Far-right activist Laura Loomer won the GOP House primarily in Florida’s 21st Congressional District, giving the Republican Party a controversial nominee in a safe blue district.
Loomer pulled for a full field of Republicans to win the nomination in the all-blue southeast Florida district at 9:43 a.m. EDT, according to The Associated Press. She will oppose Rep. Lois FrankelLois Jane FrankelMatt Gaetz, Roger Stone back-right activist Laura Loomer in congressional bid Former cop Demings has a progressive pushback in equestrian sports. Gloves come off as Democrats fight for House-seat in California (D), which went unchallenged in 2018 and won with more than 60 percent of the vote in 2016.
Loomer is the Republican nominee in a district that includes President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Memo – Michelle Obama shines, Trump shouts Trump out at Cuomo after his Democratic convention speech Biden tries to win over progressives and Republicans overnight MAYhis club in Mar-a-Lago. The president and first lady Melania TrumpMelania TrumpHarris chooses ‘Pioneer’ as her secret service code name Trump to attend GOP convention every day: reports Taylor Swift: Trump’s ‘calculated dismantling’ of USPS proves he is trying to ‘blatantly cheat’ elections MORE are registered voters in Palm Beach Country, and both voted by mail for Tuesday’s primary.
The controversial candidate has the distinctions of right-wing figures as well Roger StoneRoger Jason StoneHow would a Biden Justice Department be different? Matt Gaetz, Roger Stone Back-Right Activist Laura Loomer in Congress Bid Barr: The Left ‘Believes in Breaking the System’ MAY and rep. Matt GaetzMatthew (Matt) GaetzMatt Gaetz, Roger Stone back-right activist Laura Loomer in Congress bid Gaetz set to support primary opponent of fellow Florida GOP lawmakers The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by the Air Line Pilots Association – Progress progress on coronavirus bill MORE (R-Fla.). She has been expelled from various social media and other technology platforms in recent years after making anti-Muslim remarks. In 2017, she was banned from Uber after tweeting that “someone should create a non-Islamic form of @uber or @lyft,” and she is also banned from platforms such as Twitter, PayPal and GoFundMe.
Loomer scared him for tweeting that she could not find a “non-Muslim” cab as an Uber driver and played herself at the Twitter office in New York to protest what she said discriminated against conservatives online.
“I will win,” she told The Hill earlier this month, claiming her victory would be “the first time an uninformed candidate gets a party nomination.”
While Loomer goes up a notch to not sit Frankel, she gives Democrats yet another attack line against the GOP, as Republicans ask questions about some of their more controversial Candidates.
Earlier this month, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a supporter of QAnon’s conspiracy theory who made a litany of Islamophobic and anti-Semitic remarks, won her Republican primary in Georgia, putting her on course to win a congressional seat in November.
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