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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.}}

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In the summer of 2026 Loomer announced she had been "[[brainwash]]ed" by [[Russian propaganda]] and became an open and outspoken supporter of the [[Ukrainian Nazi regime]].

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>

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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>

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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 deemed 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>

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~~==Early life==~~

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Loomer famously outed [[Neocon]] [[nazisymp]] [[Lindsey Graham]] as [[gay]], claiming under oath that [[White House]] officials told her so.<ref>https://www.them.us/story/laura-loomer-right-wing-influencer-lindsey-graham-gay-testimony</ref>

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Loomer ~~was raised in Arizona by a Jewish father~~.<ref>https://~~lauraloomerforcongress~~.~~com~~/~~?page_id=2539~~</ref> After high school, Loomer attended Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, but left after just one semester for feeling targeted for being conservative. Loomer later transferred to Barry University in Miami, Florida.

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==~~Career~~==

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==Early life and background==

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Loomer is a former employee of ~~conservative activist~~ [[James O'Keefe]]~~, who is known for undercover video investigations~~. Loomer was the New York correspondent for the ~~conservative~~ Canadian news site [[The Rebel Media]] (now Rebel News), that has been referred to as the “Canadian Breitbart.”

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[[File:Screenshot 31-8-2026 122754.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Loomer with [[White]] [[Führer]] [[Andriy Biletsky]], Commander of the [[Azov Battalion]].]]

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According to researchers Loomer's father, Jeff, was an [[atheist]] with some [[Jewish]] heritage. Her mother is a [[British]] [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[Protestant]]; her stepmother, too, is [[Christian]]. Loomer lived in a [[Catholic]] boarding school.<ref>https://x.com/craigscolorado/status/1836130201526259859</ref>

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When running for [[Congress]] Loomer claimed Jewish heritage.<ref>https://lauraloomerforcongress.com/?page_id=2539</ref> After high school, Loomer attended Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, but left after just one semester claiming to feel targeted for allegedly being conservative. Loomer later transferred to Barry University in Miami, Florida.

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Loomer is a former employee of [[investigative journalist]] [[James O'Keefe]]. Loomer was the [[New York]] correspondent for the [[Canadian]] news site [[The Rebel Media]] (now Rebel News), that has been referred to as the “Canadian Breitbart.”

== Notable activities ==

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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>

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===Hospitalization of Sen. Mitch McConnell==

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===Max Blumenthal===

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After a period of weeks of silence from the office of former [[Republican ~~Senator~~ [[Mitch McConnell]] following an alleged heart attack, Loomer reported

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[[Max Blumenthal]] flew to [[Tehran]] in July 2026 to cover the funeral of [[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]]. Upon his return to the [[United States]] he was detained by the [[Customs and Border Patrol]]. Days before he returned Loomer wrote a lengthy post on [[X]],<ref>https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2073934330158886922?s=20</ref> raising questions about who paid for his trip and urging the [[Trump 2.0|Trump administration]] to arrest him.<ref>https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2076827723008213391?s=20</ref> During Blumenthal’s detention, CBP officers asked questions that closely mirrored Loomer’s post. On July 14, 2026 after CBP seized two of his phones, Loomer celebrated the seizure and described him as a [[national security]] threat.

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Officers questioned him about his work, who funded his travel, whether he had been paid for interviews, and whether he planned to return to [[Iran]]. When he declined to provide the passcodes to his two phones because doing so could compromise his [[constitutional rights]] and confidential sources, an officer said the devices would be “hook[ed] up to machines” to extract their data. CBP seized the phones but left his laptop and camera untouched, despite claiming to be searching for evidence of criminal activity or child sexual material. This inconsistency suggests agents were seeking access to Blumenthal’s private contacts and protected communications, and the differential treatment he experienced compared with other American journalists on the same trip raises the specter of unlawful viewpoint discrimination.<ref>(Max's account on his blog) https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/adc-sues-dhs-secretary-mullin-over</ref>

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===Hospitalization of Sen. Mitch McConnell===

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[[File:Screenshot 25-7-2026 83818.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Loomer interviews [[Ukrainian]] [[dictator]] [[Volodymyr Zelensky]].]]

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After a period of weeks of silence from the office of former [[Republican]] Senate Leader [[Mitch McConnell]] in June 2026 following an alleged heart attack, Loomer reported

{{Cquote|Mitch McConnell is being kept “alive” by life support machines, but my [[White House]] source told me McConnell is in organ failure, and as I reported, source told me he has allegedly been declared a vegetable (brain dead) by doctors and the White House has been told “McConnell isn’t ever coming back.”

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Officially brain dead, organ failure is accelerating, life support machine is keeping him “alive” but his brain is officially dead and his wife @ElaineChao has fled the country to China.<ref>https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2074281550535934173</ref}}

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Officially brain dead, organ failure is accelerating, life support machine is keeping him “alive” but his brain is officially dead and his wife @[[Elaine Chao|ElaineChao]] has fled the country to [[China]].<ref>https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2074281550535934173</ref>}}

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President Trump confirmed, "“I was, you know, never a huge fan,” Trump said, then launched into a series of complaints about McConnell. “Mitch McConnell is like a no vote on SAVE America Act.”<ref>https://youtu.be/7yCYpz3BtBM</ref>

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President Trump confirmed, "I was, you know, never a huge fan,” Trump said, then launched into a series of complaints about McConnell. “Mitch McConnell is like a no vote on [[SAVE America Act]].”<ref>https://youtu.be/7yCYpz3BtBM</ref>

==Big Tech censorship and election interference==

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