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struggle4progress

(118,296 posts)
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:08 PM Aug 2020

The GOP race to represent Palm Beach

By Lori Rozsa
August 17, 2020 at 6:48 a.m. EDT

... The six people competing in the.. primary include a former burlesque dancer and wild animal exhibitor ..; a Palm Beach neighbor of Mar-a-Lago .. supported by QAnon believers; and Laura Loomer, a far-right commentator and anti-Islam activist .. who once handcuffed herself to the front door of Twitter’s office ...

There’s also an ex-cop, a nuclear engineer-turned college professor and a retired investigator for the IRS ...

All six candidates are political newcomers running in a heavily Democratic district ...

The White House declined to comment on who the president supports ... But earlier this year, he retweeted a post promoting Loomer’s candidacy ...

Loomer, 27, is the front-runner in fundraising ...

She has been a no-show at most of the forums and debates sponsored by community organizations in the district ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-candidates-florida-21st-congressional-district-trump/2020/08/16/a8d710b8-de2d-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most

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The GOP race to represent Palm Beach (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2020 OP
Laura Loomer is really dumb BGBD Aug 2020 #1
They brought their A-team. Laelth Aug 2020 #2
 

BGBD

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1. Laura Loomer is really dumb
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 11:12 PM
Aug 2020

She's the female version of Jacob Wohl, and has been tied up in plenty of badly planned schemes with him.

Funny story regarding the Twitter thing. It was one of those double doors, but she only handcuffed herself to one door, so everyone coming in just walked around her and went in the other side of the door. lol

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