Yeah the site owned by a white nationalist had a very center-left identity. Get the fuck outa here. The only reason this site is starting to move away from the hard right is that most of the public faces of the movement revealed themselves to be giant LOLcows in the past four years. You might say Loomer was ahead of her time in this field.
That's why. She wanted to run an intentionally doomed campaign in a red state full of Boomers that could net her a shitload of donations and clout. Then she can go around and pull a Bernie by saying "no refunds" and pocket the money without actually having to serve and live up to her promises.
I think she's actually dumb enough to believe she could win. I'm just surprised this didn't end with her handcuffing herself to some government building.
Yeah. Grifting off far right boomers is a good way to make money, to be fair.
She was tight with Stop the Steal leader Ali Alexander and palling around with him and Jacob Wohl on a mission to grift retards by pretending to make a documentary about Ilhan Omar fucking her brother which ended up being nothing but footage of them leaving autistic letters at a bunch of unoccupied offices and homes. Wohl and Ali had a falling out over Jacob filling false police reports on death threats he sent to himself (lol) but IDK what Loomer's relationship with him is currently.
Here's the document
same shit happened with the no-fly list back in the day.
I agree but if some random guy earlier in this thread is to be believed Laura Loomer was institutionalized at some point for being batshit, in which case I would agree with her not getting a gun. It says on the letter right where she highlighted "due to information in the NCIS database" which could be that or possibly a felony charge but I think she's only been arrested for trespassing which wouldn't bar gun ownership. I don't think people who are involuntarily institutionalized can get guns under Federal law. Another factor to consider is Laura Loomer is a known liar, so there's a non-zero chance this is another #tiregate but I personally doubt it. My guess is she got put in the nuthouse against her will and now just can't buy a gun.
Loomer normally strikes me as a shitty journalist desperate to get her Twatter account back. She'll pull
If you're involuntarily committed, you lose your right to possess firearms. So yes, she didn't commit a crime that got her right to bear arms taken away, but she was shown to be a danger to herself and/or others, and I think that's good grounds to not be allowed to own a gun. I do think there should be some sort of limit on that restriction, and after a certain time you should be allowed to appeal it and get your right restored but I'm a dork on the Internet and nobody asked me.
You can exactly appeal to get that right restored. That provision already exists in the law. However, you have to petition for it, and the petition has to be granted. Loomer didn't do any of that.
Good. I'm glad there's a process. Do we have any details about why she was committed? I know she's a wackaloon, but what specifically got her put in the hospital?
I don't think it's actually been confirmed she has been committed. I know it's been mentioned as happening, but I don't recall ever seeing any actual proof for it.
Someone earlier in this thread said they knew someone who was in an institution with her and she would routinely hijack group therapy sessions with bullshit. I think being placed on an involuntary hold might fall under HIPAA so it would be hard to get confirmation on without her releasing it.
I agree but the real question is why she is getting banned now and not before