A far-right social media provocateur whose hate speech was banned from social media won her Republican primary on Tuesday and will challenge Democratic representative Lois Frankel before Congress in November.
Laura Loomer won over Donald Trump early on Wednesday, tweeting that she had a “big chance,” despite her Florida district deep blue.
Loomer has been a political establishment in the Palm District for decades, which is firmly Democratic, and has been banned from some social media sites and ride-sharing sites following anti-Muslim comments.
After trying to hoax journalists with Project Veritas, Loomer moved the immediate years to direct confrontations with public figures, disrupting interviews and news conferences.
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Medium, PayPal, Venmo, GoFundMe, Uber and Lyft have banned them, but their communication comes out via tweets by fans and other solutions, the Palm Beach Post reported.
Loomer has been a guest on Fox News and alt-right programs after gaining followers by hindering journalists and politicians in stunts posted online. Her campaign adviser is Karen Giorno, a political strategist who worked for Gov. Rick Scott and Trump’s 2016 campaign in Florida.
Donors have contributed millions to their campaign.
Elsewhere in Florida, Ross Spano, a Republican congressman who conducted ethics research on Tuesday, lost his primary challenge, becoming the eighth local House member to be defeated by party presidents this year.
Scott Franklin, a former Navy pilot, business owner and Lakeland City Commissioner, won a prize contest shaped by the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Spano for alleged damage to campaign funding. The House Ethics Committee has accused allegations that Spano borrowed more than $ 100,000 from two friends and then lent the money to his campaign. But it paused the review when the criminal investigation began.
The neighborhood is located east of Tampa in central Florida and has traditionally voted Republican. Franklin will face Democrat Alan Cohn, a former television journalist who raised nearly $ 600,000 for the race on July 29.
