Laura Loomer is an American far-right political activist, conspiracy theorist, and internet personality. She has run for the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida twice, once in 2020 for Florida's 21st congressional district and again in 2022 for Florida's 11th congressional district, losing both times. Her political activity has often been controversial.
On May 21, 1993, Laura Elizabeth Loomer was born. She is known as an American far-right political activist, conspiracy theorist, and internet personality.
Since 2012, Lois Frankel has represented Florida's 21st congressional district. In 2020, Loomer lost the United States House of Representatives election to Frankel.
In March 2015, Laura Loomer recorded her conversations with Barry University officials, discussing starting a club called "Sympathetic Students in Support of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria". The video was released by James O'Keefe of Project Veritas. Loomer was later suspended, and a professor filed criminal charges against her.
In July 2015, Laura Loomer and two other women, posing as Hillary Clinton supporters, attempted to "entrap" campaign workers into accepting illegal cash donations, according to a Clinton campaign official.
In 2015, Laura Loomer graduated from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida, with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.
In June 2016, the Orlando nightclub shooting occurred, the wife of the perpetrator was Noor Salman, whose trial was attended by Laura Loomer in March 2018.
On November 8, 2016, Laura Loomer, as part of a Project Veritas stunt on the day of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, went to a polling station dressed in a burqa and asked for a ballot under the name of Huma Abedin.
In 2016, baseless rumors began circulating in Minnesota politics suggesting that Ilhan Omar had married her brother so that he could obtain U.S. citizenship, which Laura Loomer would investigate in 2019.
In February 2017, Laura Loomer was banned from the blogging platform Medium. The ban was implemented after Medium expanded its platform policies to prohibit disinformation and hate speech.
On June 10, 2017, Laura Loomer gave a speech to a crowd of "anti-Sharia" marchers in New York City and condemned "liberals who aligned themselves with Sharia law". She also put a burqa on the Fearless Girl statue.
On June 16, 2017, Laura Loomer disrupted a Shakespeare in the Park performance of Julius Caesar in New York City by walking on stage after the title character was assassinated. She shouted about violence against Donald Trump and was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.
In August 2017, Laura Loomer was appointed as a "Shillman Fellow", with Robert J. Shillman contributing to her salary.
In September 2017, after three months, Laura Loomer resigned from Rebel Media.
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", leading to further anti-Muslim statements and calls for a new ride-sharing company without Muslim employees.
In 2017, Laura Loomer claimed that the perpetrator of the Las Vegas shootings was affiliated with ISIS.
In 2017, Laura Loomer claimed to be dating alt-right activist Tim Gionet, who had tweeted a photoshopped picture of Loomer being executed inside a gas chamber, referencing the killing of Jews during the Holocaust. Gionet denied that the pair were dating.
In 2017, when asked 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 that there is nothing wrong with preserving white European culture and that they are nationalist.
In February 2018, Laura Loomer falsely claimed that the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, was staged.
In March 2018, Laura Loomer used press credentials to attend the trial of Noor Salman, the wife of the perpetrator of the June 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting. Her credentials were revoked after she harassed Salman's family, and she was later removed by a U.S. Marshal when she returned.
In April 2018, Laura Loomer disrupted an event promoting James Comey's book, "A Higher Loyalty", and was subsequently removed from the building by security.
In May 2018, Laura Loomer falsely claimed that the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, was staged and that crisis actors were used.
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", despite evidence to the contrary.
In August 2018, Laura Loomer accosted Ilhan Omar with unsubstantiated allegations during a campaign event also attended by Rashida Tlaib.
In August 2018, Laura Loomer disrupted a campaign event attended by Rashida Tlaib and questioned Tlaib about foreign policy, leading to a lawsuit filed by Loomer in 2019.
In August 2018, Laura Loomer disrupted a congressional campaign event for Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar, which Rashida Tlaib attended, by shouting questions implying that Tlaib was antisemitic. Loomer's Twitter account was eventually banned in November after she called Omar "anti-Jewish" and criticized her religion's views on homosexuals and women.
In September 2018, Laura Loomer interrupted a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing while Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was testifying. Loomer accused Dorsey of censoring conservatives and attempting to influence elections. She was escorted out after Republican representative Billy Long mocked her.
In October 2018, Laura Loomer was escorted by police from a campaign event for Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida.
In October 2018, during the United States mail bombing attempts, Laura Loomer falsely said that the bombing attacks were a "false flag" operation orchestrated by Democrats.
In November 2018, Laura Loomer was banned from Twitter for violating its policies against hateful conduct. In response, she handcuffed herself to Twitter's headquarters in New York for two hours until police cut through the handcuffs at her request.
In 2018, Laura Loomer and her company, Illoominate Media, sued the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), claiming CAIR conspired with Twitter to ban her from the platform.
In 2018, Laura Loomer sued Twitter, Apple, Facebook, and Google, alleging that the platforms collaborated to suppress conservative speech after she was banned by these platforms. The district court dismissed the case, and the dismissal was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals.
On January 14, 2019, Laura Loomer and several men she met protested immigration at Nancy Pelosi's Napa, California, home by setting up a tent on her lawn before being removed by police.
On January 30, 2019, Laura Loomer and others jumped the wall surrounding the California Governor's Mansion in Sacramento, protesting Governor Gavin Newsom's stance on immigration. They were arrested, given citations, and released.
In February 2019, Laura Loomer traveled to Minnesota with Jacob Wohl and Ali Alexander to investigate a baseless rumor that Ilhan Omar had married her brother to obtain U.S. citizenship.
In February 2019, Laura Loomer was banned from PayPal, GoFundMe, and Venmo. She responded by accusing "left wing terrorists and tech tyrants" of trying to shut her down and falsely accusing her of being a white supremacist, Nazi, anti-Muslim, racist, and bigot.
In February 2019, Right Wing Watch reported that donations solicited by Laura Loomer were going to the address of the United West, an organization listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-Muslim hate group. Subsequently, PayPal banned Loomer from using their service.
In March 2019, Jacob Wohl and Laura Loomer were ejected from the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) after attempting to present evidence from their trip to Minnesota, related to unsubstantiated allegations against Ilhan Omar.
In 2019, Laura Loomer was banned from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for aggressively confronting reporters and heckling CNN reporter Oliver Darcy about internet censorship and social media bans.
In 2019, Laura Loomer's lawsuit against U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib was unsuccessful. The lawsuit alleged that during an August 2018 campaign event disruption, Tlaib "violently grabbed" Loomer's cellphone while Loomer questioned her about foreign policy.
In 2019, following the Christchurch mosque shootings that killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand, Laura Loomer wrote on Telegram, "Nobody cares about Christchurch. I especially don't." Loomer has described Islam as "cancer" and Muslims as "savages".
In August 2020, Laura Loomer defeated five opponents to win the Republican primary in Florida's 21st congressional district, receiving 14,500 votes out of 34,000 cast (43%).
In December 2020, Loomer downplayed the severity of COVID-19, expressing her hope to contract the virus to prove that food poisoning is more serious.
In 2020, Laura Loomer lost an appeal in her lawsuit against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled that Loomer and Illoominate offered nothing beyond vague speculation to indicate CAIR-Florida was involved in the alleged conspiracy.
In 2020, Laura Loomer was the Republican nominee for Florida's 21st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives elections, but she lost to Democrat Lois Frankel.
In May 2021, Laura Loomer reported being banned from the social media app Clubhouse just hours after joining the platform.
In November 2023, Laura Loomer shared a video of a "pro-Hamas caravan" that had driven through London shouting racist abuse, implying the incident was recent, however the video was from May 2021.
In September 2021, Laura Loomer announced her candidacy for Florida's 11th congressional district in 2022, aiming to unseat Republican Rep. Daniel Webster in the primary election. She was backed by the American Liberty Fund and endorsed by several prominent figures.
In September 2021, Loomer announced via Telegram that she had contracted COVID-19 and was battling it with preparations shown to be ineffective. She continued to maintain that COVID-19 vaccines are "unsafe and ineffective" and said she would refuse to get one in the future.
In 2021, Laura Loomer confronted Jack Dorsey at the Bitcoin 2021 conference, alleging censorship and election interference, and was subsequently removed from the event.
In 2021, a U.S. magistrate judge ordered Laura Loomer to reimburse more than $120,000 in attorney's fees to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in relation to the lawsuit she filed against them.
In 2021, the Supreme Court denied Laura Loomer's petition to hear her case against social media companies, which alleged suppression of conservative speech.
On August 23, 2022, Laura Loomer lost the primary election for Florida's 11th district to Republican Rep. Daniel Webster, receiving 44.2% of the vote to Webster's 51.1%. Loomer refused to concede, alleging voter fraud and "big-tech election interference."
In December 2022, after Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, Laura Loomer's previously banned Twitter account was reinstated.
In 2022, Laura Loomer again sued Facebook and Twitter, alleging that their anti-hate speech policies constitute racketeering. The suit was dismissed on grounds of res judicata and Section 230.
In 2022, Laura Loomer ran in the Republican primary for Florida's 11th congressional district but lost to incumbent Daniel Webster.
In 2022, Laura Loomer spoke at the annual conference of white supremacist publication American Renaissance, referring to herself as a "white advocate" and calling for a ten-year moratorium on immigration.
In April 2023, Donald Trump considered hiring Laura Loomer for his presidential campaign, but his senior campaign advisors discouraged him.
Following the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, Laura Loomer amplified a false story claiming that October 13, 2023, was to be a global "day of jihad", a story that motivated a man in Illinois to stab to death a 6-year-old boy and attempt to murder his Muslim mother.
In November 2023, Donald Trump Jr. stated he would like to see Laura Loomer as press secretary, saying, "I'd love to see her as press secretary just to watch D.C. just explode".
In November 2023, Laura Loomer was part of a study by the Atlantic Council, analyzed by Bloomberg, of Community Notes on Twitter regarding misinformation in the Gaza war. She shared a video from May 2021, falsely implying it was recent, and tweeted false information about the 2023 Rainbow Bridge explosion.
In 2023, Laura Loomer accused Casey DeSantis, wife of presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, of exaggerating her bout with breast cancer to boost her husband's presidential campaign.
In 2023, 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.
In July 2024, Laura Loomer falsely claimed on X (formerly Twitter) that "Joe Biden is dying and final preparations are being made for him."
By September 2024, some Trump supporters and others had expressed concerns about Laura Loomer's continuing presence around and influence on Donald Trump.
In September 2024, Laura Loomer promoted the Springfield, Ohio, cat-eating hoax, falsely claiming the city is populated by "20,000 cannibalistic Haitians".
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. Loomer's misinformation was amplified by Trump to support his claims that Engoron and Merchan were biased against him.
In 2024, Laura Loomer continued to advocate for Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and was a guest at the September 10 debate. She reportedly influenced Trump to endorse false conspiracy theories and posted a racist tweet about Kamala Harris.
In 2024, Laura Loomer falsely claimed that a winter storm before the Iowa Republican presidential caucuses was created by the American deep state using HAARP to benefit Nikki Haley.
In 2024, Laura Loomer is reportedly close to white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes, toasting him for "the hostile takeover of the Republican Party".
In 2024, Laura Loomer sued Bill Maher for defamation after Maher suggested that she and Donald Trump were having an extramarital affair.
On April 2, 2025, Laura Loomer had an Oval Office meeting with President Trump, arguing that several of his staffers were not sufficiently committed to his agenda.
In early April 2025, reports emerged that Laura Loomer influenced President Trump to dismiss more than half a dozen national security officials due to her suspicions of their disloyalty to him. She also advocated for additional firings.
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