- The Georgia Republican warned Trump to not rent Laura Loomer to work on his 2024 marketing campaign.
- Greene and far-right activist Loomer as soon as publicly praised each other, however they’re now feuding.
- The New York Instances reported that Trump needed to rent Loomer, however sources mentioned the plan was scrapped.
Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene and far-right activist Laura Loomer are feuding after the congresswoman mentioned she would warn former President Donald Trump in opposition to hiring her to work on his 2024 presidential marketing campaign.
The confrontation was sparked by a The New York Instances report that mentioned Trump had advised aides to rent Loomer, a self-described “proud Islamophobe” who has promoted COVID-19 misinformation.
Greene took to Twitter on Friday to say Loomer is “mentally unstable and a documented liar” who “cannot be trusted.”
—Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) April 7, 2023
The Georgia Republican listed varied complaints about Loomer, together with claims that the activist attacked her for supporting Kevin McCarthy’s bid for Home speaker and for not endorsing Loomer in her most up-to-date congressional marketing campaign.
She additionally claimed that Loomer loves “weirdo” Nick Fuentes, the conservative firebrand and white supremacist who Trump had a controversial dinner with in November together with rapper Ye, previously often called Kanye West.
“By no means rent or do enterprise with a liar. Liars are poisonous and toxic to all the things they contact. I am going to be sure that he is aware of,” Greene mentioned about Loomer.
Loomer responded with a number of tweets attacking Greene, calling her a liar and describing her conduct as “not very “Christian.”
Loomer shared a video of the congresswoman praising her in 2018, and claimed that she had screenshots of Greene promising to endorse her for Congress and accused her of fixing her thoughts after she “made offers with McCarthy.”
She additionally criticized Greene for hiring Milo Yiannopoulos, a British alt-right provocateur, to intern for her final yr, and accused her of not doing sufficient to assault Trump’s rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
After Greene and different MAGA world figures reacted negatively to The New York Instances report, a high-ranking marketing campaign official advised the paper that Loomer was now not going to be employed.
The controversial activist was barred from ride-hail apps Lyft and Uber and quickly banned from Twitter for making bigoted feedback.
It’s not clear what sparked their feud. Greene and Loomer as soon as publicly praised and defended each other, however the relationship has since soured.
