Laura Loomer has stated she ought to sue comic Invoice Maher after he instructed that she was in an “organized relationship” with former president Donald Trump.
“I ought to sue Invoice Maher @billmaher for Defamation. That is past the pale and it’s a whole and blatant lie,” she wrote on X, previously Twitter.
“I’ve by no means in my life seen such a coordinated assault by the mainstream Media, the White Home and leftist personalities to focus on a personal citizen and investigative journalist just because I flew on a aircraft and I help Donald Trump.”
“That is unacceptable,” she continued.
“And it’s a full blown LIE and extremely disrespectful to President Trump and First Woman Melania Trump. It’s very apparent some sort of memo went out as a result of the response to what I stated is totally overblown and it’s a full blown character assassination marketing campaign. It is a full blown lie from @billmaher, and he’s maliciously and intentionally defaming me.”
Loomer, a infamous far-right conspiracy theorist lengthy recognized for her outrageous feedback, has recurrently been seen near Trump in current weeks – sparking anger amongst a few of his most outstanding supporters.
On-line, she has been attacking his 2024 Democratic rival Kamala Harris with racial slurs — and upsetting a number of outstanding MAGA supporters within the course of.
Her feedback about Maher got here after the comic mocked her on his Friday present HBO Present Actual Time with Invoice Maher over her feedback that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce had been in an organized relationship with the purpose of influencing the 2024 election.
Maher stated: “I feel perhaps Laura Loomer’s in an organized relationship to affect the election as a result of she’s very near Trump.
“She’s 31, seems to be like his sort… Who’s Trump f***ing? As a result of I stated, it’s not no one. He’s been a canine for too lengthy. And it’s not Melania. I feel we might have our reply this week.”
Final week, Trump let Loomer accompany him to occasions to mark the twenty third anniversary of the September 11 terrorist assaults – a stunning resolution given she has a historical past of pushing 9/11 conspiracy theories.
Now, Trump supporters like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lindsey Graham – hardly strangers to controversy themselves – are sounding the alarm that Loomer’s affect may find yourself costing the Republican Occasion dearly come November.
Trump responded to the backlash in a publish on Reality Social, considerably making an attempt to distance himself from the controversial determine.
“Laura Loomer doesn’t work for the Marketing campaign. She’s a personal citizen and longtime supporter,” he stated.
“I disagree with the statements she made however, like the numerous hundreds of thousands of people that help me, she is bored with watching the Radical Left Marxists and Fascists violently assault and smear me, even to the purpose of doing something to cease their Political Opponent, ME!”