Laura Loomer’s Greatest Hits
Loomer has initiated or promoted 17 of the provably false narratives on significant news topics in NewsGuard’s catalog of False Narratives.
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Reality Check Special Edition: Laura Loomer
Conservative commentator Laura Loomer has been in the headlines this week amid reports that she has been a regular on former President Donald Trump’s campaign plane and has steered him toward promoting conspiracy theories. These include the debunked claims of Haitian migrants abducting and eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio.
Loomer’s claims have long been a subject of interest at NewsGuard. Here’s what we know:
Including the false claim about pets in Springfield, as of today, Laura Loomer has initiated or promoted 17 of the provably false narratives on significant news topics in NewsGuard’s catalog of False Narratives. These are licensed as a data file, known as Misinformation Fingerprints, to generative AI providers, content moderators, online platforms, and ad tech companies seeking to avoid spreading misinformation.
In addition, NewsGuard’s rating of the reliability of Loomer’s website, Loomered.com, receives a score of 12.5 out of 100, with a warning to readers: “Proceed with Maximum Caution: This website is unreliable because it severely violates basic journalistic standards.” The NewsGuard Nutrition Label detailing why the site fails many of NewsGuard’s criteria can be viewed here.
The “Loomer Seventeen” False Narratives are:
Haitian migrants are killing and eating pet cats in Springfield, Ohio
Loomer posted to X on Sept. 9, 2024: “Disturbing reports came out this weekend about Haitian immigrants eating people’s pets in Ohio where Democrats like @SenSherrodBrown and the Biden-Harris regime imported over 20,000 cannibalistic Haitians who are now killing people’s pets and hunting domestic animals on the streets of Ohio.”
Kamala Harris is not African American
Loomer posted to X on July 31, 2024: “EVIDENCE KAMALA HARRIS IS LYING ABOUT BEING BLACK. I have obtained a copy of Kamala Harris’s BIRTH CERTIFICATE! @KamalaHarris’s mother even listed herself as ‘Caucasian.’ Her father never said he is black or African. The Birth Certificate is absolute proof that @KamalaHarris is lying about being black.”
Nancy Pelosi blocked the National Guard from responding to the U.S. Capitol attack
A June 10, 2024, article on Loomered.com stated: “New J6 footage released Monday by the House GOP Oversight Subcommittee Chaired by Rep. Barry Loudermilk shows then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi taking responsibility for the National Guard not being active on January 6th.”
Nikki Haley is ineligible to serve as president because of her parents' citizenship status
Loomer posted to X on Dec. 25, 2023: “Because both of her parents were not US citizens at the time of her birth, Nikki Haley is technically not a natural born citizen. … Nikki Haley is not constitutionally qualified to be US President or Vice President.”
Widespread fraud occurred during the 2020 election
A Jan. 3, 2024, article on Loomered.com stated: “On Tuesday, President Trump took to TruthSocial to share the Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election in the Swing States, a report highlighting election fraud in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania during the 2020 election.”
Immigrants who are in the United States illegally can get driver’s licenses in Florida
Loomer posted to X on Aug. 2, 2024: “Just like I said when he ran for President, @GovRonDeSantis allows for illegal aliens to get drivers licenses in Florida.”
Far-right Ukrainian militants were embedded in the crowds at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
Loomer posted to X on Sept. 4, 2023: “The US Capitol was penetrated by Ukrainian spies and the US Government and FBI have still not arrested these people or made the public aware of foreign penetration. This is an act of war by Ukraine against the United States.”
Jimmy Carter’s office issued a statement in July 2024 announcing the former president’s death
Loomer posted to X on July 23, 2024: “President Jimmy Carter just passed away this morning. His office and family released this statement.”
Joe Biden died in mid-July 2024, before he reportedly announced his decision to not seek reelection
Loomer posted to X on July 22, 2024: “Biden has been dying, and he is dying rather quickly. This is why Kamala flew to Delaware today and why Biden’s White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients called for an emergency meeting and call with all White House staff today.”
Joe Biden suffered a medical emergency on Air Force One
Loomer posted to X on July 5, 2024: “Joe Biden is reportedly having a medical emergency on Air Force One right now. Press access has been removed.”
Matthew Perry's death was linked to COVID-19 vaccine
Loomer posted to X on Oct. 28, 2023: “#MatthewPerry is Dead at 54. Sounds like he drowned in the Jacuzzi. Wonder if it’s COVID “vaccine” related. He often talked about how he was proud to be extremely vaccinated.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro did not attend the Democratic National Convention
Loomer posted to X on Aug. 19, 2024: “Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro isn’t attending the DNC because organizers couldn’t guarantee his safety since he’s Jewish.”
President Joe Biden delegated his presidential powers in July 2024 because he is dying
Loomer posted to X on July 22, 2024: “BIDEN IS DYING AND HAS STARTED QUIETLY DELEGATING HIS AUTHORITY AS PRESIDENT TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE.”
The U.S. sent a white supremacist to fight in Ukraine's far-right battalions
Loomer posted to X on Sept. 4, 2023: “This is undeniable and irrefutable evidence that @BoneFaceTheMC Kent “BoneFace” McLellan, a Nazi domestic terrorist and violent criminal is an FBI/CIA asset who has been flown back and forth to Ukraine with the help of the US Government and the @JoeBiden administration to fight the Russians as a U.S. backed intelligence asset. ”
A May 2024 Time magazine cover shows Donald Trump with “devil horns”
Loomer posted to X on April 30, 2024: “Look who is on the cover of @TIME Magazine! President Trump looks great. He’s aging in reverse. He will win. #Trump2024”
T-Mobile updated its Terms of Service to enact fines for users who send messages that the company opposes
Loomer posted to X on Dec. 24, 2023: “BREAKING: @TMobile has quietly updated their TOS to include fines for content they don’t agree with. Beginning on January 1, 2024, they will be fining users who commit perceived violations on their bandwidth.”
Video showing Pennsylvania man with beheaded father is a false flag
Loomer posted to X on Jan. 31, 2024: “Guess what the US Senate is currently doing? The US Senate under Democrats has proposed Senate Bill 3589 ‘Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act’ to BAN militias in the US. Justin Mohn sure looks like the perfect Democrat Patsy for the sake of demonizing people who call out the invasion on the border, and for the sake of getting support to ban militias. Just another ‘coincidence’.”
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