The presence of hard-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer alongside Donald Trump on the campaign trail in recent days has raised questions, including from some Republicans, about the influence the controversial former congressional candidate may have on him.

Ms Loomer is well-known for her anti-Muslim rhetoric and for spreading conspiracy theories, including that the 9/11 attacks were an “inside job” carried out by the US government.

She joined Trump at an event on Wednesday commemorating the attacks, raising eyebrows and prompting outrage in some US media outlets.

Now, she is known for her vocal support of Trump and for promoting a long string of conspiracy theories including claims that Kamala Harris is not black, and that the son of billionaire George Soros was sending cryptic messages calling for Trump’s assassination.

These posts led her to be banned from a number of platforms including Facebook, Instagram and even, according to her, Uber and Lyft for making offensive comments about Muslim drivers. She once described herself as a “proud Islamophobe”.

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“Traveling” 🤨

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Yeah, that word is doing some real heavy lifting here.

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How so? On his plane multiple times.

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I’ve not heard it called that before.

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Oh right, didn’t get what was intended first time.

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That gross little toadstool isn’t going to suck itself! Who do you think will do that? Melania? She’s busy getting plowed by her favorite secret service agent in New York.

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I mean the obvious place to look for detritus is at the bottom.

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It would be funny if her racist rhetoric wasn’t effective.

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She locked herself to a single door

People just walked past her and she had to ask the police to cut her free after two hours because nobody cared lol

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/laura-loomer-twitter-hq-video-ban-handcuffs-facebook-jack-dorsey-ilhan-omar-islam-a8660351.html

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Thank you for sharing that.

This is crazy and extremely moronic on her part.

And interesting how she saw fit to wear a yellow star on that occasion. Seemingly likening being banned from a social networking platform to being the victim of genocide.

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They’re sending their best.

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She was the one that started the pet eating lies right? I thank her for making Trump look a fool.

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I don’t think she started it. Very well could have popularized it.

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I don’t know about her involvement with this but there’s a snopes article about it. It’s wholly unfounded based on some random Facebook post.

A social media post originally from a Springfield Facebook group went viral nationally in recent days. The original poster did not cite first-hand knowledge of an incident. Instead they claimed that their neighbor’s daughter’s friend had lost her cat and found it hanging from a branch at a Haitian neighbor’s home being carved up to be eaten.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cats-ducks-haitians-springfield/

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Wasn’t it Laura Loomer, who started the whole Kamala gave BJs to get to her position? I guess it was truly just projection.

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🌎🧑‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

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Still gross to make that accusation about someone as reprehensible as Loomer. And it let’s Trump off the hook. She’s not traveling with him because of sexual favors, she’s traveling with him because he supports her insane views.

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The pictures of her with Mango Musalini make it look like they’re sharing more than just a political viewpoint.

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Herpes they are sharing herpes

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It’s not a gross accusation when it’s a gross truth.

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Right, but do you have any evidence? Otherwise it’s just an accusation

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Just because she’s a horrible person doesn’t mean he’s not also taking advantage of her. After all, “When you’re a star, they let you do it…”

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accusation

Every accusation IS an admission of guilt with Republicans, without exception.

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This thought terminating cliche is used on the right as well. It makes no sense (so…Trump is the one who “became black?”) and just exists so people can reinforce their world view uncritically.

If you have an opinion, back it up with evidence and say that.

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I guess you’re implying she…doesn’t?

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