Former President Donald Trump recently told aides to hire Laura Loomer, a far-right, anti-Muslim activist with a history of expressing bigoted views, for a campaign role, according to four people familiar with the plans.
Trump met with Loomer recently and directed advisers to give her a role in support of his candidacy, two of the people familiar with the move said. On Tuesday, after Trump’s arraignment in New York, Loomer attended the former president’s speech at Mar-a-Lago, his resort and residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Some of Trump’s aides were said to have concerns that such a hire would cause a backlash, given her history of inflammatory statements and her embrace of the Republican Party’s fringes.
That proved to be correct: The New York Times’ report on the potential hire ignited a firestorm among some of Trump’s most vocal conservative supporters, and by late Friday, a high-ranking campaign official said Loomer was no longer going to be hired.
Receipts, beyond her long-standing and quite extreme anti-Muslim views:
Trump met with Loomer recently and directed advisers to give her a role in support of his candidacy, two of the people familiar with the move said. On Tuesday, after Trump’s arraignment in New York, Loomer attended the former president’s speech at Mar-a-Lago, his resort and residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Some of Trump’s aides were said to have concerns that such a hire would cause a backlash, given her history of inflammatory statements and her embrace of the Republican Party’s fringes.
That proved to be correct: The New York Times’ report on the potential hire ignited a firestorm among some of Trump’s most vocal conservative supporters, and by late Friday, a high-ranking campaign official said Loomer was no longer going to be hired.
Trump Wanted to Hire Laura Loomer, Anti-Muslim Activist
The former president’s aides feared that hiring Ms. Loomer, who has a long history of bigoted remarks, would set off a backlash. That proved to be correct.
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Trump Wanted to Hire Laura Loomer, Anti-Muslim Activist
Former President Donald Trump has told aides to hire Laura Loomer, a far-right and anti-Muslim activist with a history of expressing bigoted views, for a campaign role, according to four people familiar with the plans. Trump met with Loomer recently and directed advisers to give her a role in...
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Receipts, beyond her long-standing and quite extreme anti-Muslim views:
White nationalism
Loomer has described herself as a nationalist, and called immigrants who refuse to assimilate a threat to American heritage. In response to a news story about the drowning of 2,000 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, Loomer expressed her approval of the migrant deaths, tweeting "Good. Here's to 2,000 more." [104] Asked in 2017 by Haaretz about her views as a Jew participating in an "anti-sharia" event where the neo-Nazi group Identity Evropa was visibly present, Loomer replied, "Oh, this is like an identitarian group. I'm not totally familiar, but I know they believe in preserving white European culture; there is nothing wrong with that, and they are nationalist."[105]
Loomer has described herself as "pro-white nationalism."[2][3] In 2022, Loomer spoke at the annual conference of white supremacist publication American Renaissance.[108][109] She has additionally attended events with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, and has spoken at Fuentes' white nationalist gathering AFPAC.[110][4] Loomer has also expressed support for Christian nationalism.[59][113]
In a 2017 appearance on a far-right podcast called Nationalist Public Radio, Loomer described her beliefs.
“Someone asked me, ‘Are you pro-white nationalism?’ Yes. I’m pro-white nationalism,” Loomer said. “But there’s a difference between white nationalism and white supremacy. Right? And a lot of liberals and left-wing globalist Marxist Jews don’t understand that.” She added, “So this country really was built as the white Judeo-Christian ethnostate, essentially. Over time, immigration and all these calls for diversity, it’s starting to destroy this country.”