With the Iowa Caucus just days away, Laura Loomer is doing what Laura Loomer does best: Drumming up publicity for herself while acting as a surrogate for Donald Trump’s campaign.
The self-described “investigative reporter” proudly announced on X on Saturday that she got herself police escorts out of two Republican campaign events.
It is unclear what, exactly, transpired at either event to warrant having the police called on her, but Loomer was booted from both a Nikki Haley event and, later, a Ron DeSantis gathering.
To hear the outspoken Trump supporter tell it, the GOP candidates just can’t handle being “Loomered.”
“JUST IN: @NikkiHaley just called the cops on me and had me escorted out of her town hall in Iowa,” Loomer wrote on X. “I was literally just standing and her staff let me inside the event after they sent me confirmation of my tickets.”
“[Nikki Haley] wants to be President and talks a big talk about how she’s going to use her heels to put dictators in their place, but she is so triggered by my presence, she had 2 police remove me from her event,” she stated. “How does Nikki Haley plan on dealing with Putin and Xi if she can’t even handle Laura Loomer?”
“Nikki Haley clearly doesn’t support free speech,” Loomer deduced. “For someone who likes to pretend to be anti-dictator, she sure is acting like a dictator by using the police to have women removed from her events. Way to enforce the concept of weaponized government on the 3 year anniversary of January 6, Nikki!”
JUST IN: @NikkiHaley just called the cops on me and had me escorted out of her town hall in Iowa. I was literally just standing and her staff let me inside the event after they sent me confirmation of my tickets. @NikkiHaley wants to be President and talks a big talk… pic.twitter.com/MzmBIVoYO3
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 6, 2024
Things went about as well for her over at the DeSantis event.
“RON DESANTIS CALLED THE COPS ON ME AND HAD ME REMOVED FROM HIS IOWA CAMPAIGN EVENT TONIGHT EVEN THOUGH I HAD A TICKET!” she screamed in all caps.
“I was just removed from [Ron DeSantis’s] Presidential Campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa and threatened with ARREST by a police officer even though I had a ticket. I called the restaurant named ‘Who’s On 1st’ ahead of time and they confirmed the restaurant was open to the public on the top floor, but [Ron DeSantis] called the cops on me because he doesn’t want me asking him, [Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas)], [Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)], and [President and CEO of The FAMiLY Leader, Bob Vander Plaats] questions about why [Ron DeSantis] said J6ers aren’t patriots, and why he has allowed for Capitol police to have an office in Tampa, Florida to hunt down Trump supporters,” Loomer explained.
“I was told if I came back I would be taken to jail,” she added.
“You know who isn’t ‘on 1st’?” she asked her followers. “[Ron DeSantis], because he’s not in 1st place in Iowa, and he doesn’t support the 1st Amendment! How ironic! The event was sponsored by [Never Back Down]. Ron arrived in the Never Back Down short bus.”
“WATCH,” she instructed her followers. “[Ron DeSantis] and [Nikki Haley] both called the cops on a Trump supporter today to get them arrested on the 3 year anniversary of J6! They support Weaponized government, and this is why nobody likes them!”
BREAKING:
RON DESANTIS CALLED THE COPS ON ME AND HAD ME REMOVED FROM HIS IOWA CAMPAIGN EVENT TONIGHT EVEN THOUGH I HAD A TICKET!
I was just removed from @RonDeSantis’s Presidential Campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa and threatened with ARREST by a police officer even… pic.twitter.com/4jIehE83UX
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 7, 2024
“I’m a well-known conservative journalist so there’s no denying who I am,” Loomer told Newsweek in a phone interview. “I had Vivek Ramaswamy on my show. I talk to candidates, and today I decided to go see Nikki Haley.”
“I was approved for the ticket, and I signed my name when I got there,” she said. “They even asked me if I wanted to volunteer. But while I was waiting for the event, they just called the cops over on me.”
“As nasty as the press is to President Trump, you never see him kicking the press out,” she added.
Loomer’s reach is undeniable.
“1.1 million views,” she announced on X, referring to her DeSantis video.
1.1 million views. https://t.co/V7hXszjkBp
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 7, 2024
And the Trump supporter’s fans are cheering her on.
“omg. On the same day makes this even more mind blowing,” wrote one user. “They’re scared of you, Laura, and I love it.”
“ANY politician who can’t handle a tough reporter is no politician at all, and definitely not one to be trusted with any real power,” said another.
“They’re losers and they know it,” stated a third. “They didn’t want you rubbing it in.”
omg. On the same day makes this even more mind blowing. They’re scared of you, Laura, and I love it.
— eve (@eveforamerica) January 7, 2024
ANY politician who can’t handle a tough reporter is no politician at all, and definitely not one to be trusted with any real power.
— Joe Triola ✝️ (@jtriola69) January 7, 2024
They’re losers and they know it. They didn’t want you rubbing it in.
— WenatcheeRN (@WenatcheeRN) January 7, 2024
“I am a journalist. I have credentials, my own media company, and a wildly successful show on @rumblevideo,” Loomer wrote on X. “I flew to Iowa to report on the Iowa Caucus, and I will be here all week.”
“Today, I attended 3 GOP Presidential campaign events in Iowa,” she reported. “This morning I went to [Nikki Haley’s] event. In the afternoon I went to President Trump’s event. This evening I went to [Ron DeSantis’s] event. 2 of these GOP Presidential candidates called the police on me, and one of them didn’t.”
“If you support free speech, freedom of the press, and you oppose weaponized government being used to silence political dissent,” she wrote, “vote for President Trump.”
I am a journalist. I have credentials, my own media company, and a wildly successful show on @rumblevideo.
I flew to Iowa to report on the Iowa Caucus, and I will be here all week.
Today, I attended 3 GOP Presidential campaign events in Iowa.
This morning I went to…
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 7, 2024
“Haley is now Trump’s main challenger in the 2024 GOP primary, although she still trails the former president by a large margin in most national polls,” according to Newsweek. “Haley and Ron DeSantis are neck-and-neck for second, but both trail Trump in Iowa.”
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