Trump-ally Laura Loomer said India does not have running water or toilet paper.
Laura Loomer is a far-right influencer, activist, journalist who has been spewing venom against India in her defence of the America First policy. The 31-year-old conspiracy theorist said India does not have running water or toilet paper. She also asked why people in India excrete in the same water they bathe and drink from. Calling Indians highly skilled at stealing US jobs, she asked if India was so high-skilled, why Indians have been flocking to the US. She also said she doesn’t care if she’s called racist.
10 things to know about Laura Loomer
- Laura Loomer is known for her hate speech and conspiracy theories and she became prominent just ahead of the election as she was seen with Donald Trump on his campaign trail.
- The GOP distanced itself from Laura Loomer after her racist comment that if Kamala Harris won the election, the White House would have smelled like curry and White House speeches would have been facilitated via a call center.
- Laura Loomer entered the 2020 Florida UD House of Representatives race as a Republican but lost it. Two years later she lost a Republican primary.
- Loomer was banned from Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for her anti-Muslim remarks.
- Donald Trump said Laura Loomer did not work for him and wherever she said was her opinion and not the party’s.
- Laura Loomer said she did not vote for Trump to facilitate “Indian invaders” to steal US jobs. She has become the line between the MAGA and Elon Musk team.
- Laura Loomer said “skilled tech workers” from India mostly hold fraud degrees. “Their programming capabilities are abysmal. And their attitudes are even worse.”
- Now Laura Loomer is advocating for a divorce between Donald Trump and tech bros (Elon Musk) as Elon Musk supporter Sriram Krishnan’s idea of removing the cap on visas for countries — thereby allowing more H-1B visa holders from India.
- In one of her rants, she said she has a big tech executive fatigue and wants to vomit every time she seen one of them at Mar-a-Lago. “The best thing for MAGA is for there to be a divorce between Big Tech and Donald Trump. This fake love fest is unsustainable for our country and our national security.”
- Laura Loomer also thinks of herself as the “litmus test” for being MAGA. As many Republicans blocked her because of her H-1B rant, she declared that those who blocked her are not MAGA.
