She thinks 9/11 was an “inside job,” makes racist jibes and is at war with her own Republican Party — and she flies around the country with Donald Trump.
Meet Laura Loomer, the latest far-right fringe figure to set up in the presidential candidate’s inner circle, and who has managed to shock even Trump’s closest allies as he seeks to reclaim the White House.
Loomer, a 31-year-old social media influencer and pusher of polarization, has managed to squeeze into Trump’s entourage at a time he is struggling to win over the independents and moderates needed to prevail in November’s election against Kamala Harris, a race that is coming down to the wire.
But instead of opening the Republican Party as a big tent, Trump appears to have cozied up to a self-declared Islamophobe who spews toxic remarks about gay and transgender Americans, and insists his bogus debate claims of Haitian …