Laura Loomer Is MAGA at Its Most Extreme—and She's Closer to Donald Trump Than Ever

Loomer’s links to the Trump run successful 2020 appeared to tally deeper than conscionable an endorsement. Mediaite reported astatine the clip that the Trump run was utilizing Loomer’s email database to solicit donations, and a Trump run fundraising email sent successful January 2020 sent from ‘2020 Illoominate Media,’ a media steadfast owned by Loomer.

Loomer besides ran for Congress again successful 2022 successful a antithetic Florida district—this clip without Trump’s endorsement—but failed to triumph her Republican primary.

In April 2023, the New York Times reported that Trump had tried to prosecute Loomer to beryllium portion of his reelection run team, but the thought was ditched pursuing outrage from immoderate of the erstwhile president’s biggest supporters. Several months aft the New York Times study was published, Loomer posted a video of herself with Trump connected X, captioned: “Best President Ever. I emotion him truthful much.” Trump reciprocated, calling Loomer “terrific” and “very special,” adding: “You are a precise opinionated lady, I person to archer you that. And successful my opinion, I similar that.”

Not everyone successful Trumpworld hates her, either. In October, Trump run elder advisor Jason Miller appeared connected Loomer’s amusement connected Rumble, and said to her: “I emotion what you’re doing.” Alex Bruesewitz, a Trump run advisor, besides praised Loomer, penning connected X: “Laura is simply a large writer and a large American.”

In November, Donald Trump Jr. said helium would “love to see” Loomer appointed arsenic his father’s property caput “just to ticker DC conscionable explode.” Loomer responded by saying she would “gladly accept” and that “nobody volition combat for President Trump harder oregon support him against the fake quality media harder than I will.”

A fewer months later, Loomer traveled connected Trump’s plane erstwhile helium visited Iowa connected a run halt successful aboriginal January. Her associations with Trump didn’t halt her conspiracy-addled posts: portion there, she claimed the onslaught connected the Capitol was an “inside job” and wrote connected X, “Personally, I deliberation J6 should beryllium a nationalist vacation successful which we observe the bravery of American patriots who protested a stolen election.”

Trump’s enactment of Loomer is good documented, adjacent by Loomer herself. The authoritative Trump run website has shared articles from Loomer’s ain tract connected aggregate occasions, including respective articles attacking the judges overseeing Trump’s assorted transgression trials. When Loomer posted a video of her badgering Florida politician Ron DeSantis, Trump’s run challenger, the erstwhile president shared it. He shares a batch of what she writes, including her mendacious assertion that she obtained a transcript of Harris’ commencement certificate that does not accidental the vice president is American oregon Black. “Kamala Harris is NOT achromatic and ne'er has been,” Loomer wrote successful a station connected Truth Social, which Trump shared connected the platform.

“Every clip President Trump sees me, helium ever says, 'You're truthful smart. I emotion your tract truthful much. You're truthful intelligent. I emotion your articles. ... I work your website each day,’” Loomer said connected her Loomer Unleashed podcast.

Unlike a batch of different far-right figures successful Trump’s orbit, Loomer does not look to beryllium playing politics. She doesn’t sofa her hatred successful coded connection to look much mainstream, and though this has led to her being ostracized by galore close helping figures, Trump has stayed loyal.

“She was mostly a gag among the acold right, who saw her antics arsenic cringe and implicit done,” Joan Donovan, an adjunct prof of journalism and emerging media studies astatine Boston University tells WIRED. This is precisely what Trump wants, Donovan says: “She is consenting to accidental the quiescent portion retired loud. She is known for the benignant of incendiary and bigoted rhetoric that Trump is told by governmental strategists would descend his chances of winning.”