In a recent podcast, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) humorously criticized right-wing activist Laura Loomer, comparing her to a character from the movie &#8220;Poltergeist.&#8221; This comment came in the context of a discussion about Loomer&#8217;s influence, which Bacon suggested may have played a role in President Trump\u2019s recent firings of several senior National Security Council officials.the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-fires-nsc-staffers-after-laura-loomer-raises-loyalty-concerns-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... fires NSC staffers after ... raises loyalty concerns - Washington Examiner\">firings occurred shortly<\/a> after Loomer met with Trump, where she allegedly provided recommendations, a claim Trump has denied. Bacon expressed concern over the rapid dismissal of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">experienced military officials<\/a> without clear explanations. Loomer,who has previously run for Congress and is viewed as a controversial figure,has expressed interest in a role within the Trump governance,which Trump has characterized her as a &#8220;patriot&#8221; with strong opinions.  <\/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\">Don Bacon mocks Laura Loomer: &lsquo;She&rsquo;s right off the movie Poltergeist&rsquo;<\/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_2083321\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rep-don-bacon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Don Bacon\">Don Bacon<\/a> (R-NE) raised the alarm against right-wing activist Laura Loomer&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3369201\/trump-fires-national-security-council-staffers-laura-loomer-loyalty-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"apparent influence\">apparent influence<\/a> in the White House while making a joke at her expense. <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump fired three National Security Council senior officials last week just a day after he met with Loomer. National security adviser Mike Waltz was also at the meeting where Trump claimed Loomer made hiring recommendations. The president denied Loomer had anything to do with the firings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3372618\/democrats-request-white-house-communication-law-firms\/\">Top Democrats request details on White House communication with targeted law firms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3371740\/house-republican-trump-new-era-us-energy\/\">House Republican says Trump ushering in &#8216;new era&#8217; for US energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3371704\/luna-johnson-deal-proxy-voting-feud\/\">Luna and Johnson strike deal to end proxy voting feud<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;What I&rsquo;m a little more worried about is the just rapid firing of some of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australian-journalist-biden-making-world-more-dangerous-destroying-military-with-wokesters\/\" title=\"Australian Journalist: Biden Making World \u2018More Dangerous,\u2019 Destroying Military With \u2018Wokesters\u2019\">top generals<\/a> without explanation,&rdquo; Bacon said on the <em>ChuckToddcast<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These cyber firings that apparently are linked to &mdash; look, I&rsquo;m not going to make you comment on her, this Laura Loomer, but sometimes I look at her and think she&rsquo;s like a character in some movie,&rdquo; host Chuck Todd said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She&rsquo;s right off the movie <em>Poltergeist<\/em>. I shouldn&rsquo;t say that but&nbsp;she&rsquo;s crazy. And I&rsquo;ll leave it at that,&rdquo; Bacon said in between laughs as Todd laughed. &ldquo;Now the president denies that she had a, you know, part of this firing, but the fact that she was there that day &mdash; or the day prior and recommended that Gen. [Tim] Haugh and four or five others get fired, and they did get fired. And there&rsquo;s no other explanation for it. I know Gen. Haugh. Gen. Haugh, he was a colonel when I was a one star. He spent 34 years in the Air Force, and every assignment other than schools, he served either in signals intelligence or cyber operations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2879140&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=9929ea06947b86189c24b5bef9dcaba2\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3369201\/trump-fires-national-security-council-staffers-laura-loomer-loyalty-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"TRUMP FIRES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFFERS AFTER LAURA LOOMER RAISES LOYALTY CONCERNS\">TRUMP FIRES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFFERS AFTER LAURA LOOMER RAISES LOYALTY CONCERNS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Loomer is a failed congressional candidate. As recently as Saturday, Loomer signaled that she would accept a role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3371457\/laura-loomer-wants-role-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Trump administration\">Trump administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump has referred to Loomer as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3369201\/trump-fires-national-security-council-staffers-laura-loomer-loyalty-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"patriot\">patriot<\/a>&rdquo; with &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3371457\/laura-loomer-wants-role-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"strong opinions\">strong opinions<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2083321\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2083321\"}});<\/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>Don Bacon jokes about Laura Loomer: \u2018She\u2019s like Poltergeist\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2420900,"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\/2023\/12\/ap18311198891393-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41725,40708,33930,53015,32364],"class_list":["post-2420899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-don-bacon","tag-laura-loomer","tag-political-satire","tag-poltergeist","tag-social-media"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ap18311198891393-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420899","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420899"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420903,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420899\/revisions\/2420903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}