2015–2017 In March 2015, Loomer used a concealed video camera to record her conversations with
Barry University officials discussing the idea of starting a club called "Sympathetic Students in Support of the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria". The school apparently asked only that the club's name be changed to "Students in Support of the Middle East".
James O'Keefe of
Project Veritas, a right-wing organization known for producing secretly recorded and deceptively edited undercover audio and video investigations about media organizations and left-leaning groups, released the video of the encounter, Shortly thereafter, the university suspended Loomer for violating the student code of conduct and a professor shown in the video filed criminal charges against her for
recording him without his knowledge. At the time, Loomer was an honors student in her senior year and the president of Barry University's
Young Republicans Club. According to a
Hillary Clinton campaign official, Loomer and two other women posing as Clinton supporters attempted to "entrap" campaign workers into accepting illegal cash donations in July 2015. The official said the campaign had complied with the law. On November 8, 2016, the day of the
2016 U.S. presidential election, Loomer, as part of a Project Veritas stunt, went to a polling station dressed in a
burqa and asked for a ballot under the name of
Huma Abedin. She put a burqa on the
Fearless Girl statue at its original
Bowling Green location in lower Manhattan. A few days later, Loomer left Project Veritas The
Delacorte Theatre production reimagined Julius Caesar as
Donald Trump with a Slovenian-accented actress as
his wife, Calpurnia. Before being escorted offstage by security, Loomer shouted, "This is violence against Donald Trump! Stop the normalization of
political violence against the right! This is unacceptable!" Loomer was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing. Earlier in the week, performances of the play had elicited criticism for depicting women and minorities perpetrating the violent assassination of Trump as U.S. president.
The Public Theater New York responded by saying although they are "champions" of the
First Amendment, the disruption was caused by "social media". Appearing on the
Fox News program
Hannity a few days after her arrest, Loomer said she knew that disrupting the play would result in criminal charges against her. During the interview, she objected to the depiction of Caesar in the play and accused the left of "systematically and programmatically" using "free expression as a pretext to incite violence". A "Free Laura" website, soliciting donations for her arrest expenses, had been purchased by Loomer's employer,
Rebel Media owner
Ezra Levant, six hours before the play started. Loomer also promoted a
crowdfunding page for donations, which received $12,385 from 241 contributors: more money than the normal penalties for the charges she was facing. In August 2017, she was one of several
counter-jihad activists who were appointed "Shillman Fellows", with
Robert J. Shillman contributing to her salary. In September 2017, after three months, she resigned from
Rebel Media. Since then, she has occasionally reported for the American
far-right conspiracy theory and
fake news website InfoWars, as well as the
Geller Report and the
American Freedom Defense Initiative.
2019 On January 14, 2019, Loomer convinced several men she met in a
Home Depot parking lot, who she claimed were
undocumented, to jump the fence with her at
Nancy Pelosi's
Napa, California, home. The group set up a tent on Pelosi's lawn to protest immigration before being removed by police. They were not arrested. A few days later, Loomer attempted to interrupt a speaker at the
2019 Women's March in Washington, D.C., appearing onstage to call the Women's March a "
Nazi" organization. As she was escorted off by security, she shouted, "What about the Jews?" in an apparent reference to the national organizers'
recent anti-semitism controversy. On January 30, 2019, Loomer and others jumped the wall surrounding the
California Governor's Mansion in
Sacramento. They wore Mexican
serapes and
sombreros, with one wearing a large false mustache, and said they were protesting Governor
Gavin Newsom's stance on immigration. They were arrested, given citations, and released within a few hours. Later that day, the group provoked a confrontation outside a Mexican restaurant in downtown Sacramento, live-streaming the event.
2020–2022 Loomer unsuccessfully campaigned twice for a seat in the
US House of Representatives during this period. See the
section on her campaigns below.
2023–2024 In 2023, Loomer began her
Rumble show,
Loomer Unleashed. The content of the show includes
monologues, pranks, and confronting politicians in public. In 2024, Loomer continued to support the
campaign of Donald Trump, telling
The Washington Post, "I'm happy to dedicate all my time to helping Trump, because if Trump doesn't get back in, I don't have anything." She was brought as a guest by Trump to Philadelphia, where he engaged in the
September 10 presidential debate with opponent
Kamala Harris. The following day, Loomer attended events alongside Trump commemorating the
September 11 attacks. Loomer had previously endorsed claims that 9/11 "was an
inside job". According to anonymous sources on the Trump presidential campaign in 2024, Loomer reportedly influenced Trump to publicly endorse various false conspiracy theories, including the claim that
Kamala Harris hid her black heritage and the
Springfield pet-eating hoax alleging Haitian immigrants were eating other people's household pets. Loomer also posted a tweet referencing
stereotypes of Indians, saying that if Harris, who is half-East Indian, were elected president, "the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center."
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right member of the House of Representatives, condemned this remark as "appalling and extremely
racist". In 2024, as part of a promotional deal for a pet food brand, Pawsitive, Loomer filmed herself eating
dog food on her Rumble channel. Days before the 2024 presidential election, Loomer accused
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of misrepresenting a fundraiser, in which Kennedy was seeking donations to support Donald Trump's election campaign. Loomer claimed the money would be spent on re-payments to the
Democratic party given Kennedy's previous primary run with the party. This resulted in online backlash from members of the
MAGA movement, including
Roger Stone.
2025–present During Donald Trump's second term as president, Loomer has emerged as an actor of considerable influence. of the president, so much so that her name has been used as a verb—"Loomered", meaning to be fired or damaged in some way for alleged disloyalty. Loomer has described her role as no different from that of an investigative reporter who informs the public, or as similar to
anti-communist senator
Joseph McCarthy, whom she admires. On April 2, Loomer had an Oval Office meeting with President Trump in which she argued that several of his staffers were not sufficiently committed to his agenda. During the meeting, Loomer said Deputy National Security Adviser
Alex Nelson Wong once worked for the 2012 presidential campaign of
Mitt Romney, while his wife had clerked for Justice
Sonia Sotomayor and was involved in the prosecutions of
January 6 U.S. Capitol rioters. She also criticized a dozen other aides. The next day, more than a half-dozen members on the
United States National Security Council, including the senior director for intelligence Brian Walsh and the senior director for international organizations Maggie Dougherty, along with the director of the
National Security Agency General
Timothy D. Haugh and his deputy
Wendy Noble, were dismissed over the issue of their loyalty towards Trump. Also fired were Thomas Boodry, Senior Director for Legislative Affairs and David Feith, Senior Director for Technology and National Security. Feith was trying to limit the export of the most advanced American AI chips, something that ran against the interests of the UAE, which was offering 2 billion dollars to Trump's crypto firm
World Liberty if the deal came to pass. After the dismissals, Loomer advocated for further firings and was quoted by
The New York Times saying, "In my opinion President Trump should re-evaluate his entire National Security Council." Trump said Loomer had nothing to do with the firings. was removed from office on May 1. In April 2025,
Terry Adirim was fired from her role as a senior executive at the
Central Intelligence Agency's Center for Global Health Services after being targeted by Loomer. In May 2025, Trump withdrew the nomination of
Janette Nesheiwat for
Surgeon General of the United States after Loomer criticized Nesheiwat for misrepresenting her medical credentials and for her public support of
vaccines. In July 2025, Loomer publicly took credit for the firing of
Maurene Comey from the Department of Justice, after what she described as a "two month long pressure campaign" on Attorney General Pam Bondi. On July 25, April Doss was fired from her role as the general counsel of the
National Security Agency after Loomer had retweeted an article by
The Daily Caller attacking her. On July 29, after Loomer called for him to be fired,
Vinay Prasad was dismissed as the Director of the
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research despite opposition from Health and Human Services Secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner
Marty Makary. On July 30, Army Secretary
Daniel P. Driscoll ordered the
United States Military Academy to rescind an employment offer to cybersecurity expert
Jen Easterly, who Loomer criticized for serving under
Joe Biden. In August 2025, Loomer took credit for the firing of an Iranian-American State Department press office official on X, calling him a
jihadi and a "pro-Iranian regime muslim." She further said there are a number of jihadi and jihadi sympathizers within the US government who need to be rooted out. In August 2025, Loomer criticized the
United States Army X account for sharing a post commemorating the thirteenth anniversary of Captain
Florent Groberg tackling a suicide bomber and saving the lives of his unit while on patrol in
Kunar Province,
Afghanistan, an event for which Groberg received the
Medal of Honor. Loomer wrote on X: "Are we supposed to believe the Army couldn't find a Republican and US born soldier?" Groberg is a naturalized citizen who spoke on behalf of
Hillary Clinton's
2016 presidential campaign. Loomer further complained regarding
Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll, a Trump appointee, that "there have been several instances of either [Driscoll], or the Army promoting anti-Trump Leftists on their official social media channels." Loomer's comments received bipartisan condemnation from both veterans and politicians. Groberg replied, "I've served under presidents from both parties and will always honor my oath to this country. Yes, I spoke for 60 seconds at the DNC when asked about service and sacrifice, not politics. For me, [August 8th] isn't about parties. It's about the lives we lost." Loomer doubled down following criticism, stating, "I got a call from a reporter a few minutes ago asking me if I'm deleting my tweet below. I said no. I don't care about the outrage mob. And I am right to be posting about this." Loomer further said that the Army had used "weight behind the [Medal of Honor] to issue partisan political attacks and undermine the Commander in Chief." The
United States Department of State announced in August 2025 that it was suspending all visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza following criticism from Loomer. A group of Palestinians had been granted visas to enter the United States to obtain emergency medical treatment unavailable in Gaza due to the
Gaza war. Loomer responded to a video of wounded Palestinian children arriving at an American airport by stating that Palestinian visitors were "Islamic Invaders" and said that "We didn't vote for mass migration of jihadis into our country. This is America Last. They need to be rounded up and deported." Loomer demanded that "the Trump administration needs to shut this abomination down ASAP before a family member of one of these GAZANS goes rogue and kills Americans for HAMAS."
U.S Representatives Chip Roy and
Randy Fine endorsed Loomer's demand. Loomer subsequently took credit for the State Department's decision to suspend visas, saying she had spoken over the phone with
Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the issue. In November 2025, President Trump withdrew the nomination of Donald Korb for the position of
Commissioner of the IRS after Loomer criticized Korb for previously donating to Democrats. Loomer took credit for the failure of Korb's nomination. The Trump administration removed sanctions on former President of
Srpska Milorad Dodik following lobbying from Loomer and other conservatives, including
Rudy Giuliani and
Michael Flynn. Dodik had been criminally convicted and removed from office for undermining the
Dayton Accords, the peace agreement which ended the
Bosnian War. The
Biden administration had imposed sanctions on Dodik in 2022 for his disregard of the Dayton Accords, in addition to allegations of corruption and graft. The Trump administration detained Sami Hamdi, a British pro-Palestinian journalist, while Hamdi was on a speaking tour of the United States following lobbying on social media by Loomer. Loomer claimed that Hamdi had expressed support for Hamas and took credit for his detention. Hamdi was released after two weeks in detention and said that Loomer had "failed emphatically." Following the
assassination of Charlie Kirk in September 2025, Laura Loomer said that
transgender people were "a national security threat" and called for them to be socially ostracized and declared a terrorist movement, despite the shooter not being transgender. Loomer had a confrontation with Indian news anchor
Rajdeep Sardesai at the
India Today Conclave in
New Delhi in March 2026, with Sardesai blaming Loomer of anti-Indian and Islamophobic remarks, with Loomer retorting back sharply.
Allegations of pay-to-play Some critics of Loomer and observers of American national politics have complained that professional lobbyists have taken notice as Loomer's power in the Trump administration has become greater and more obvious, and Loomer's motives in influencing may have broadened beyond punishing alleged opponents of Trump. – issues outside the usual interests of MAGA politics or contrary to traditional Republican positions (lifting sanctions on Venezuela). and earns "around" $150,000 a year from her show on the Rumble platform, according to what she told Antonia Hitchens. In addition to small denomination donations from online fans, she also receives funding from right-wing donor
Robert J. Shillman, the founder of Cognex Corporation. In the early days of her activism, Loomer sold concealed camera "sting" videos to
The Gateway Pundit and
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