Trump’s ties to ‘toxic’ far-right activist Laura Loomer are causing a MAGA civil war. But they go way back

Laura Loomer, a notorious far-right conspiracy theorist long known for her outrageous comments, has regularly been seen close to Donald Trump in recent weeks – sparking anger among some of his most prominent supporters.

Online, she has been attacking his 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris with racial slurs — and upsetting several prominent MAGA supporters in the process.

Offline, Loomer flew to Pennsylvania with the former president ahead of his debate. Trump also let her accompany him to events to mark the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks – a surprising decision given her 9/11 conspiracy theories.

Now Trump supporters like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lindsey Graham – hardly strangers to controversy themselves – are sounding the alarm that Loomer’s influence could end up costing the Republican Party dearly.

Loomer is a self-described “investigative journalist” who touts “America First principles.” She has also worked for conservative group Project Veritas.

In 2020, she ran for a US House seat in Florida — in a district that included Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Despite calling herself a “proud Islamophobe” and calling Islam a “a cancer on humanity,” she won the GOP primary that year — and enjoyed Trump’s support. But she ended up losing the general election to Democrat Lois Frankel.

Loomer ran again for the same seat in 2022, but lost the Republican primary to Daniel Webster.

The twice-failed Congressional candidate has claimed that her election was “stolen.” She has also perpetuated debunked claims from Trump that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and from Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake that the 2022 election was stolen from her.

Loomer has pushed various conspiracy theories about