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ICYMI: ‘Rick Scott to Appear on Laura Loomer’s Podcast Tuesday Night’ [Florida Phoenix]
Loomer, a Known Racist and 9/11 Conspiracist, has Endorsed Scott for Senate GOP Leader
Yesterday, the Florida Phoenix reported that Rick Scott will appear on a podcast hosted by racist conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. Loomer is infamous for being openly racist and islamophobic, calling 9/11 “an inside job,” and suggesting the January 6th Insurrection should be celebrated as a “national holiday.” Loomer has also insinuated that the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 Floridians was a hoax. Scott has a long standing relationship with Loomer and proudly accepted her endorsement for Senate GOP Leader.
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- Rick Scott is scheduled to appear on a podcast on Tuesday night hosted by Laura Loomer, the far-right activist with a history of expressing bigoted views.
- Loomer is a 31-year-old influencer who has become notorious in recent years for a number of comments that have been labeled as racist, sexist, homophobic, and Islamophobic.
- Her remarks last month that the White House “will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center” if Kamala Harris wins the presidential election and that the “media is lying and saying Donald Trump lied about @KamalaHarris’s Haitian invaders eating people’s pets in Ohio” received rebukes from other conservatives such as Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who called them “appalling and extremely racist.”
- Loomer posted a video on social media last year claiming that the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was “an inside job,” according to CNN.
- This will not be the first time that Loomer has spoken with Scott. She interviewed the Florida Republican in July during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and posted it on her X page.
- The Phoenix reached out to Scott’s campaign to ask if Scott is familiar with any of Loomer’s controversial comments and social media posts over the years, but did not receive an immediate response.