In a MAGA world of extreme-sounding influencers and agitators, Laura Loomer stands out. She has promoted conspiracy theories suggesting that 9/11 was an “inside job” and suggested that various American gun massacres were really carried out by “crisis actors” or ISIS terrorists. She is a self-proclaimed “white advocate” who is no stranger to racially charged remarks. Now she’s hitting the campaign trail with Donald Trump.
That makes Republicans nervous. The former president’s allies are worried Loomer’s visibility at campaign events “could cost him votes in key battleground states,” said NBC News. One recent Loomer comment — that the “White House will smell like curry” if Kamala Harris, whose mother is Indian, is elected — raised sharp concerns among GOP officials trying to get Trump elected. “She has to go,” said one unidentified Trump supporter.
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