1. Laura Elizabeth Loomer was born on May 21,1993 and is an American far-right political activist, conspiracy theorist, and internet personality.
59 Facts About Laura Loomer
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Laura Loomer was the Republican nominee to represent Florida's 21st congressional district in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, losing to Democrat Lois Frankel.
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Laura Loomer ran in the Republican primary for Florida's 11th congressional district in 2022, losing to incumbent Daniel Webster.
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Laura Loomer has described herself as being "pro-white nationalist" and a "proud Islamophobe", repeatedly making anti-Muslim statements in public settings.
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Laura Loomer has gained notoriety as a result of being banned from numerous social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, payment processors, vehicles for hire, and food delivery mobile apps for various reasons, including violating policies on hate speech and posting misinformation.
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Laura Loomer has been banned and removed from events, and had press credentials revoked, for harassment and causing disturbances.
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In early April 2025, it was reported that Laura Loomer influenced Trump to fire over half a dozen national security officials due to Laura Loomer's suspicion that they were disloyal to Trump, and that she advocated for further firings.
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Laura Loomer attended Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, leaving after one semester; she said she felt targeted for being conservative.
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Laura Loomer transferred to Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida, and graduated in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.
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In March 2015, Laura Loomer used a concealed video camera to record her conversations with Barry University officials, discussing the idea of starting a club called "Sympathetic Students in Support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria".
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Shortly thereafter, the university suspended Laura Loomer for violating the student code of conduct and a professor shown in the video filed criminal charges against her for recording him without his knowledge.
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At the time, Laura Loomer was an honors student in her senior year and the president of Barry University's Young Republicans Club.
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Laura Loomer put a burqa on the Fearless Girl statue at its original Bowling Green location in lower Manhattan.
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Laura Loomer promoted a crowdfunding page for donations, which received $12,385 from 241 contributors, more money than the normal penalties for the charges she was facing.
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On January 14,2019, Laura Loomer convinced several men she met in a Home Depot parking lot, who she claimed were undocumented, to jump the fence with her at Nancy Pelosi's Napa, California, home.
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Laura Loomer has falsely claimed that school shootings in February 2018 in Parkland, Florida, and in May 2018 in Santa Fe, Texas, were staged, and that the perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shootings was affiliated with ISIS.
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Laura Loomer claimed on Twitter that crisis actors were used for the Santa Fe school shooting.
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In July 2018, Laura Loomer said that a man arrested in South Dakota with bomb-making equipment and illegal weapons had been a "leftist antifa terrorist".
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In 2023, Laura Loomer accused Casey DeSantis, wife of presidential candidate and Trump competitor Ron DeSantis, of exaggerating her bout with breast cancer to boost her husband's presidential campaign.
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Laura Loomer tweeted false information about the 2023 Rainbow Bridge explosion in Buffalo, New York.
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Laura Loomer falsely claimed that a winter storm that occurred before the 2024 Iowa Republican presidential caucuses was created by the American deep state using High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program in order to benefit the electoral chances of presidential candidate Nikki Haley.
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In 2023 and 2024, Laura Loomer falsely attributed social media posts to family members of judges Arthur Engoron and Juan Merchan, who were overseeing court cases involving Donald Trump.
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Laura Loomer inaccurately claimed these family members had called for Trump's imprisonment on social media.
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Laura Loomer's misinformation was amplified by Trump to support his claims that Engoron and Merchan were biased against him.
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Laura Loomer lost the 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Florida's 21st congressional district to incumbent Democrat Lois Frankel.
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The district was heavily Democratic, and Laura Loomer's candidacy was considered a long shot.
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Laura Loomer defeated five opponents to win the Republican primary in August 2020, receiving 14,500 votes out of 34,000 cast.
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Laura Loomer hasn't done a deep dive into the statements by these two particular women.
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In September 2021, Laura Loomer announced her candidacy for Florida's 11th district in 2022.
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Laura Loomer initially declared her intent to run again in the 21st district.
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Laura Loomer has been banned by numerous providers, services and events, such as:.
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Laura Loomer was banned from both Uber and Lyft in November 2017 after a day-long anti-Muslim, which included tweets about not being able to find a "non Muslim cab or @Uber @lyft driver".
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In February 2019, Laura Loomer was banned from PayPal, GoFundMe, and Venmo.
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In December 2022, after Elon Musk bought Twitter, Laura Loomer's previously banned Twitter account was reinstated.
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Laura Loomer used press credentials to attend the March 2018 trial of Noor Salman, the wife of the perpetrator of the June 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting.
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Laura Loomer's credentials were revoked after she harassed Salman's family; when she returned to the trial the next day, she was removed by a US Marshal.
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Laura Loomer was banned from the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference after aggressively confronting reporters, using her press credentials to follow them into a media-only area after they had declined to speak with her.
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In 2021, Laura Loomer again confronted Dorsey, this time at the Bitcoin 2021 conference, alleging he had censored people and interfered with elections; she was removed from the event.
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In 2018, after Laura Loomer was banned by various social media companies, she sued Twitter, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
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In 2020, Laura Loomer lost an appeal of the case, with the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruling that "Laura Loomer and Illoominate offer nothing beyond vague speculation to indicate that CAIR-Florida was involved in the alleged conspiracy".
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In 2021, a US magistrate judge ordered Laura Loomer to reimburse more than $120,000 in attorney's fees to CAIR.
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In 2022, Laura Loomer again sued Facebook and Twitter, alleging their anti-hate speech policies constitute racketeering.
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In 2024, Laura Loomer sued Bill Maher for defamation after Maher suggested that she and Trump were having an extramarital affair.
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Laura Loomer has been described by various sources as far-right, a white nationalist, as well as alt-right, and alt-lite, and has described herself as a proud Islamophobe and white nationalist.
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Laura Loomer received antisemitic threats and harassment from the alt-right after this dispute.
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Laura Loomer considers herself a "Trump loyalist" and has described DeSantis as a tyrant, personally attacking him online.
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On November 1,2017, the day after a terrorist attack in New York City, Laura Loomer tweeted that she was late to a conference because she could not find a "non Muslim cab or @Uber @lyft driver".
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In February 2019, Laura Loomer traveled to Minnesota with Jacob Wohl, a right-wing perpetrator of Internet fraud, and Ali Alexander, a far-right activist.
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Laura Loomer had previously accosted Omar with the same unsubstantiated allegations at the August 2018 Omar campaign event, the one attended by Tlaib.
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Right Wing Watch reported in February 2019 that donations solicited by Laura Loomer were going to the address of The United West, an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center lists as an anti-Muslim hate group.
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Laura Loomer has described her belief that "this country really was built as the white Judeo-Christian ethnostate", and that "immigration and all these calls for diversity, it's starting to destroy this country".
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Laura Loomer called into an InfoWars interview with Kanye West to express her support for West's right to free speech, declaring herself "sympathetic" to West.
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Laura Loomer has praised American Renaissance founder Jared Taylor and says she opposes "anti-white racism and anti-white hatred".
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Laura Loomer has additionally attended events with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, and has spoken at Fuentes' white nationalist gathering America First Political Action Conference.
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In 2017, Laura Loomer claimed to be dating alt-right activist Tim Gionet, who had tweeted a photoshopped picture of Laura Loomer being executed inside a gas chamber, referencing the killing of Jews during the Holocaust.
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Laura Loomer has described herself as a nationalist, and stated that immigrants who refuse to assimilate are a threat to American heritage.
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Laura Loomer downplayed the severity of COVID-19, writing in December 2020, "I hope I get COVID just so I can prove to people I've had bouts of food poisoning that are more serious and life-threatening than a hyped-up virus".
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Laura Loomer announced via Telegram that she was in great pain and requested that people pray for her.
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Laura Loomer referred to African-American Democratic elected officials Kamala Harris, Fani Willis, and Letitia James as "DEI Shaniquas".