Trump marketing campaign says it is not going to be hiring far-right influencer Laura Loomer after confusion

Former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential marketing campaign stated it could not be hiring Laura Loomer, a former congressional candidate and controversial influencer.

On Friday, two individuals aware of the matter advised the New York Occasions that Trump advised his aides to rent Loomer, an outspoken advocate for Trump since his 2016 marketing campaign. The announcement led to a firestorm of backlash, together with from staunch Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who referred to as Loomer "mentally unstable and a documented liar" in a tweet.

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE OPPOSES 'MENTALLY UNSTABLE' LAURA LOOMER FOR TRUMP CAMPAIGN ROLE

Greene pledged that she would go to Trump immediately. Whether or not attributable to Greene's intervention or the broader backlash, Trump's marketing campaign introduced in a while Friday that it could not be hiring Loomer.

Loomer advised the outlet that she wouldn't disclose particulars of her non-public conversations with Trump however bashed the leakers who advised the press of Trump's plans to rent her.

“The president is aware of I've at all times been a Trump loyalist,” she stated. "I’m dedicated to serving to him win reelection in 2024. He likes me very a lot. And it’s a disgrace that he’s surrounded by some those that run to a publication that's infamous for attacking him with the intention to attempt to reduce me on the knees as a substitute of being loyal to President Trump and respecting their confidentiality agreements.”

Loomer took to Twitter to defend herself all through the day, however she launched a extra tame assertion to the press, citing the Jewish and Christian holidays as being a trigger for unity. She urged the media to focus its consideration elsewhere.

"Throughout this era of Passover and Holy Week, I feel People ought to be taking the time to come back collectively, not tear one another aside. This previous week we've witnessed an unprecedented shift in the direction of authoritarianism in America," she wrote.

"In context, I scarcely suppose I advantage time as a information merchandise, due to the opinions of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, or Kevin McCarthy. It is an undesirable, pointless, and unbecoming distraction, and I urge them to desist within the identify of nationwide in addition to movement-wide unity," she added.

A number of conservative figures took to Twitter to defend Loomer, together with Noor bin Laden, the niece of Osama bin Laden. Noor bin Laden is now a conservative activist.

Greene initially supported Loomer. The congresswoman went as far as to congratulate Loomer on her congressional main win in 2020, and she or he demanded Twitter reinstate Loomer's account, which had been suspended over anti-Muslim remarks. In her most up-to-date tweet referencing Loomer in February 2021, Greene referred to Loomer as her good friend.

The 2 have since skilled a falling out and divided the MAGA motion. A part of the difficulty seems to be their relation to far-right determine Nick Fuentes, whom Loomer is shut with.

After Greene disavowed Fuentes in December, Loomer bashed the congresswoman in a string of messages on Telegram, deriding her as a "fraud," an "adulterer," a "phony Christian," a "hypocrite," and as being "out of her thoughts."

Loomer has come underneath hearth previously for her anti-Muslim remarks. She has described Islam as a "most cancers" and self-identified as an "Islamophobe." Nevertheless, on Friday, she claimed she will not be anti-Muslim and stated she solely opposes "Sharia Regulation and jihadist infiltration."