New York GOP Members Of Congress Silent As Laura Loomer Fans 9/11 Conspiracies

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump angered at least some New Yorkers on Wednesday, Sept. 11, when he brought far-right 9/11 conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer to an event commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

“If anything’s sacred in this country, it should be 9/11. There are so many people who haven’t healed,” 9/11 responder John Feal said Thursday on CNN . “It’s an insult to those who have to fight for their lives now, who are sick and dying.”

On people spreading 9/11 conspiracy theories, “It’s pathetic. It’s comical,” Feal said. “But it hurts.”

Loomer, who spread conspiracy theories last year about 9/11 being “an inside job,”has been hanging around with Trump lately. On Friday, she fueled more conspiracies about the Sept. 11 attacks in a social media post suggesting the government is lyingabout what happened that day.

“Do NOT google Building 7,” Loomer wrote in another post on Friday , fanning a conspiracy theory about a building next to the World Trade Center catching fire and collapsing.

The White House condemned Trump’s association with Loomer this week. So did New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, who called Loomer’s attendance at the 9/11 event “shocking” and “offensive to the thousands of people who lost their lives.”

But there’s one group of people that’s been noticeably silent about Trump keeping a 9/11 conspiracy-peddler in his inner circle: New York’s Republican members of Congress.

There are 10 Republicans in New York’s congressional delegation. None have said anything publicly about Loomer’s false claims about 9/11, or about Trump bringing her to Ground Zero to commemorate the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

HuffPost reached out to all 10 of them on Friday for comment.