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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Aug 7, 2020, 02:41 PM Aug 2020

Anti-Muslim Activist Laura Loomer Is About to Get a Little Closer to Congress

Anti-Muslim activist and fringe Trumpworld personality Laura Loomer is poised to move one step closer to the halls of Congress in two weeks—unless a little-known engineering professor can stop her.

Loomer is notorious, among other things, for chaining herself to Twitter’s front door, for being permanently booted from Uber Eats after calling for an Uber without Muslim drivers, and for calling Islam a “cancer on society.”

She’s tried to restyle herself this cycle as a less obviously hateful Republican candidate for her congressional bid in Florida’s 21st District, a seat now held by Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), trading social media stunts for mundane fundraisers.

Loomer isn’t the only Trump internet personality to make a long-shot House bid this year. But unlike most of her compatriots who went on to primary defeat, Loomer has raised a ton of money ahead of her Aug. 18 primary, pulling in more than $1.1 million as of a Thursday FEC filing. Loomer also hired Karen Giorno, a well-connected Trump ally and former Florida campaign chief, for her campaign.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-muslim-activist-laura-loomer-083542042.html

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Anti-Muslim Activist Laura Loomer Is About to Get a Little Closer to Congress (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
Loomer has zero chance of beating Lois Frankel obamanut2012 Aug 2020 #1
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