Laura Loomer's Latest Victim: Visas For Critically Injured Palestinian Kids
Laura Loomer, the far-right provocateur and conspiracy theorist who has described herself as a “proud Islamophobe,” has proven to have particular sway with President Donald Trump.
The latest example came on Saturday, when the State Department halted all visitor visas to people from Gaza, including humanitarian medical visas for injured children. The announcement followed Loomer’s days-long posting spree, in which she baselessly alleged that Palestinian kids and their families arriving in the US for medical care were “a national security risk,” and that nonprofit organizations that facilitate their treatment in the US support Hamas. “They are not that sick if they can sit on a plane for 22 hours,” Loomer wrote.
Loomer posted videos of Palestinians arriving in the US this month via a group called Heal Palestine, a nonprofit organization founded last year that has brought injured children to the US for treatment. One of the videos, which Loomer claimed showed Palestinians arriving in Texas, shows a family arriving at the airport to cheers, with a teen boy on crutches who has one leg amputated below the knee. In another post, she claimed, without evidence, that Palestinian children who arrived in Texas—many of whom had lost limbs—and their families were “doing jihadi chants.” She posted that whoever approved the Palestinians’ visas at the State Department “should be fired,” and that Heal Palestine should be investigated.
The latest move comes as Israel’s aid blockade has caused widespread starvation in Gaza, with at least 100 children recently dying of hunger and malnutrition, according to Save the Children. Doctors have attested to evidence that the Israeli military may be deliberately targeting children in Gaza, with more than 40,000 reportedly killed or injured in the war, according to UNICEF. Earlier this year, UNICEF said the Gaza Strip had the highest number of child amputees per capita anywhere in the world.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/loomer-gaza-medical-visas-us-palestine/
The female Stephen Miller, or even worse, if such a thing is possible. I know the Nazi equivalent but her name escapes me....
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