Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who has been banned from multiple social media platforms for incendiary comments, won the Republican primary for the US House district in Florida that’s the home of President Donald Trump and his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Loomer has been removed from multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for her anti-Muslim comments. Before she was banned from Twitter, Loomer wrote in 2017 that « I never want another Muslim entering this country » and used hashtags such as #ProudIslamophobe, according to The Arizona Republic. In the wake of a terror attack in New York in 2017, she was banned from Uber and Lyft after making comments discouraging the employment of Muslims, NBC News reported at the time. In videos posted to her campaign website, Loomer, who’s Jewish, also has targeted US Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, who are Muslim, accusing them of anti-Semitism. She has pushed conspiracy theories, like accusing the student survivors of the 2018 Parkland shooting of being fed lines, and that same year saying she « didn’t buy » that pipe bombs were sent to CNN and prominent Democrats. After an investigation, Cesar Sayoc apologized and pleaded guilty for mailing 16 improved explosive devices.
