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Zorro

(18,889 posts)
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:17 PM Aug 2025

Laura Loomer: I 'Outed' GOP Senator Because I Was Under Oath

The right-wing activist has doubled down on her claim that a GOP senator is secretly gay.

Laura Loomer has spoken out for the first time since her bizarre deposition in which she accused a senator of lying about his sexuality became public.

The MAGA firebrand—whose influence on President Donald Trump is growing—was pressed in her deposition about insults she made regarding the genitals of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kamala Harris, as well as the sexuality of Lindsey Graham. Her claim that the senator is secretly gay became public when the deposition was briefly available on a court docket before being sealed.

“I was under oath,” Loomer posted to X. “I couldn’t lie.”

The right-wing activist has long alleged that Graham, a South Carolina Republican, is secretly gay. She claimed that officials in the White House have told her as much.

“When is Lindsey coming out of the closet? We all you know you’re gay, Lindsey,” Loomer posted to X last year. “And that’s OK. It’s OK. It’s 2024. There’s nothing wrong with gay people.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/laura-loomer-breaks-silence-on-bizarre-lindsey-graham-deposition/

On one hand, "HAHAHAHAHA!"

On the other hand, IMO she has serious mental health issues.
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Laura Loomer: I 'Outed' GOP Senator Because I Was Under Oath (Original Post) Zorro Aug 2025 OP
The partial transcript (posted on Threads) showed that she was NOT asked about this but blurted out her assertion spooky3 Aug 2025 #1
She thinks it's ok to lie, because the G.O.P. Golf Cheater lies all the time BoRaGard Aug 2025 #18
She really is a repulsive person. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #2
The same thing has been thought about Tim Scott, as well... appmanga Aug 2025 #7
The entire state of SC is aware he is gay, along with anyone paying attention. SheltieLover Aug 2025 #14
What people care about is the republicon LYING BoRaGard Aug 2025 #19
Well, of course she is lying. She is a repuke, so when lips are moving, that's what's happening. SheltieLover Aug 2025 #22
seems like by now all the insider info available should already be known nt msongs Aug 2025 #3
I think she is pushing that line so much that... hlthe2b Aug 2025 #4
Possible Felon tasked her to 'change the subject from Epstein' in order to maintain her access to him? Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #5
Skank Clouds Passing Aug 2025 #6
Too kind. rubbersole Aug 2025 #8
Perhaps. But I'd give her ten bucks to just keep talking. tavernier Aug 2025 #10
Oh yes, let her keep yapping and divulging. Clouds Passing Aug 2025 #31
Secretly gay? Under what rock has this cretin been living. 58Sunliner Aug 2025 #9
it's like saying Trump is secretly a fucking moron Skittles Aug 2025 #20
It's not much of a secret. I don't think many people care, Crunchy Frog Aug 2025 #11
Not so sure about that newdeal2 Aug 2025 #12
yup Skittles Aug 2025 #21
His constituents know he's gay. They don't care. yardwork Aug 2025 #32
That's the hildegaard28 Aug 2025 #13
Old news dates back to when he was on impeachment team for bill Clinton JT45242 Aug 2025 #15
Oh my, what's gonna happen if Lindsey Emile Aug 2025 #16
What sayeth little Lindsey? BoRaGard Aug 2025 #17
Is it really shocking that Graham is gay? Of course not. Happy Hoosier Aug 2025 #23
If everyone knows it, why is Lindsey being controlled by tRump? ecstatic Aug 2025 #24
We speculate Lindsey Graham is that... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2025 #26
Possibly. Or just something he personally wants kept hidden. yardwork Aug 2025 #33
" It's OK. It's 2024. There's nothing wrong with gay people." OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #25
Her apologetic reassurances to Lindsey that gay really is OK sure sound woke. She has allegorical oracle Aug 2025 #27
Like everyone else who got too close to Trump, Loomer will eventually be publicly insulted and discarded. sop Aug 2025 #28
The secret is not that he is gay. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #29
There's nothing wrong with Lindsey being gay. 2MuchNoise Aug 2025 #30

spooky3

(38,874 posts)
1. The partial transcript (posted on Threads) showed that she was NOT asked about this but blurted out her assertion
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:19 PM
Aug 2025

I don't know why she would be asked about it.

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
18. She thinks it's ok to lie, because the G.O.P. Golf Cheater lies all the time
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 05:32 AM
Aug 2025

repube morals are bent out of shape

Ocelot II

(131,242 posts)
2. She really is a repulsive person.
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:21 PM
Aug 2025

But she hardly "outed" Graham; he's been suspected of being gay by almost everybody since forever.

appmanga

(1,531 posts)
7. The same thing has been thought about Tim Scott, as well...
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 11:26 PM
Aug 2025

...the thing is, while South Carolina Republicans aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, they're not so dense they don't know these "confirmed bachelors" haven't been living the playboy life of James Bond. This is the state where the most avid and vocal segregationist of his generation lived with the open "secret" of having a black daughter, and remained in office until he was 100 years old.

This is the state that was the model for "Don't ask, don't tell".

SheltieLover

(81,725 posts)
14. The entire state of SC is aware he is gay, along with anyone paying attention.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 12:47 AM
Aug 2025

Who cares?



BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
19. What people care about is the republicon LYING
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 05:34 AM
Aug 2025

Lying about who you, as the repubes do, makes you a fundamentally untrustworthy person.

SheltieLover

(81,725 posts)
22. Well, of course she is lying. She is a repuke, so when lips are moving, that's what's happening.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 08:05 AM
Aug 2025

EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN, EPSTEIN.

hlthe2b

(114,697 posts)
4. I think she is pushing that line so much that...
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:46 PM
Aug 2025

Well, one might be wondering about the vengeance methods of those MAGA who surround her. Just saying...

Attilatheblond

(9,249 posts)
5. Possible Felon tasked her to 'change the subject from Epstein' in order to maintain her access to him?
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:48 PM
Aug 2025

Her blurting out that Graham is probably gay is hardly earth shattering to anybody but maybe Lindsey's momma.

Lindsey always reminds me of Kevin Spacey's character from the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Unless Putin has photos of Graham with a dead boy in his bed, I doubt too many people would give a rat's ass about his sexuality, so not much of a Page One distraction. But for some reason, it matters to Lindsey. And we know Felon has been pissed at him for some time now.

tavernier

(14,510 posts)
10. Perhaps. But I'd give her ten bucks to just keep talking.
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 11:33 PM
Aug 2025

She appears to love divulging secrets and apparently knows lots of them.

newdeal2

(5,614 posts)
12. Not so sure about that
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 11:45 PM
Aug 2025

He is a southern Republican senator. He’s lucky Trump still likes him otherwise he might be out of a job.

yardwork

(69,648 posts)
32. His constituents know he's gay. They don't care.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 11:01 AM
Aug 2025

They don't care that Trump is a convicted sexual predator and felon.

They pretend to care about morals but they don't care about anything but money. And it's not immoral for Senator Graham to be gay. It's nobody else's business.

hildegaard28

(792 posts)
13. That's the
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 12:20 AM
Aug 2025

Worst kept secret ever. He’s so flaming he burned his closet down ages ago. He just thinks it’s still hiding his little secret.

JT45242

(4,133 posts)
15. Old news dates back to when he was on impeachment team for bill Clinton
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 01:13 AM
Aug 2025

Rumor was that Lindsay Graham frequented establishments in Fruit Loop and that he liked them young. Like high school age young.

One of my best friends was a gay man working in DC in the early/mid nineties who told me all about this.

He said people in the scene always assumed he was controlled by fear of pictures of him with HS boys would come out.... Kind of like his come to Jesus moments on the golf course

Emile

(43,279 posts)
16. Oh my, what's gonna happen if Lindsey
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 04:53 AM
Aug 2025

right-wing Christian voters find out they've been voting for a gay man?

Happy Hoosier

(9,628 posts)
23. Is it really shocking that Graham is gay? Of course not.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 08:34 AM
Aug 2025

It's pretty clear. Of course, it's his personal business. And it's not Loomer's place to out him.

But yeah.... Washington's worst-kept secret.

ecstatic

(35,135 posts)
24. If everyone knows it, why is Lindsey being controlled by tRump?
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 08:37 AM
Aug 2025

There's obviously more to the story. Something illegal.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,982 posts)
26. We speculate Lindsey Graham is that...
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 08:42 AM
Aug 2025

Perhaps the truth will finally come out if he is.

Defamation lawsuit? I think not! Is it worth losing your worthless career over? He was an USAF JAG at one time when anyone who was Gay, had to keep it as secret as possible.

yardwork

(69,648 posts)
33. Possibly. Or just something he personally wants kept hidden.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 11:02 AM
Aug 2025

Or maybe Graham - like so many others - is bring paid by Russia. Who knows.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,553 posts)
25. " It's OK. It's 2024. There's nothing wrong with gay people."
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 08:39 AM
Aug 2025

Sine when? You rethugs hate anyone who is not like you (a straight, greedy asshat), and although we are not in your sights as a whole yet, I have NO doubt that we will be soon enough.

They just cannot help themselves when it comes to lying and spreading bullshit, can they? It's really all they have.

allegorical oracle

(6,594 posts)
27. Her apologetic reassurances to Lindsey that gay really is OK sure sound woke. She has
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 08:47 AM
Aug 2025

violated the official "MAGAs Must Hate Everybody" rulebook and deserves to be shunned.

sop

(19,330 posts)
28. Like everyone else who got too close to Trump, Loomer will eventually be publicly insulted and discarded.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 09:04 AM
Aug 2025

Maybe then Laura will share some Trump dirt with her MAGA followers.

Irish_Dem

(82,369 posts)
29. The secret is not that he is gay.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 09:05 AM
Aug 2025

The secret is about who his long time lovers are/were.

2MuchNoise

(872 posts)
30. There's nothing wrong with Lindsey being gay.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 10:11 AM
Aug 2025

What IS wrong is all the anti LGBTQ+ policy the Republican party supports.

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