Laura Loomer, 31, furiously denies having an affair with Trump after their cozy relationship sparked MAGA meltdown
By Melissa Koenig
Daily Mail
Sep 17, 2024
Laura Loomer, 31, vigorously denied having a relationship with former President Donald Trump on her podcast on Saturday
Laura Loomer has furiously denied having an affair with former President Donald Trump - and made a bombshell claim about Kamala Harris sleeping her way to the top.
The 31-year-old right wing provocateur and conspiracy theorist used her podcast to slam rumors she's in a romantic relationship with Trump, 78, as 'malicious' and 'disrespectful to Donald Trump and Melania Trump'.
She said the rumors were part of a media conspiracy, saying in the podcast released on Saturday: 'They've taken it so far, and you know if I was a leftist journalist, if I was a Democrat, oh my God, the media would be up in arms if the Republican media was doing this to a left-wing journalist.'
'Oh my God, they're misogynist, they're bullying a woman, they're trying to Monica Lewinsky her, they're trying to discredit the fact that she's a working woman,' Loomer claimed the media would say.
She also suggested vice president Kamala Harris slept with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown to become deputy district attorney and ultimately the District Attorney for Alameda County which set her on a path to the vice presidency.
Concerns about Loomer's relationship with Trump emerged last week after she traveled to the presidential debate on Tuesday onboard his plane and accompanied him to September 11 memorial services
'But some of us women, we actually work hard, and some us women have no desire to have sexual affairs with politicians or men with elite political status to climb the ladder,' Loomer said.
'I know that Kamala Harris can't say the same, but believe me when I say that's not me - or as Kamala Harris likes to say, they ain't like us, right? She ain't like me. I ain't like her,' she continued.
Harris has repeatedly fought back against the claims she had a sexual quid pro quo with Brown in the 1990s, arguing instead that she was qualified for all of the positions she has held.
Concerns about Loomer's relationship with Trump, meanwhile, emerged last week after she traveled to the presidential debate on Tuesday onboard his plane and accompanied him to September 11 memorial services.
Republicans slammed the decision to allow her to attend because she has peddled theories that 9/11 was an 'inside job' and made made racist comments about Kamala Harris' Indian heritage, saying the White House will 'smell like curry' if she wins.
She was even spotted at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Sunday, where the former president was golfing where gunman Ryan Wesley Routh lay waiting to attempt an assassination.
Amid her appearances with Trump, late night host Bill Maher accused her and the former president of faking a relationship in order to sway voters
Loomer framed the rumors about her relationship as part of a media ploy
Amid the array of appearances with Trump, late night host Bill Maher accused her and the former president of faking a relationship in order to sway voters.
'I think maybe Laura Loomer's in an arranged relationship to influence the election because she's very close to Trump', Maher said on his HBO series Real Time.
He then cited his crude reasoning: 'She's 31, looks like his type... Who's Trump f******? Because I said, it's not nobody. He's been a dog for too long. And it's not Melania. I think we may have our answer this week.'
Maher went on to say Loomer is 'for MAGA World, for people who find Marjorie Taylor Greene too intellectual,' and claimed that the former president is getting his theories about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio from Loomer - whom he called Trump's 'new bulls*** whisperer.'
Loomer accused Vice President Kamala Harris of sleeping with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown to become deputy district attorney
Loomer has since threatened to sue Maher as she once again denied having any relationship with the former president.
'I should sue Bill Maher for defamation. This is beyond the pale and it's a complete and blatant lie,' she wrote on social media.
'This is a full blown lie from Bill Maher, and he is maliciously and deliberately defaming me'.
Loomer was spotted at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Sunday
She was on the scene where the former president was golfing when a gunman opened fire in an apparent assassination attempt
Trump has also denied that Loomer has had any impact on his campaign.
The former president was asked last week why the conspiracy theorist, who once called the September 11 attacks an 'inside job,' was by his side as he addressed firefighters at the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company in Pennsylvania, where terrorists crashed a plane killing 40 people on board.
'Laura is a supporter… she has very strong opinions… she's a free spirit,' he replied.
'I can't tell Laura what to do,' Trump continued.
Yet campaign co-manager Susie Wiles told DailyMail.com the former president 'had 100 percent control of the preparations for the [ABC News] debate and the Trump plane manifest.'
'She has an iron grip on this campaign and has final say on all decisions… They are going to eat this pile of s***,' she claimed.
The Trump campaign has denied that Loomer has any influence
When contacted by the Mail, the Trump campaign did not comment on why Loomer was allowed to fly with the president – but a campaign source distanced themselves from her.
'She's not a campaign staffer. She's not part of the campaign. She was on this trip, but by no means is she part of the campaign in the official capacity,' the campaign source told the Mail.
'It was an insult that they allowed a 9/11 denier on that plane on 9/11,' the Mail's source said.
The person with insider knowledge of the workings of the campaign went on to blame Wiles herself.
'Wiles controls who gets on Trump's plane,' the Mail was told.
Last year, Trump reportedly asked his team to add Loomer to the campaign payroll and he was rebuffed at Wiles' direction. She was keeping 'the crazies' out, a person involved in the 2024 campaign told NBC News in April 2023.
But, the sources claim, 'close to 50 days from the end of the campaign – Wiles wasn't going to rock the boat by not allowing Laura Loomer to get on board.'
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green laced into Donald Trump advisor Laura Loomer for a 'hateful' tone
What's more, the Mail's sources claim that Wiles – who has taken a leave of absence from major bipartisan public affairs firm, Mercury – may have motivations that don't include winning the election in November.
Mercury is a lobbying firm whose clients include Chinese technology company Alibaba and major American oil companies, although Wiles is not a registered lobbyist for the firm. It is common for campaign managers to have experience in the public affairs industry.
'Wiles just wants to hold on to the end [of the election], because she has the potential to get herself some lucrative contracts,' the sources say. 'This is good for her corporate business whether Trump wins or loses.'
A Trump campaign source, though, said she is '100 percent focused on ensuring President Trump wins.'
Meanwhile, upheaval over the former president's performance at Tuesday's debate has not dissipated.
In public, President Trump and his campaign surrogates insist that his performance, which has been panned by numerous observers and even prominent allies like Senator Graham, was a strong showing.
However, sources familiar with debate preparations have a much darker view of how it is being viewed by voters.
And – again – they blame Wiles.
'Wiles controlled who was in the room prepping Trump. It was the same old people,' sources said. 'We weren't involved. We had no idea what was going to happen.'
Some sources close to the campaign, though, told DailyMail.com they blame campaign co-manager Susie Wiles for allowing Loomer on the plane
Two Trump campaign sources dismissed the finger-pointing.
'The Trump campaign feels very strongly that President Trump won the debate,' the Mail was told. 'The exact same people who worked with President Trump on the first debate [against President Joe Biden] were the same people on the second debate.'
'Susie and [co-manager] Chris [LaCivita] report to the top of the organization. This is team effort. And to go and try to blame this on Susie or Chris is just nonsensical.'
The Trump campaign went on to tell the Mail that the President's team is still on course to win in November – and insisted that naysayers have a destructive agenda.
'For someone to attack the most successful campaign operation that has ever been built to support President Trump… really raises a question about who they want to see win in the fall,' the source said. 'We know when we smell someone trying to create problems.'
In front of the camera, President Trump has stood solidly behind his team, telling reporters in August, 'Susie is fantastic, as you know. And Chris is fantastic.'
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