The rotting of American conservatism has given birth to an army of right-wing grifters and hacks who have managed to exploit the new prevalence of social media to carve out niche, extremist audiences for themselves. Often the ones that rise in prominence are the most laughably ignorant, outspoken individuals.
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Laura Loomer, a self-described “investigative journalist” and alt-right figure who has engaged in conspiracy theories in the past, demonstrated once again today how truly unhinged she is. Loomer last made headlines for hysterically handcuffing herself to the doors of Twitter’s headquarters to protest the social media juggernaut banning her account.
Will Sommer of The Daily Beast reports that Loomer climbed the fence into Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) house in Napa County, California. Loomer proceeded to chant Pelosi’s name in some kind of strange, poorly-articulated protest that seemed to be in support of Trump’s border wall, an ironic message to be sure since her clambering over the walls of the property directly contradicts the argument that walls “work.”
Photos of Loomer carrying a big tent with the word “Immorality” spraypainted on it have also emerged, although it’s unclear what exactly the message was supposed to be. Loomer also admitted to trying to open the doors to enter the house, which places her actions on legally dubious grounds. Her co-conspirators made the idiotic argument that it was okay for them to climb onto the property because there aren’t any “no trespassing signs” hanging.
Eventually, the police arrived but Loomer was not arrested for some reason. One can only imagine how differently this situation would have played out if it had been a leftist trespassing on property belonging to Paul Ryan (R-WI) or Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
At the very least, the news would be full of breathless concern for their safety and bad faith efforts to paint the entire Democratic Party as insane. Hers is not the behavior of a stable, well-adjusted person, and these actions must be condemned by Democrats and Republicans alike.
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Right-wing activist Laura Loomer, last seen chaining herself to Twitter HQ, has jumped the fence at Nancy Pelosi's Napa home and set up a tent protesting immigration. Now she's chanting "Nancy, Nancy!" pic.twitter.com/Te4W2Ut6Pa
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 14, 2019
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One of Loomer's pals is urging viewers to come and ask for "sanctuary" at Pelosi's house. He claims they'll be allowed to stay and won't get in legal trouble because "we're not antifa." Hmm!
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 14, 2019
For lack of anything better to do, Laura Loomer is now carrying her tent back and forth on Nancy Pelosi's lawn pic.twitter.com/lZe0S1plOH
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 14, 2019
Loomer has claimed the guys in yellow jackets she brought with her are undocumented immigrants. It's not clear whether that's true, but they are getting a lot of attention from the police, appear unable to give ID. One cop says Loomer has really put the guys in a tough spot. pic.twitter.com/nqfz6D9SH2
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 14, 2019
No arrest for Laura Loomer, who's being let off with a warning for trespassing at Nancy Pelosi's house / trying the doors on the house to see if they were locked.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) January 14, 2019
