Laura Loomer earnestly believed Michigan was replacing ‘Mr. Brightside’ with ‘the Islamic Call to Prayer’
Far-right activist and close Trump ally Laura Loomer has built a massive following on social media, where she regularly shares her outrage over the latest culture war controversies with her 1.9 million followers. This week, however, she fell for one that wasn’t real at all. Loomer took the bait on an obvious joke from a…
Far-right activist and close Trump ally Laura Loomer, who boasts a following of 1.9 million on social media, mistakenly believed that Michigan was planning to replace their stadium tradition of singing "Mr. Brightside" with the Islamic call to prayer. This erroneous belief was fueled by a fake post from a Penn State fan account, which claimed that Michigan would be making this change to better align with their values and population.
The Penn State account, known as the "Penn State Mafia," was, of course, joking about the possibility. Michigan's Muslim community, which is one of the largest in the country, is primarily located in Dearborn, a city that has been the target of right-wing fearmongering in recent years. Loomer's mistake quickly spread, garnering over 2 million views and mocking her for her gullibility.
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