Republicans Avoid Commenting on Laura Loomer's Racism

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1. Claim 1

   Accurate96% confidence▶ 0:00

   “Do you have any comment on Laura Loomer who of course has advised Donald Trump”

   Laura Loomer has advised Donald Trump in the past.

   Multiple reports describe Loomer as an outside adviser or influential ally who met with Trump and provided him with recommendations. The claim does not say she held an official government position, only that she advised him.

   • US elections and domestic politics

   Sources

   • 1A look at Laura Loomer, longtime Trump ally criticized for racist posts and Sept. 11 conspiracies↗

     SupportsPeople speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters say Loomer met with Trump, Vice President JD Vance, chief of staff Susie Wiles, national security adviser Mike Waltz and Sergio Gor, director of the Presidential Personnel Office and presented "research findings."

   • 2Loomer, far-right activist, urged Trump to remove NSA director and others: Sources↗

     SupportsTimothy Haugh was among the numerous officials far-right activist Laura Loomer urged President Donald Trump to remove during her official Oval Office meeting earlier this week, citing evidence of disloyalties, multiple sources tell ABC News.

2. Claim 2

   Accurate99% confidence▶ 0:04

   “in the past? Her comments calling some of your colleagues, I apologize for this language, I'm repeating what she said, "ghetto black bitches".”

   Laura Loomer used the phrase "ghetto black bitches" about Black women in politics, including the people named in the transcript.

   CNN's transcript reproduces Loomer using the phrase and identifies Angie Nixon, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, and Ketanji Brown Jackson in the same remarks. The transcript's attribution of the phrase to Loomer is supported.

   Sources

   • 1CNN.com - Transcripts↗

     SupportsLAURA LOOMER, CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST: Call out the entitlement of these, as I like to call them, ghetto black bitches.

   • 2Laura Loomer doubles down on calling Angie Nixon, Black lawmakers ‘Ghetto, Black B***hes’↗

     SupportsThe media will clip my language about @AngieNixon, @IlhanMN, @AyannaPressley, @CoriBush, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and call me RACIST.

3. Claim 3

   Accurate50% confidence▶ 0:14

   “You know Laura Loomer of course, right? Yes, so she had been repeating these comments.”

   Laura Loomer had been repeating the comments publicly.

   Contemporaneous reporting says Loomer doubled down on the remarks and repeated or escalated them in subsequent public posts. The claim is general but checkable and supported by that reporting.

   Sources

   • 1CNN.com - Transcripts↗

     SupportsLoomer has since doubled down over the last 24 hours, and the reaction across the aisle, or lack thereof, is what's led to questions about double standards.

   • 2Laura Loomer doubles down on calling Angie Nixon, Black lawmakers ‘Ghetto, Black B***hes’↗

     SupportsLoomer escalated her attacks, invoking “Ebonics” and telling Nixon she might need to “bark” at her and “tug” her leash for the lawmaker to understand.

4. Claim 4

   Accurate98% confidence▶ 0:22

   “This is someone who's advised Donald Trump. Advised him on staffing changes.”

   Laura Loomer advised Trump about staffing changes.

   Reporting from AP and ABC News says Loomer met with Trump in the Oval Office and urged him to remove or purge national-security staffers she considered insufficiently loyal. That is advice concerning staffing changes.

   • US elections and domestic politics

   Sources

   • 1Trump fires NSC officials a day after far-right activist raises concerns to him about staff loyalty↗

     SupportsBut Loomer during her Oval Office conversation with Trump urged the president to purge staffers she deemed insufficiently loyal to his "Make America Great Again" agenda, according to several people familiar with the matter.

   • 2Loomer, far-right activist, urged Trump to remove NSA director and others: Sources↗

     SupportsTimothy Haugh was among the numerous officials far-right activist Laura Loomer urged President Donald Trump to remove during her official Oval Office meeting earlier this week, citing evidence of disloyalties, multiple sources tell ABC News.

5. Claim 5

   Unverifiable50% confidence▶ 1:23

   “Uh US-based political outlet.”

   The Teo is a U.S.-based American news outlet.

   The transcript appears to refer to Prem Thakker's outlet, but the available reliable sources identify him with Zeteo, not an outlet called “The Teo.” The existence and U.S.-based status of an outlet by the exact name stated cannot be confirmed from reliable sources.

   Sources

   • 1Prem Thakker's Profile | Zeteo Journalist | Muck Rack↗

     BackgroundVerified Political Correspondent and Columnist, Zeteo

   • 2Subtext with Prem | Zeteo | Substack↗

     BackgroundPolitical correspondent Prem Thakker's column that goes beneath the headlines, asks provocative questions, and reveals what's missing in the conversation.