What Laura Loomer Knows That the GOP Establishment Doesn’tThe first congressional candidate in history to be banned from virtually all social media writes a compelling tale of modern American politics.
By Paul du Quenoy
January 30, 2022
“That’s not appropriate here!” chided an audibly nervous Minnesota congressman Tom Emmer, 60, at a recent National Republican Congressional Committee donor retreat in Key Biscayne, Florida. Emmer’s composure faltered when he was asked from the floor why a selection of 10 congressional seats targeted in the 2022 midterm elections did not include any of those held by the 10 Republican representatives who voted to impeach President Trump in 2021, seven of whom are still delusional enough to seek reelection this year.
The question came from Laura Loomer, 28, who is currently running for the Republican nomination in Florida’s solidly red 11th congressional district. The seat is held currently by Dan Webster, who curiously failed to cast a vote on the 2021 impeachment. In 2020, Loomer won the Republican nomination in Florida’s decidedly bluer 21st congressional district, where she also gained President Donald Trump’s endorsement and his vote (the 21st includes Palm Beach, where he resides). She raised more funds than all seven of her Republican primary opponents and Democratic incumbent Lois Frankel combined.
You might not have heard about Loomer’s race, but it was historic. She was the first congressional candidate in history to be banned from virtually all social media, leading many commentators to dismiss her candidacy as impossible. To its disgrace, the GOP establishment provided Loomer with no funds and almost totally ignored her, while some elements of the party, including the notorious Lincoln Project, attacked her more than they attacked Democrats. Her opponent refused to debate her or even mention her name in public.
You can, however, learn all about Loomer’s campaign and her dynamic and adversarial approach to politics in her new book, Loomered: How I Became the Most Banned Woman in the World. For any true conservative, it is a must-read. Perhaps for that reason, establishment Republicans and the embarrassed bow-tied bystanders of Conservatism, Inc. have ignored it as assiduously as they ignored Loomer’s nomination, even though her energy, intrepidity, and grassroots skills put a blue district in play, and could have been a Republican win.
Loomer’s story is one of the most compelling tales of modern American politics, but she wrote Loomered as a warning as well as a memoir. As a verb, to “Loomer” has two meanings. The first is to use our constitutional rights of free speech, assembly, and association to confront people in power with questions that they would prefer not to be asked, still less answer. It is the closest thing contemporary America has to speaking truth to power.
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Source:
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/30/what-laura-loomer-knows-that-the-gop-establishment-doesnt/
