A.G. Gancarski
Arguably the most live quote in politics, Laura Loomer shocked many observers in The Process when she was a featured guest in the Florida House on Day 60 of the Legislative Session.
And if people were shocked to see her, they likely were doubly shocked by the standing ovation she got when she was recognized.
Loomer, who was invited by Rep. Meg Weinberger (who shares an interest in animal advocacy with her) was not surprised though.
She noted during a phone conversation on Saturday that she has a “lot of relationships with Republican lawmakers,” who had been trying to get her to come up to Tallahassee for months. And given that she had a chartered flight to Palm Beach for a Byron Donalds fundraiser, the timing and the transport worked out for her to be “present for the last day of Session.”
“There really wasn’t that much to it,” she added.
Loomer noted that in addition to Republicans, a “lot of Democrats stood in support” of her.
“I’m kind of an anomaly in a sense when it comes to right-wing figures because I’m probably the most outspoken Republican in the entire country against Ron DeSantis. And even President Trump himself credits me with dismantling Ron DeSantis’ failed presidential campaign, and one of the main issues that I used to dismantle his campaign was his role in the now widely reported insurance fiasco,” Loomer said.
She also said she was the first to point out that DeSantis’ former Chief of Staff, James Uthmeier, was the chairman of the Keep Florida Clean PAC, which got a national spotlight during the Hope Florida Foundation controversy about using $10 million received in a Medicaid settlement for political advertising after being passed through other committees.
“So, I’ve done a lot to hold Ron and Casey DeSantis accountable and to expose GOP corruption here in the state of Florida, and it was really nice to be recognized and appreciated for my work,” she added.
Because of that, she said, her reception was warm.
“Turns out a lot of the staffers and a lot of the lawmakers themselves are pretty big supporters of mine,” she said. “When I was walking through the Capitol, I got so many high fives and attagirls from so many lawmakers, Republican and Democrat, including their staffers, who told me that they were just very grateful for my work exposing the governor. That’s something that I never would have imagined hearing out of the mouths of lawmakers who were essentially whipped into submission into supporting DeSantis’ campaign, now openly, you know, talking about their disdain for the governor.”
But it wasn’t just lawmakers and their staff.
Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who famously was called a “fox in the henhouse” by DeSantis during the debate over immigration legislation earlier this year, gave her one of the Gulf of America signs used in the official DeSantis signing ceremony for legislation earlier this year.
Loomer went on to discuss more of the anti-DeSantis sentiment in the state, which she saw reflected among the “big money players” at Donalds’ fundraiser, where she estimates he raised $2.5 million.
Much of that money came from “disillusioned former DeSantis donors” who consider the Governor “ungrateful” and want a “new generation of leadership that doesn’t consist of a DeSantis political dynasty.”
The conversation moved toward the Trump administration, where Loomer functions as a unique external critic with access to the President.
She was blunt on Mike Waltz’s reassignment as Ambassador to the United Nations, saying he’s been “exiled to Siberia,” and he was only able to have that role because of Trump’s “gracious and kind and courteous” political nature.
Loomer takes a dim view on the efficacy of the UN, but hopes Waltz can make himself useful as a voice against anti-semitism and Jihadism.
Regarding Marco Rubio taking on Waltz’s old role as National Security Advisor, Loomer hopes it’s “temporary,” not because of disrespect to the Archivist and Secretary of State, but because he has a “lot of hats to wear” in his expanding portfolio of jobs.
Loomer also takes a dim view of prospects for the GOP and the slender majority in Congress.
She says that “RINOs” dominate the Congressional caucus, that they have no real interest in codifying Trump’s ambitious agenda, and that many of them would like to see Democrats regain control of the lower chamber next year and inevitable impeachment proceedings against Trump, who she says is his “own worst enemy” in part because he “continues endorsing these RINOs simply because they kiss his ass and say something nice about him.”
“They’re a very ineffective party. They only come around and support him when they want him to endorse them so that they can raise money. Look at how disloyal so many of them were when he was being indicted and when he was on trial,” Loomer said. “And they’re jealous that President Trump is an inspirational, generational leader. A one of a kind, once in a lifetime leader. Name one member of Congress who is inspiring.”
She argues that Democrats, with Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, are better positioned for a post-Trump world.
“Democrats like AOC and Bernie are going to be able to get people out to vote based off of Astroturf messaging and sensationalism,” Loomer said, calling them “motivational to their respectiv evoting blocs.”
“I don’t really see anyone in the GOP that is using that same type of activist energy to mobilize people,” she added. “The Republican Party is the party of perpetual loss because they don’t know how to keep a win or maintain a win or sustain a win after a mandate like we had in November, right? They’re going to fumble the ball because they’re reactive, they’re not proactive.”
Loomer also expects a very competitive race for President in 2028, even as Vice President JD Vance dominates every poll without Trump in it.
She notes that DeSantis, who is polling in single digits, is looking to build a “$30 to $50 million war chest,” even as that would be a fraction of what he burned getting 20% of the vote in Iowa before closing up shop last year.
Rubio and even Sen. Rick Scott could also be in the mix, along with Tulsi Gabbard and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
“There’s going to be a lot of people,” Loomer predicted. “You’re gonna see a lot of dysfunction in the GOP when Trump’s done because they’re not going to need anything from Trump anymore because it’s going to be bye-bye time, right? You think that these people in the Cabinet who served together are going to be loyal to each other? No.”
For her part, Loomer has no intention of running for office again.
“I could easily do it, but I have no desire,” she said
She believes her last election against Daniel Webster was stolen, and blames former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for showing Trump a “fake poll” that discouraged him from endorsing her.
“Why would I want to waste my thirties? I already wasted my twenties trying to become a part of the cool kids club, but then I realized they’re ineffective and they don’t get anything done,” she said. “So, I don’t want to be a part of them. I’d rather spend my time on the outside holding them accountable.”
In addition to holding people accountable, Loomer also will be doing more in the political consultancy space, putting her oppo research skills to work via Loomered Strategies.
“People can say a lot of things about me, right? I have haters on the left and the right, but they cannot deny the fact that I am the best at digging up the receipts.”
26 comments
Michael K
May 3, 2025 at 2:51 pm
She lost me at her “belief” that 911 was an inside job. What is wrong with these people? And she’s calling the shots on national security?
Gaëtane Eccleston
May 3, 2025 at 3:38 pm
I’ve gotten 2 checks for a total of $9,200…this is the best decision I made in a long time! This extra cash has changed my life in so many ways, thank you!”
Go ON my ProFILE
Earl Pitts American
May 3, 2025 at 3:46 pm
I, Earl Pitts American, am in many ways like The Sage Laura Loomer, in the respect that I, Earl Pitts American, also found out that I also do my most effective political work quietly yet powerfully behind the curtian as America’s Political King and Queen Maker.
I, Earl Pitts American, support The Beautiful Laura Loomer,
Earl Pitts American
*ps I, Earl Pitts American, responded to the above post of [known lefty], Michael K, just to position my post of Sage Wisdom prominatly at the top to win millions of Leftys and RINOS over to The Sage Wisdom of myself, Earl Pitts American … Michael K … please spare us all from your Dook 4 Brains Lefty Reply.*
PeterH
May 3, 2025 at 11:48 pm
If there was ever a RINO category …… it would be the MAGA crowd being led to the wingnut trough by the likes of the Republican tinfoil hat brigade Laura Loomer and Steve Bannon.
MH/Duuuval
May 4, 2025 at 6:14 pm
Not much to choose from between Musk and Bannon, but the latter gets my vote.
Loomer = looney
Larry Gillis, Director-at-Large, Libertarian Party of Florida
May 3, 2025 at 4:37 pm
Frankly, I thought her name sounded kinda familiar as I started reading this article, so I checked her out on Wikipedia. Wow. I mean, thanks for sharing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Loomer
Ocean Joe
May 3, 2025 at 6:56 pm
In the morning, she might enjoy a cup of “Chock Full O’ Nuts Coffee” before a day of consulting. Or maybe champagne if she succeeds in knocking woke’s his name off his high horse.
SuzyQ
May 3, 2025 at 10:31 pm
She’s just a lunatic with a bullhorn. The mere fact that she’s very, very close to Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez says so much more about them and their true motives and character or lack thereof than anybody else.
Michael K
May 4, 2025 at 9:25 am
She also hangs around inside the White House and Air Force One, advising the current president.
FactsRus
May 4, 2025 at 1:34 pm
👍🏻 true.
Wilton Simpson and Danny Perez have behaved like Char-lie Crist Republicans.
Grateful that Sen. Albritton saw through this manufactured scandal.
Grassroots R voters aren’t buying what anyone, including Laura Loomer, or the media is selling about the Governor or AG.
We don’t want FL to become the Pothead State and Trulieve can take a hike. They’re disgusting money grubbing liberals who worship the $.
We much prefer the conservative intelligent brand of the R party that Gov DeDantis leads with.
We are not offended GRD does not engage voters as some politicians do, but at the end of the day successful results are more important for the people of FL than personal feelings or egos.
He’s our Winston Churchill without the charm, but Casey makes up for that. 😊
MH/Duuuval
May 5, 2025 at 1:48 pm
No, you’d rather continue offering a pretext to send some hapless smoker to the pen.
Childless Cat Lady
May 3, 2025 at 11:43 pm
Paid influencer of lunacy!
The Cat In The MAGA Hat
May 4, 2025 at 5:25 am
Looney Tunes Loomer
Harold Finch
May 4, 2025 at 8:55 am
In the immortal words of Sheldon Cooper, “The bitch be crazy”! As for Wilton Simpson, he is now a has been and ineffective leader of FDACS, which leaves all of the agriculture industry shaking their heads!
And Speaker Perez, who can figure him out? A complete nut job!
FactsRus
May 4, 2025 at 1:30 pm
Hilarious and true .
No one has ever wrecked the R party of FL more than Danny Perez (even beating Charlie Crist)
When I went to pay my car insurance a few months ago, my agent said, I hear they have a Democrat as House Speaker this year how did that happen in FL?
True Story. Pretty sad.
MH/Duuuval
May 4, 2025 at 6:18 pm
That comment was jocular.
My agent, on the other hand, actually loves Trump due his border actions. He even said he had almost swayed his longtime Democratic mother to vote for Trump.( No, I don’t know if mom went over.)
Darlene Goodfellow
May 4, 2025 at 9:50 am
Stop treating these lunatics as legitimate sources of information and analysis. You should be writing about how crazy it is she is anywhere near any seat of government. Florida Poilitics is failing us miserably, just like most publications.
just sayin
May 6, 2025 at 10:26 am
100%. She is only as relevant as the coverage of her.
Wabbit, Silly
May 4, 2025 at 11:43 am
She kwazy.
R Russell
May 4, 2025 at 2:34 pm
Laura, if you are so good at digging up the receipts, you might want to expose Byron “the POS, Publicity Hound” who wedges himself into the middle of every photo op he can find! If you think he is the best candidate for Governor, it can only be because you are a staunch Woke supporter of a DEI Candidate for Governor!
Earl Pitts American
May 4, 2025 at 3:11 pm
All of the above Leftys and Rinos are hereby placed under a painfull one week CHASTIZEMENT (with wanking ban) for disparrageing the good name of the increadably wise and beautiful Laura Loomer (friend of Earl).
Thank you,
Earl Pitts American
Earl Pitts American
May 4, 2025 at 3:13 pm
… except for SuzyQ and The Wabbit … ’cause Earl likes them, epa
MH/Duuuval
May 4, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Nick Howland, the Big Mouth MAGA on the Jax city council, is constantly ginning up “causes” why MAGA is a better choice. He has a posse: Freeman, Diamond, Miller and lately another would-be mayor Salem. These folks could easily be Pork Choppers who ruled the roost in the dying days of Jim Crow.
Lauren
May 4, 2025 at 10:26 pm
Follow the PAC money! Byron is a political social climber and plays both sides. He has lost a lot of the Trump base of supporters in his own district. Search online for his “Senior Advisor” Larry Wilcoxson. It reflects on Donalds’ judgment, or lack thereof. This man cannot be governor, and has no real qualifications to be governor, unless you consider President Trump’s endorsement of Donalds a qualifier. Many conservative Republicans I know will vote for Casey DeSantis over Byron Donalds.
Mimi Vanderberg-Mustardseed
May 5, 2025 at 7:39 am
Laura Loomer… a perennial vanity candidate and Florida’s own version of Debbie Schlussel.
MH/Duuuval
May 5, 2025 at 1:50 pm
More pathetic attempts at humor from I M Peachy.
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