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Laura Loomer wins Republican primary in Florida
Arutz Sheva ^

Posted on 08/19/2020 4:58:35 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

Laura Loomer, a Jewish right-wing activist known for her anti-Muslim rhetoric, has won the Republican primary in the southern Florida congressional district where President Donald Trump votes.

The primary win caps a rapid rise for the 27-year-old political activist, whose provocations — and the responses to them — have made her a favorite of the right wing of the Republican Party. In 2017, Loomer, who calls herself an “investigative journalist,” was banned from Uber for calling on the rideshare service to allow riders to reject Muslim drivers.

In 2018, Twitter suspended her account after she called Rep. Ilhan Omar, then a congressional candidate, “anti-Jewish.” Last year, Facebook banned her amid a purge of people the company said used the platform to promote hate.

Loomer won 42% of the vote in a six-candidate field in the primary on Tuesday. She’ll now face off in November against the Jewish incumbent Democrat, Lois Frankel, who handily bested a challenger from the left, Guido Weiss, with 87% of the vote.

Loomer is widely expected to lose the general election; Frankel ran unopposed in 2018 and won 63% of the vote in 2016. But she had the endorsement of Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, a conservative figure who is close to President Donald Trump. Trump and Gaetz both congratulated her on Twitter on Tuesday night; so did Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conspiracy theorist who last week won a primary in a heavily Republican district in Georgia.

Wins by these right-wing figures are presenting a dilemma for the party’s congressional leadership, which has sought to marginalize hard-line right-wing figures....

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 21stcd; loomer; primary; rinosupset
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1 posted on 08/19/2020 4:58:35 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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Wins by these right-wing figures are presenting a dilemma for the party’s congressional leadership, which has sought to marginalize hard-line right-wing figures.

It's long past time for us to get new congressional leadership.

2 posted on 08/19/2020 5:08:13 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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It’s long past time for us to get new congressional leadership

Yes, it is. People like Romney need their own party and name it after a meat eater like Crocodiles. There are between 12 and 20 Republicans like this in Congress. Disgusting liars.

I am pleased, always, when a candidate chooses to oppose someone with facts and not emotion.

The hysterionics (? sp) of every person I have met who didn’t use facts to support their argument is a perfect example of a failed school system from bottom to top.


3 posted on 08/19/2020 5:15:52 AM PDT by Bodega
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To: Eleutheria5

You would think that at least here at FR this win would be more popular than it is. The Left can go as far bat poo crazy left with AOC, Tlaib, Ayanna, etc., and adding new ones from primaries this time. And here we are letting the media and squishy Rs to tell us we should be embarrassed by these “conspiracy” candidates.


4 posted on 08/19/2020 5:18:05 AM PDT by SarahPalin2012
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To: Eleutheria5

Hope Loomer wins in the general. She would be the House disruptor from the Right — like the Left’s AOC, but with a brain that is composed of grey matter, instead of air.


5 posted on 08/19/2020 5:27:22 AM PDT by twister881
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To: SarahPalin2012

I am anti Mohammed too. Anti Marx. Anti CCP.


6 posted on 08/19/2020 5:28:20 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Eleutheria5
We got a bunch of right-wing women winning primaries.

Here's Air Force Veteran Anna Paulina Luna, who won the Republican primary race in Florida’s 13th congressional district.


7 posted on 08/19/2020 5:31:47 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
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Luna is a great candidate — conservative, female, Latin heritage, a veteran. She’s facing off against that reprobate, former RINO Florida governor cum ‘RAT representative Charlie Crist (D-Pickle Sniffer).


8 posted on 08/19/2020 5:38:23 AM PDT by twister881
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To: PapaBear3625

Seriously not guilty.


9 posted on 08/19/2020 5:40:18 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: twister881
Hope Loomer wins in the general. She would be the House disruptor from the Right — like the Left’s AOC, but with a brain that is composed of grey matter, instead of air.

Unlike the Democrats, who rally around their "squad", Loomer will be totally ostracized by the House GOP.

I hope she wins as well but her district isn't a sure thing. Looked like a tight race last time around. She's got a challenge ahead of her.

10 posted on 08/19/2020 5:45:24 AM PDT by Drew68
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Loomer would be a gigantic upgrade for the GOPee. That bunch of windbags in Congress needs someone to stir the pot.


11 posted on 08/19/2020 5:51:30 AM PDT by abbastanza
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To: Drew68

Democrats are terrified of the Squad, so they rally around it. Republicans are not scared of what Loomis will do, but that they might be lumped together with her. Sometimes that is a legitimate fear, why the Party disowned David Duck. But she is not threatening anyone, just saying controversial things that get her banned on Twitter, which is a badge of honor now.


12 posted on 08/19/2020 5:51:44 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("SHUT UP!" he explained.)
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“challenger from the left, Guido Weiss”

“Guido Weiss”. The name makes me laugh for some reason.


13 posted on 08/19/2020 5:53:49 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (If 100% of us contracted this Covid Virus only 99.997% would be left to tell our story.)
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I really hope Loomer beats Frankel. When Lois Frankel was the Mayor of West Palm Beach she had the awful red light cameras installed and thought it was great that her cameras could ticket you without the benefit of a police officer being involved......until it happened to her. Typical Democrat hypocrite.
14 posted on 08/19/2020 5:55:21 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Eleutheria5

LOL...I hope she wins hugely. Congress will never be the same...and here I thought Trump was entertaining.


15 posted on 08/19/2020 6:02:47 AM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: twister881

Crist is disgusting. Let’s hope for the best - Luna.


16 posted on 08/19/2020 6:03:02 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (If 100% of us contracted this Covid Virus only 99.997% would be left to tell our story.)
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To: Eleutheria5
What this country needs as much as anything is more Jewish right-wing activists.

When the Jews en masse get behind President Trump, we will know that America has been saved from destruction.

17 posted on 08/19/2020 6:15:07 AM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump, loving God, America, and the American People, is on the Side of GOD and the Angels!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Great news. And if Tweeter banned her, she is right. Social media is for liberals.


19 posted on 08/19/2020 6:27:45 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-) Trump 2020)
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To: PapaBear3625

That young lady has a future.


20 posted on 08/19/2020 6:30:33 AM PDT by OKSooner (John Durham DOES exist after all, and he just kicked a field goal with seven minutes left.)
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