Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and ally of Donald Trump, said Democrats “were right” to point to neo-Nazi influence in some conservative spaces, arguing that Republicans risk future electoral losses if they fail to address extremism within their ranks.
In a series of posts on X on Tuesday, Dec. 23, Loomer said she believes a neo-Nazi presence on the right is becoming more visible and urged Republicans to take a firmer stance against antisemitism and racism.
“Maybe some of those Democrats were right when they called some people on the so called right Nazis,” Loomer wrote. “It’s kind of undeniable at this point that we do have a neo-Nazi problem on the right.”
She warned that downplaying or ignoring the issue could have political consequences, predicting “bigger” losses for Republicans in both the 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential election.
“Jew hate is not an electoral strategy,” she wrote in another post. “It’s sad I have to say that, but the GOP has a Nazi problem.”
Loomer’s comments come amid increasingly public disputes on the right over Israel, antisemitism, and the Republican Party’s direction—particularly tensions between “America First” figures and pro-Israel conservatives.
Those divisions were on display during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest over the weekend, where prominent right-wing personalities argued over U.S. support for Israel and traded accusations related to antisemitic rhetoric.
Loomer has recently used social media to criticize what she described as a lack of moral clarity in parts of the conservative movement.
“The GOP has a serious issue and yes, it does need to be addressed by the party,” she wrote on Sunday, Dec. 21. “Ignoring this isn’t going to help. We need to have standards or we won’t be any different than the left.”
In another post on Monday, Dec. 22, she called on Republicans to take a stronger stance, writing that it is not acceptable “to brainwash American youth into hating Jewish people and Christian Zionists.”
“I’m not going to turn a blind eye to a digital Pogrom that is quickly turning into real world physical violence and death. I don’t care about being kept out of the ‘club,’” she wrote. “We need to have people who stand on principles with moral clarity.”
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Loomer also criticized former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has faced backlash from some conservatives over his commentary on Israel. Loomer accused Carlson of “trying to have a hostile takeover of the GOP to destroy MAGA & redefine the GOP into modern day Hitler youth with a drizzle of Sharia Law on top.”
Carlson, who has criticized U.S. support for Israel, defended his views during AmericaFest, saying: “Is it ‘America First’ to take money from a foreign lobby so you’ll send taxpayer dollars to that country? Even the question kind of answers itself, obviously it isn’t. That’s not an attack on Israel; it’s certainly not antisemitism, despite the efforts of many to claim that it is. It’s just an obvious statement.”
Trump has not publicly responded to Loomer’s comments. He has faced criticism over his handling of far-right figures in his broader political orbit, while repeatedly saying he condemns antisemitism and white supremacist ideology, stating that hatred, bigotry, and violence “has no place in America.”
“Racism is evil,” he said during his first term in 2017 after criticism of his initial response to the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counterprotester was killed. “And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans.”
Loomer, a vocal supporter of the MAGA movement, has often pushed back on claims that Trump enables extremism. In 2022, she defended Trump after backlash over his dinner with controversial figures Nick Fuentes and Ye, arguing the meeting did not reflect Trump’s views and framing the backlash as politically motivated.
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Loomer has also faced criticism herself. She has drawn backlash for promoting conspiracy theories and false claims about the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and mass shootings, including the 2018 Parkland school shooting in Florida. She has also been criticized for anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric, including previously describing herself as a “proud Islamophobe,” according to CNN—remarks that led to her being banned at one point from major social media platforms.
Trump has previously acknowledged Loomer’s support, calling her a “very good patriot,” the Associated Press reported, while also distancing himself from some of her more inflammatory statements.
More broadly, concerns about neo-Nazi organizing have been raised by outside groups. The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism warned earlier this year of an “explosion” in active chapters of neo-Nazi Active Clubs in the U.S. and abroad.
At the Turning Point USA event, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro also criticized extremists within the movement, saying, “These people are frauds, and they are grifters, and they do not deserve your time.”