Laura Elizabeth Loomer was born on May 21,1993 and is an American far-right and anti-Muslim political activist, white nationalist, conspiracy theorist, and internet personality.
46 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 briefly reported for the Canadian far-right news website The Rebel Media in 2017, and has occasionally reported for the American far-right conspiracy theory and fake news website InfoWars.
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Laura Loomer gained notoriety as a result of being banned from numerous social media platforms, payment processors, vehicles for hire, and food delivery mobile apps for various reasons, including violating policies on hate speech and spreading 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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Laura Loomer was banned from the March 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference after attempting to heckle reporters and chasing them through the conference.
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Laura Loomer attended Mount Holyoke College, 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 reported for the Canadian far-right website The Rebel Media during the summer of 2017, resigning that September.
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Laura Loomer has occasionally reported for the American far-right conspiracy theory and fake news website InfoWars.
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On November 8,2016, the day of the US presidential election, Laura Loomer went to a polling station dressed in a burqa and asked for a ballot under the name of Huma Abedin.
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On June 16,2017, Laura Loomer disrupted a Shakespeare in the Park presentation of Julius Caesar in New York City by walking on stage during the live performance shortly after the title character was assassinated.
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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 lost the 2020 United States House of Representatives election to incumbent Democrat Lois Frankel in Florida's 21st congressional district.
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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 from numerous social media platforms, payment processors, and vehicles for hire and food delivery mobile apps for various reasons, including violating policies on hate speech and spreading 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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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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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 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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On June 4,2021, Laura Loomer again confronted Dorsey, this time at the Bitcoin 2021 conference, alleging he had censored people and interfered with elections.
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In 2020, Laura Loomer lost an appeal of the case, with the US Court of Appeals for the Southern District of Florida 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 United States 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 sued Facebook and Twitter, alleging their anti-hate speech policies constitute racketeering.
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Laura Loomer has been widely described as far-right, alt-right, or alt-lite.
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Laura Loomer received antisemitic threats and harassment from the alt-right after this dispute.
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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 promoted various conspiracy theories, mostly related to mass shootings.
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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 has described herself as a nationalist, and called immigrants who refuse to assimilate a threat to American heritage.
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Laura Loomer has additionally attended events with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, and has spoken at Fuentes' white nationalist gathering AFPAC.
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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 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.