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[–] solomon42069@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Let it happen, Laura Loomer is Trump's Yoko Ono.

[–] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 155 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Wow. She's probably right, but holy shit she actually said that publicly

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 68 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lmao she actually called captain narnia out. Fantastic. Normally I am against this sort of thing, but that servile fuck has harmed SO MANY PEOPLE with the bullshit he’s pushed over the course of his career that he genuinely deserves no quarter whatsoever. He is a reprehensible human being and deserves to be publicly castigated and humiliated at every single opportunity possible.

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 54 points 4 days ago (3 children)

politically incorrect public statements is her thing

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 48 points 4 days ago

You know those people who proudly say they "tell it like it is", but really just want to tell offensive jokes punching down at minorities? Bet they love her...

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh, so it's okay to say this then - uh, what’s going on with her face?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago

Gender reaffirming surgery.

She identifies as a real housewife, wearing another real house wife’s face skin as a mask.

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[–] Tujio@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

You're not wrong, Walter. You're just an asshole!

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 33 points 4 days ago (6 children)

'Twould be hilarious if Loomer's outing Graham managed to cost Republicans a senate seat.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Graham's, uh, predictions, have been an open secret for years. As have rumors of his genital and anal warts.

The south will tolerate the occasional dandy so long as they are staunchly GOP.

[–] kerrypacker@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Predilections.

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I can't believe the leopard would eat MY face.

Lindsay Graham

[–] nobleshift@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I cannot believe anyone traveling with a former president, even that one, would have such a lack in upbringing, such absolute lack of grace, that they would think it's ok to be this classless in public. I don't even need to go into the racism.

Straight Trash

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The problem is she just is trash. Somehow that's gotten her a following. She doesn't know anything else. Most other Republicans know you're supposed to not say certain things, but she has never known anything but saying the worst things.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago

Because before, if you were trash you were ostracized and it was effective. Now, they can join a social support group of trash that will be easy to politically mobilize as long as they are given relevance. They just need to be normalized and led into living in a bubble so controlled that they only focus on how the rest of the society is wrong while evading introspectively looking at how much worse and how much more contradictory some of the elements within their bubble are.

[–] nobleshift@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Birds of a feather ....

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Wow, the fuck kind of implosion is this... Just absolutely toxic mess from them. Even getting Marjorie in there.

You think they know they are losing?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

They lost the whole time in 2016. Until sometime in November.

Do Not Coast. Pull! Pull! Pull!

[–] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely. That being said, let’s not take a victory lap until the election is complete and certification/inauguration go off without a hitch.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 53 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Not a big fan of gossip, but my buddy sent me these. You may connect the dots. Let's just hope the pre-nup is bulletproof.

Also:

and

🤔

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 49 points 4 days ago (3 children)

So she’s the firecracker to his homelander basically

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago

I was thinking the same thing!!

It's like at this point Trump is watching the show to take notes and stage direction.

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[–] ravhall@discuss.online 18 points 4 days ago (5 children)

He’s just grabbing it by the pussy.

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[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 66 points 4 days ago

Lindsey deserved this the moment he sold his soul to the devil

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 56 points 4 days ago (5 children)

she looks like joe camel had a lovechild with julia roberts

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 61 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)
[–] Soup@lemmy.world 60 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Wait is that her actual face? Well I mean it’s not her face in a manner of speaking but is the photo real? Yikes.

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 33 points 4 days ago

I understand the photo to be real, and it's bad. I would say in fairness she doesn't always look quite so much like Majora's Mask as she does in this photo but yeah it's an atrocity and so is she.

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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)
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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I’m a bit out of the loop here. Who is Laura Loomer and why is she important?

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Former infowars lunatic and Trump entourage hanger-on

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 39 points 4 days ago

She's the person who managed to be so racist that MTG called her out publically for it, which is honestly quite impressive.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

She says 9/11 was an inside job, so Trump invited her to the 9/11 memorial this week.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

To uh

...

Do an inside job.

😬

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[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

For a second, I assumed that it was an old dude staring at a person wearing a poorly made mask. Why does she look like that? Did she have an accident?

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[–] sepi@piefed.social 18 points 4 days ago

Let them fight

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It’s not cool to out someone.

That said, lmfao.

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 4 days ago (4 children)

How in the hell have the worst among us consistently been put into positions of power? These folks are an embarrassment to the country.

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A hateful asshole only has hateful asshole things to say!? Color me surprised!

What color is that anyway?

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[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (19 children)

I'm going to get my popcorn, and watch the Twitter response while listening to Popcorn, which should just be the soundtrack to the Republican party...

Edit: Awesome version of Popcorn : https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=oRXiXy9ZLW4&si=IKEGL_MPNFKHTGI-

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

(Succession)

Laura Loomer is Trump's Kerry Castellabate, now all we have to do is hope that not wearing the compression socks on flights in order to impress her takes him down like it did Logan Roy.

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