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She won the Republican primary for the congressional seat, which is District 21 of Florida.<ref>https://www.270towin.com/news/2020/08/18/overview-live-results-florida-alaska-wyoming-primaries_1085.html</ref><ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laura-loomer-wins-gop-primary-florida-district/</ref>
She won the Republican primary for the congressional seat, which is District 21 of Florida.<ref>https://www.270towin.com/news/2020/08/18/overview-live-results-florida-alaska-wyoming-primaries_1085.html</ref><ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laura-loomer-wins-gop-primary-florida-district/</ref>
==Censorship==
==Big Tech censorship and election interference==
In May 2019, Facebook illegally banned Loomer and several other high-profile conservatives from using the company's services for reporting the truth about leftist political corruption, censorship, criminal behavior and violence against conservatives while continuing to enable, encourage and cover for violent and hateful far-Left bigots and criminals. In response to this, Loomer filed a defamation suit against Facebook.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/04/15/facebook-claims-it-didnt-defame-laura-loomer-with-dangerous-individual-label/</ref>
In May 2019, Facebook illegally banned Loomer and several other high-profile conservatives from using the company's services for reporting the truth about leftist political corruption, censorship, criminal behavior and violence against conservatives while continuing to enable, encourage and cover for violent and hateful far-Left bigots and criminals. In response to this, Loomer filed a defamation suit against Facebook.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/04/15/facebook-claims-it-didnt-defame-laura-loomer-with-dangerous-individual-label/</ref>
Conservative websites [[The Federalist]] and [[Daily Caller]] announced their opposition to Laura Loomer's candidacy after she won a U.S. House Republican primary in [[Florida]], both characterizing her political views as "conspiracy theories".<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/27/gop-laura-loomer-marjorie-taylor-greene-congress-conspiracy-theories-infowars-qanon/</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/20/in-the-age-of-media-corruption-voters-must-be-on-high-alert-for-conspiracy-theorist-candidates/</ref>
Conservative websites [[The Federalist]] and [[Daily Caller]] announced their opposition to Laura Loomer's candidacy after she won a U.S. House Republican primary in [[Florida]], both characterizing her political views as "conspiracy theories".<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/27/gop-laura-loomer-marjorie-taylor-greene-congress-conspiracy-theories-infowars-qanon/</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/20/in-the-age-of-media-corruption-voters-must-be-on-high-alert-for-conspiracy-theorist-candidates/</ref>
Loomer won bigly in the primary and became the Republican nominee. [[Big Tech]] companies flat out refused to let her advertise on their platforms and conservative organizations filed complaints. John Schwepp, the American Principles project's director of government affairs, sent an open letter to the [[FEC]] demanding it investigate how Big Tech companies are meddling with elections. The nomination of Laura Loomer in the U.S. House race for Florida's 21st Congressional district showed how the electoral game changed. Loomer made a name for herself as a right-wing provocateur her performance art and protests resulted in multiple [[social media]] and payment processing platforms completely blacklisting her. Loomer was basically Patient Zero for Big Tech companies like [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], and other platforms to see how much [[censorship]] they could get away with.
In mid-August 2020 Loomer explained to viewers how Big Tech appeared to be meddling with her campaign's ability to reach supporters. Her texts were being flagged and filtered by [[Xfinity Comcast]] as "Potential Threat Detected". If you get something on your phone that says "Potential Threat Detected", you are likely not to click on it. If users clicked on the link, the phone redirected to a screen that stated, "This site might compromise your device" or "may contain dangerous content. To avoid these risks close this window and skip the site."
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