Just days after saying the United States may “need another 9/11” to convince Democrats to support barring Muslims from participating in politics, Trump ally and a racist conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer traveled with press on a Defense Department trip to Cuba.
Loomer made her remarks earlier this week when she condemned a video in which Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib defended demonstrators for wearing gas masks to protests against the Trump administration’s racist anti-immigrant crackdown, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement groups have used chemical agents against them.
Here’s Loomer’s quote, as Media Matters reported:
So, I think I’ve given enough evidence and enough examples. Maybe, just maybe, it’s not such a great idea to allow for Muslims to be involved in our political process in America. Maybe. Maybe. But I guess I don’t know. Maybe we need another 9/11 because I guess those clips right there and those people in their own words isn’t going to be enough to convince the Democrats.
In 2024, Trump invited Loomer, who has spread conspiracy theories about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, to join him at a ceremony memorializing victims of the attack.
Earlier this week, Loomer announced she would be traveling with the Pentagon press corps on a Defense Department trip to Cuba. The trip comes as Trump and his administration have threatened to invade Cuba.