If you’ve never heard of Laura Loomer, I don’t even know where I would start in trying to explain who she is.
Perhaps the best way to describe her is this: In a world full of batshit crazy right-wingers, she is so nutty that other batshit crazy right-wingers look at her and roll their eyes behind her back.
Well, Loomer ran again for Congress, this time in the GOP primary for Florida’s 11th congressional district, which includes The Villages, the Trump-crazy retirement community.
She lost. Again. And she is not happy.
In Florida’s 11th Congressional District, Rep. Daniel Webster survived an aggressive GOP primary challenge from far-right conspiracy theorist and self-described “proud Islamophobe” Laura Loomer when, on Tuesday, August 23, he defeated her by about 7 percent. The ultra-MAGA Loomer, however, refused to concede, and in true MAGA fashion, she blamed her loss on “big-tech election interference.”
During a speech on Election Night, Loomer was literally in tears when she told supporters, “I’m not conceding, because I’m a winner — and the reality is our Republican Party is broken to its core. What we have done tonight has really honestly shocked the nation. We have further exposed the corruption within our own feckless, cowardly Republican Party. We are losing our country to big-tech election interference, and I am pleading with the Republican Party to please start taking this issue seriously, because the American people deserve representation.”
Loomer slammed Webster as a “RINO Republican” and “do-nothing Daniel Webster” during her speech. RINO is short for “Republican in Name Only,” a popular insult among MAGA Republicans.
I suppose it’s a good sign that, in this red-as-red-can-be district, voters rejected Loomer. But keep in mind that the candidate she beat — that alleged RINO Republican? — believes “wives should submit to their husbands.”
It’s all relative in GOP politics.
Young Turks video below about crazy Loomer’s loss.