Laura Loomer to Lindsay Graham: “We All Know You’re Gay”

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wrote on X, adding, “There’s nothing wrong with Gay people.”She was posting in response to criticism from the South Carolina senator, who had issued a response to Loomer’s racist online posts about Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris.Loomer, a failed congressional candidate and one of former President Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters, had shared a post of Harris speaking about her Indian heritage.Loomer claimed if Harris wins the election, “the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center and the American people will only be able to convey their feedback through a customer satisfaction survey at the end of the call that nobody will understand.”Graham, along with U.S.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), released a joint statement blasting Loomer.“While the Republican Party represents a broad diversity of thought and opinions, it is critical that we do not allow the Democrats and mainstream media to have anyone’s comments — which are, at their core, bigoted and racist — speak on behalf of President Trump and other Republicans on the ballot,” the statement read. “We are glad to see President Trump make it clear that he disavows Laura Loomer’s offensive comments.”Greene was the first to take offense to Loomer’s comments, calling them “appalling and extremely racist.”Loomer defended her comments as a “funny joke,” arguing that Harris uses her Indian mother’s heritage “as a way to dodge questions.”“The history of this person is just really toxic,” Graham told HuffPost in an interview. “I mean, she actually called for Kellyanne Conway’s daughter to hang herself.