Lindsey Graham Says Trump Shouldn't Pal Around With 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist

Friday, September 13, 2024

"I think that the president would serve himself well to make sure this doesn't become a bigger story," the South Carolina senator said of Trump's associations with far-right activist Laura Loomer.

Posted by retort at 01:04 PM | 22 COMMENTS | permalink

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... make sure this doesn't become a bigger story," ...

Probably too late for that.

Indeed, Sen Graham mentioning it has given the story more gravitas.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-13 01:24 PM

trump is one of the theorists.

#2 | Posted by Tor at 2024-09-13 02:01 PM

"Lindsey Graham Says Trump Shouldn't Pal Around With 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist"

Ya think?! That should have also included the other neo-NAZIS he pals around with and invites over for dinner.

#3 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-13 02:02 PM

Loomer is trying to put Lindsay back in his box--or closet:

Laura Loomer
@LauraLoomer

PS: When is Lindsay coming out of the closet?

We all know you're Gay, Lindsey ... . And that's ok. It's ok. It's 2024. There's nothing wrong with Gay people.

I like men too. You and I have something in common we can bond over.

Just be honest about it. Nobody is going to judge you for being open about who you are.

#5 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-09-13 02:36 PM

The Drudge Report is certainly having a good time.

#6 | Posted by horstngraben at 2024-09-13 02:37 PM

But palling around with russians, fascists, and dictators is fine, right lindsay?

Imagine how many videos putin has of lindsay with gay prostitutes.

#7 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-09-13 02:41 PM

"PS: When is Lindsay coming out of the closet?"

Ya'll think that's what Trump has on him--photos Putin gave him of Lindsay having sex with his male lover?

#8 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-09-13 02:42 PM

Imagine how many videos putin has of lindsay with gay prostitutes.
#7 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

Yeah, that's what I'm thinkikng too.

#9 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-09-13 02:43 PM

They are calling her, "Shroom Mistress" on the Campaign plane.

Just sayin'.

Reports are that Melania is thrilled!

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-13 02:43 PM

Trump palling around with Loomer is a symptom of his mental illness.

He absolutely needs someone to tell him that he's doing a good job and on a sustainable campaign path to the Presidency.

But he's not, and any advisor or ally with one fourth a brain (Lindsey) is telling him that he's not.

Not Loomer. She's telling him whatever he wants to hear, encouraging him forward down his current unhinged path.

Loomer seems like a master-manipulator with a social disorder. She attacks anyone who threatens her proximity to Trump, thus isolating him from any outside voice of reason. Classic abusive partner tactics.

She's going to drive him even further into the abyss, that and his dementia.

I'll be waiting to see if she starts attacking Trump's family.

#11 | Posted by horstngraben at 2024-09-13 02:54 PM

I've seen Loomer referred to as Trump's emotional animal on X. I'm thinking of her as his pit bull because she has been going after Republicans like Graham and MTG for him. In light of that, I've come up with the theory that Trump's comfort animal is a pit bull.

#12 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-09-13 03:11 PM

"Footage of conservative activist Laura Loomer has resurfaced, showing her with white supremacist Nick Fuentes celebrating a "hostile takeover of the Republican Party."

www.newsweek.com

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2024-09-13 03:21 PM

Trump needs a lunatic at his side to blame things on. It gives him plausible deniability for his crimes. He can just go "well my trusted advisor TOLD me it was legal!"

Rudy left a job opening.

#14 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-09-13 03:36 PM

She isn't the only crazy in Trump's orbit. Look at this guy's pic complete with Hitler mustache and haircut:

Trump's Bedminster club hosted an alleged Nazi sympathizer who stormed the Capitol

At two events, Donald Trump's New Jersey golf club hosted a convicted Jan. 6 rioter known for extreme antisemitic and racist comments.

ByTom Dreisbach, NPRSeptember 13, 2024

whyy.org

#15 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-13 03:55 PM

Re 15

No worries. Nothing to see here.

These white supremacists don't exist, remember? "Just a fever dream of liberals."

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-09-13 04:15 PM

Truly, the worst people in America are part of the Trump orbit. Fuentes equivocates every now and then on Trump but who else does he have? Loomer is in deep.

#17 | Posted by cbob at 2024-09-13 05:58 PM

Conspicuous lack of BabyBel and her handler Beverly on this thread.

Hmmm....

#18 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-09-13 08:55 PM

@#18

Yeah.

I've seen a much wider coverage of this topic.

Was that wider coverage due to Sen Graham's comment?

Or is fmr Pres Trump pulling Ms Loomer into his close orbit the trigger?

Will she get a Cabinet role?

#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-13 09:02 PM

Based on recent photos and videos, Looney Loomer is going for her own $130,000 payout. They stand too close and are too handsy with each other not to be trying to shtoop, I say trying because at Dotard's age and arterial health he hasn't been able to get turgid since Stormy spanked him.

#20 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2024-09-13 09:12 PM

Let's reverse Lindsey Graham's comment and say that conspiracy theorists shouldn't be hanging around with Trump. They keep getting arrested. 1,300 of J-6er true believers by current court records.

And then there's all those 18 defendants in Georgia and another bunch in Arizona. And I've lost count of how many fake electors in other states who are facing jail terms. Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, etc.

I don't know how many more corks Trump can pop to win in 2024. To all appearances, he seems to be running low on money, too.

I keep thinking of that old song:

The ol' gray mare she ain't what she used to be
Ain't what she used to be
Ain't what she used to be

The ol' gray mare she ain't what she used to be
Many long years ago.

#21 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-09-15 09:49 AM

Sure, Lindsey. And you shouldn't pal around with racist fascists.

#22 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-15 09:57 AM

ZED

Lindsey does seem to be a bit of a weather vane. Sometimes he's pointing right and sometimes he's pointing left. Down here in horse country call that straddling the middle of the fence. And sometimes that's how you get splinters.

#23 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-09-15 01:34 PM

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