2024-10-02 12:35:21
The conservative activist has been the protagonist of various controversies, earning criticism from Republicans themselves. Even so, the presidential candidate defends her above all.
At just 31 years of age, conservative activist Laura Loomer She has recently become one of the closest companions of the Republican candidate for the White House, Donald Trump.
Lo accompanied the debate with Kamala Harris, in Philadelphiaand later she was with him at the ceremony that commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York.
However, the former president himself has had to come out in defense of the far-right influencer, after the Republican Party itself They will question his language, his support for conspiracy theories and his use of racist comments regarding political rivals.
In that sense, along with assuming as “proudly islamophobic“He has described Islam as “a cancer”, and, displaying his racism, did not hesitate to point out that if Kamala Harris wins the presidential election “the White House will smell like curry and White House speeches will be facilitated through a call center“, referring to the Indian origin of the current vice president of the United States.
Even after Trump’s own party criticized her for her racist phrase about Harris, the far-right activist defended herself by saying that He had no reason to apologize for having a sense of humor..
Laura Loomer’s controversies and Trump’s defense
In addition to those mentioned, Laura Loomer has had several controversies with her political rivals or anyone she deems to be against Donald Trump’s candidacy.
Although Twitter closed his account in 2018 for its anti-Muslim content, When Elon Musk bought the company he was restored.
Among other controversies, the influencer at the time described the attack of September 11, 2001 as a self-attack. “The American people deserve to know the whole truth. Not just what our lying government decided to tell us“he wrote on one occasion.
In this regard, Republican Senator Thom Tillis used his X account to call Loomer “a crazy conspiracy theorist who regularly utters garbage “Disgusting act aimed at dividing Republicans.”
However, despite the criticism, Donald Trump did not hesitate to support the conservative activist and stressed that “Laura has been a supporter of mine, as many people are.“.
“I don’t control Laura. Laura has to say what she wants. He is a free spirit“Trump said, making it clear that he will not try to control the influencer’s statements, whom he keeps by his side despite the questions within his party.