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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Trump ally Laura Loomer ridiculed for swinging from Charlie Kirk attacks to leading backlash against detractors

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Far-right activist Laura Loomer in 2024. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

As she pushed Donald Trump to “shut down” leftist organizations in the US over Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the far-right influencer Laura Loomer was confronted with a social media post that less than two months earlier lambasted the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) executive director as a “charlatan” who had betrayed the president.

“It’s time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund & prosecute every single leftist organization,” Loomer wrote on X after Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. “We must shut these lunatic leftists down. Once and for all. The left is a national security threat.”

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