Ex-Bush Spox Rips Trump On CNN For Taking 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist and ‘Lunatic’ Laura Loomer To 9/11 Memorial Event
CNN’s John Berman spoke to former GOP political operative Ana Navarro and ex-Bush White House spokesperson Pete Seat about a range of issues on Thursday, but ended the conversation with a discussion of far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.
Berman began by asking, “How things like Laura Loomer play maybe with the swing voters. Laura Loomer is a conservative activist, someone who has leaned into conspiracy theories that 9/11 was an inside job, among others, traveling with Donald Trump to New York for 911. Traveling with him around the debates and whatnot. And Marjorie Taylor Greene. Well, what Laura Loomer has said recently online is so extreme that Marjorie Taylor Greene is speaking out.” He continued:
Let me read you sort of this tweet thread here. Marjorie Taylor Greene writes, ‘This is appalling and extremely racist. It does not represent who we are as Republicans or MAGA. This does not represent President Trump. This type of behavior should not be tolerated ever. Laura Loomer should take this down.’
What is she talking about? Well, Laura Loomer put out a tweet. I’m not going to read the whole thing because it’s racist, fully on racist. But she says, ‘If Kamala Harris wins, the White House will smell like curry’ — among other things. Pete. So if Marjorie Taylor Greene is speaking out against you, what does that tell you about the person you’re taking on your plane in case of Donald Trump and Laura Loomer?
“Well, you were kind in your description of Laura Loomer. She’s a lunatic, and I don’t think anyone should pay attention to anything she says. And it’s troubling. It is troubling that the Republican nominee and a former president of the United States and potentially the next president holds her in such high regard,” replied Seat, adding:
And the reason is because she feeds his worst impulses. That’s what he wants. He feeds off of that type of rhetoric and those types of conspiracy theories. And she is going to just keep giving him the red meat that he wants. And she’ll remain in that inner circle, which is is it’s a problem. It’s a troubling development. But I would just encourage folks to not pay attention to her because 99.9% of what comes out of her mouth is completely insane.
“She’s getting a seat on Trump’s plane, Ana,” Berman continued, turning to Navarro.
“His wife isn’t on the plane. His daughter isn’t on the plane. But this kook is on the plane. And I think it should be incredibly concerning that potentially the next president of the United States is surrounded by racist conspiracy theorists. Listen, when Marjorie Taylor Greene is all of a sudden the voice of reason, we’ve got to like, you know, call it a wake-up moment,” Navarro said before replying to the substance of Loomer’s tweet:
And I do think we need to pay attention to it because I’d like to know what role she’s going to have, any future Trump administration. I’d like to know what kind of access she would have to the future possibly president of the United States. And by the way, I will tell Laura Loomer, I’ve been in Kamala Harris’s house. And you know what it smells like? It smells like power. It smells like patriotism. It smells like equality. It smells like a woman who’s broken glass ceilings.
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