Who is Laura Loomer, the controversial figure seen cozying up to Trump’s team?
globalnews.caLaura Loomer, a right-wing activist who posted last year that 9/11 was an “inside job,” has attracted a tremendous amount of attention in the past week after she’s been spotted cozying up to Donald Trump’s campaign team and appearing by the Republican presidential nominee’s side at various events.
Last week, she shared videos of attending a 9/11 memorial event with the former president, where they met with firefighters and family members of the victims of the terrorist attack in New York City. She was also spotted disembarking Trump’s plane when he landed in Philadelphia for last week’s debate against Vice-President Kamala Harris.
And while there are no clear answers at this point on how Loomer, 31, came to be part of Trump’s tight entourage, or if she’s actively involved in his presidential campaign, her association with Trump is causing concern in Republican circles – not to mention being downright denounced by Democrats.
Loomer, herself, added fuel to the fire last week with a racist post about Harris, writing that the “White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center,” if Harris, who is half Indian, wins the election.
“She has to go. Laura Loomer cannot stay. She just can’t. She is unapologetic,” one anonymous Trump ally told NBC News, adding: “This woman attacked the vice president of the United States in such a racist manner. It was appalling and she hasn’t apologized.”
Here’s what we know about Laura Loomer, from her rise as a right-wing influencer and her problematic past comments, to how Republicans are responding to her increasingly close connection to Trump.
Loomer first began a career of courting controversy more than a decade ago when, as a student at Barry
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