Just sayin.
Posted on 04/08/2023 5:59:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Former President Donald Trump recently told aides to hire Laura Loomer, a far-right, anti-Muslim activist with a history of expressing bigoted views, for a campaign role, according to four people familiar with the plans.
Trump met with Loomer recently and directed advisers to give her a role in support of his candidacy, two of the people familiar with the move said. On Tuesday, after Trump’s arraignment in New York, Loomer attended the former president’s speech at Mar-a-Lago, his resort and residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Some of Trump’s aides were said to have concerns that such a hire would cause a backlash, given her history of inflammatory statements and her embrace of the Republican Party’s fringes.
That proved to be correct: The New York Times’ report on the potential hire ignited a firestorm among some of Trump’s most vocal conservative supporters, and by late Friday, a high-ranking campaign official said Loomer was no longer going to be hired.
Reached by phone Friday morning, Loomer said, “Out of respect for President Trump, I’m not going to comment on private conversations that I had with the president.”
Trump’s 2016 campaign focused heavily on anti-Muslim sentiment, and as president, he barred travel from several predominantly Muslim countries. He has been a supporter of Loomer’s, backing her Florida congressional campaign in 2020, when she ran to represent a Palm Beach County district that included Mar-a-Lago.
“Great going Laura,” he wrote on Twitter when she won the Republican primary. “You have a great chance against a Pelosi puppet!”
She lost that race in the fall, in which she was supported by her friend Roger Stone, Trump’s longest-serving adviser.
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The Times simply reported the fact that Trump wanted to hire her. Exactly what news organizations do.
It wasn’t their report that caused him to drop her, it was the reaction of his supporters.
Sounds like a plan to me!
according to “people familiar”
i guess “sources say” was getting a little trite
i am not saying that the NYT is a bunch of LEFTIST liars who cannot be believed about anything
but i would wait and see if there is corroboration by a credible source
just sayin
Why didn’t the Yahoos at Yahoo block this crap as “spam”? That’s what it is and here they are pimpin’ it for the Slimes.
NYT has no comment on the legion of anti-semites currently infesting the Biden administration.
Just sayin.
Trump still surrounded by RINO squishes?
Wasn’t Loomer physically attacked by Muzzies?
No, someone inside the Trump campaign deliberately leaked the news to the NYT with the expectation that it would result in Loomer not getting hired.
If it wasn't Trump himself leaking, then he's got a problem inside his campaign.
NYT has no comment on the legion of anti-semites currently infesting the Biden administration.
Is Trump trying to hire them? Loomer is nutjob who has ranted on twitter about muslim uber drivers among other things. Thanks but no thanks. We don’t need any more crazy in conservative movement.
I think that was Lara Logan.
Thx
“the new york times” never gave up their Duranty Pulitzer.
Maggie Haberman, the female Goebbels.
Must be nice blaming everything on the messenger and never having to confront the facts.
“Trump still surrounded by RINO squishes? “
Looks like it. Can’t make waves or rock the boat. Political Correctness is obviously the priority. At this rate we will never get it back. May as well stop trying.
Being anti-Moslem is not loony. It is common sense for infidels. Moslems are anti everyone else, often deadly so.
Loomer is nutjob who has ranted on twitter about muslim uber drivers among other things. Thanks but no thanks. We don’t need any more crazy in conservative movement.
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Lodi Calif.....
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.. isn’t there a Muslim terrorist training camp there ?
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New York Times + most vocal conservative supporters
Must be nice blaming everything on the messenger and never having to confront the facts.
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You would know /-).
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