Fox’s Heinrich Presses Spox On Trump’s Relationship With Laura Loomer: ‘How Close’ Are They?’
Fox News host Jacqui Heinrich pressed Donald Trump campaign spox Karoline Leavitt Saturday on the closeness of fringe conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer to Trump and her appearances with him on the campaign trail.
Not only did Loomer travel with Trump to Philadelphia on Tuesday for his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, but she also attended a number of 9/11 memorial events with him the following day.
Trump has dismissed his association with Loomer as a non-story and wrote off questions Friday about why he would be willing to be seen with her during the closing weeks of a tight race.
On Fox News Live Saturday, Heinrich noted Trump’s debate comments about false claims of migrant pet-eating at a city in Ohio had taken over numerous news cycles.
“[That theory] was evidently brought to his attention by this figure, Laura Loomer, who has promoted this theory. He’s been hanging around with her,” Henrich said. “How close is Trump to Laura Loomer and why is he bringing her around with him?” Leavitt replied:
As President Trump said yesterday, this individual doesn’t work for the campaign, she’s simply a supporter of the president. And he doesn’t agree with everything she has said. He doesn’t agree with everything all of his supporters have said. He is building a big tent movement. Being supported by people like Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr., and while they don’t all agree on everything, they agree on the most important thing and that is ensuring Kamala Harris cannot be elected as president of the United States, considering she is a radical liberal.
Leavitt said Harris had not had to answer for her own radical positions and associations.
Heinrich followed up with another question about Loomer when she said, “We did hear the former president try to distance himself from Laura Loomer, but he didn’t denounce any specific statements that she has made. She once called 9/11 an ‘inside job.'”
The Fox News host also noted Loomer had made racist comments about Indian Americans and asked Leavitt if Trump would denounce such statements.
Leavitt responded, “Resident Trump denounced those statements yesterday when he said he does not agree with all of the comments that this individual has made.”
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