Overview

• Loomer told The Atlantic, "Joseph McCarthy was right" and "We need to make McCarthy great again," explicitly embracing McCarthy-era purge rhetoric.
• MSNBC reported that Trump has lauded Loomer as a patriot and said he takes her recommendations seriously.
• Recent coverage says she has helped push out multiple federal officials across agencies over perceived disloyalty rather than job performance.
• The Daily Beast, cited by Joe.My.God., reported she broadcasts "receipts" to 1.7 million followers on X and has been credited with more than a dozen firings.
• Raw Story highlighted warnings from Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright and noted that Tucker Carlson and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene have criticized her influence.