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    Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer is part of the circle around Donald Trump

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    WASHINGTON − Former President Donald Trump’s history of amplifying conspiracy theories is back in the spotlight thanks to dogs, cats and Laura Loomer.

    Loomer is a far-right media figure whose theories range from the false claim that 9/11 was an “inside job” to the unsubstantiated reports that Haitian migrants in Ohio are eating dogs and cats. Trump repeated the latter falsehood in Tuesday’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, prompting swift backlash and jokes online.

    Loomer was part of Trump’s entourage at the debate and also accompanied Trump to a 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero in New York, despite the fact that she falsely claimed U.S. involvement in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed 2,996 people.

    Loomer has spent years attacking Muslims and promoting white nationalism. She has pushed conspiracy theories about vaccines, immigrants, federal government workers and the New York judge who heard Trump’s hush-money case.

    She also spent part of her week posting a racist tweet about Harris’ Native American heritage. That and her other activities have even inspired far-conservative Republicans to urge Trump to distance himself from the Florida-based media influencer.

    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded to X, saying on social media: “This is abhorrent and extremely racist. This does not represent who we are as Republicans or MAGA. This does not represent President Trump. This type of behavior should never be tolerated.”

    “Her rhetoric and her tone does not sit with the base, does not sit with MAGA, does not sit with most Republicans that I know,” Greene also told reporters at the U.S. Capitol. “I condemn it completely; I’m over it.”

    Loomer responded by attacking Greene and others as tools of the Democrats who want to defeat Trump.

    “The media is terrified,” Loomer said on X. “They know they can’t stop what’s coming. Just remember: ‘They smear who they fear.’”

    In another post, Loomer said she does not “work for President Trump. I don’t work for anybody.” Trump’s campaign has declined to publicly discuss Trump’s interactions with Loomer, denying only that she is a campaign official. Loomer campaigned alongside Lara Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and current RNC co-chair, during the 2020 presidential election.

    Over the decades, Trump himself has confirmed a number of conspiracies. They range from the mother of modern conspiracy theories — the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy — to accusations that the government has provided false statistics on crime and the economy to the false claim that President Barack Obama was born abroad.

    Asked why Loomer was at the 9/11 ceremony in New York, the campaign released a statement that did not mention her name: “President Trump put politics aside and stood with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden to honor those who lost their lives during the worst terrorist attack in our country’s history. The day was about none other than the souls who are gone, their families, and the heroes who courageously rose to save their fellow Americans on that fateful day.”

    Loomer, who describes herself as an investigative journalist, has worked for conservative media outlets and unsuccessfully ran for Congress in Florida’s 21st Congressional District. She is known for confronting Trump’s opponents on camera, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis when he ran against Trump for this year’s Republican presidential nomination.

    At one point, Loomer’s stridency got her banned from Twitter. She protested by chaining herself to the company’s New York headquarters for a few hours. Loomer was reinstated on the site—now X—after businessman Elon Musk bought it.

    On Monday, the day before the debate, Loomer tweeted a discredited claim that “disturbing reports came out this weekend about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets in Ohio.” Although Trump repeated the false claim during the debate, the Trump campaign pointed out that he and allies had tweeted a variety of memes about dogs and cats in the hours leading up to the debate; it wasn’t just Loomer.

    Loomer’s performance at Ground Zero also drew withering criticism, including from Democrats eager to link Trump to the far-right wing of his party.

    House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York native, called it “shocking,” “offensive” and also telling.

    “Donald Trump is a conspiracy theory-spreading, racist firebrand and pathological liar,” Jeffries said.

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