Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Laura Loomer accuse each other of racism in social media war
NEW YORK — Feuding MAGA conspiracy theorists Laura Loomer and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused each other of racism in a social media war of words that began on Wednesday, which Loomer spent with Donald Trump.
Days earlier, Loomer posted a message on X stating that “if Kamala Harris wins, the White House will smell like curry,” along with other anti-Indian tropes.
“This is appalling and extremely racist,” Greene shot back Wednesday night. “It does not represent who we are as Republicans or MAGA. This does not represent President Trump.”
Greene, who has a running rivalry with the far-right political activist, demanded her former friend take down her racist post.
Loomer responded with a long string of angry replies, starting with one referring to the congresswoman from Georgia as “a raging antisemite” who once claimed space lasers operated by prominent Jewish bankers were used to ignite wildfires in California. She also called Greene “the most miserable lying b—h in Congress.”
The two Trump surrogates used to get along well.
Greene said she endorsed and contributed to Loomer’s failed 2020 congressional campaign in Florida, but didn’t back her in 2022. According to Greene, that led to the deterioration of their relationship.
Loomer claims she stopped trusting Greene and questions the congresswoman’s commitment to the MAGA movement.
Loomer has spent time with Trump in Pennsylvania this week, where the Republican presidential nominee delivered a bizarre and seemingly baseless claim that Haitian migrants in Ohio are eating people’s pets during Tuesday’s presidential debate. That racist conspiracy theory also appears more than once on Loomer’s X feed.
The activist, who has frequently promoted Sept. 11 conspiracy theories, also joined Trump on Wednesday for ceremonies marking the anniversary of the attacks.
Many MAGA supporters on X urged Loomer and Greene to stop quarrelling for Trump’s sake.
“We have an election to win and sowing seeds of division is not the way to win it!” posted right-wing influencer Alex Stone.
“Why are we doing this to each other?” asked another MAGA supporter. “Why are we attacking fellow Republicans in the midst of one of the most important elections of our lives?”