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'''Laura Elizabeth Loomer''' (born May 21, 1993) is a [[conservative]] political activist and a former reporter for Canada's The Rebel Media. During the 2016 presidential campaign cycle, Loomer worked for [[Project Veritas]], with [[James O'Keefe]].<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/behind-the-scenes-with-the-right-wing-activist-who-crashed-julius-caesar-laura-loomer</ref> {{before on after|2020|11|03|Loomer is currently running for Congress in Florida's 21st district, located in Southeast Florida; the Democrat-leaning district is centered on West Palm Beach and includes President Trump's Mar-A-Lago home.|Loomer is currently running for congress in Florida's 21st district.|In 2020, Loomer also ran for congress in Florida's 21st district.}}
'''Laura Elizabeth Loomer''' (born May 21, 1993) is a [[conservative]] political activist and a former reporter for Canada's The Rebel Media. During the 2016 presidential campaign cycle, Loomer worked for [[Project Veritas]], with [[James O'Keefe]].<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/behind-the-scenes-with-the-right-wing-activist-who-crashed-julius-caesar-laura-loomer</ref> {{before on after|2020|11|03|Loomer is currently running for Congress in Florida's 21st district, located in Southeast Florida; the Democrat-leaning district is centered on West Palm Beach and includes President Trump's Mar-A-Lago home.|Loomer is currently running for congress in Florida's 21st district.|In 2020, Loomer also ran for congress in Florida's 21st district.}}
In April 2023, [[Donald Trump]] sought to hire Loomer for his [[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]], but his senior campaign advisors successfully discouraged Trump from doing so.<ref name="Haberman-2023">{{Cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Swan |first2=Jonathan |date=April 7, 2023 |title=Trump Wanted to Hire Laura Loomer, Anti-Muslim Activist |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/us/politics/trump-laura-loomer.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407164218/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/us/politics/trump-laura-loomer.html |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pengelly |first=Martin |date=April 7, 2023 |title=Trump reportedly seeks 2024 campaign role for far-right activist Laura Loomer |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/07/laura-loomer-trump-2024-campaign |access-date= |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=April 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403004404/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/07/laura-loomer-trump-2024-campaign |url-status=live}}</ref>
During the [[Trump. 2.0|second presidency of Donald Trump]] starting in 2025, Loomer emerged as an increasingly influential actor, using her [[social media]] platform to call for the firing of officials she deems insufficiently loyal to Trump. In early April 2025, reports emerged that Loomer influenced President Trump to dismiss more than half a dozen national security officials due to her suspicions of their disloyalty to him, and that Loomer had continued to advocate for additional firings.<ref name="swan">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/trump-nsc-firings-laura-loomer.html |title=Loomer's Role in Firings Shows Rising Sway of Fringe Figures on Trump |last1=Swan |first1=Jonathan |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Bensinger |first3=Ken |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 4, 2025 |access-date=|url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404223356/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/trump-nsc-firings-laura-loomer.html |archive-date=April 4, 2025}}</ref>
==Early life==
==Early life==