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USA-RACISM/LOOMER (PIX):Trump ally Laura Loomer faces criticism over racist comments against Black women

Trump ally Laura Loomer faces

U.S. President Donald Trump's ally, Laura Loomer, faced condemnation on Monday for her racist comments targeting Democratic socialist Florida State Representative Angie Nixon and other prominent Black U.S. politicians. Loomer, a right-wing blogger, conspiracy theorist, and Trump supporter, called Nixon a "ghetto, black, communist" and other disparaging terms on the social media platform X. Her remarks followed similar attacks on Congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush, and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, all of whom are Black women.

Loomer has a history of making anti-Muslim comments and has advocated for the deportation of all Muslims from America. Reacting to Loomer's statements, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib, U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, and the Council on American Islamic Relations expressed strong disapproval and labeled her comments as examples of anti-Black racism.

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