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Loomer Barred From Reaching Trump During Kennedy Center Performance

The blockade highlights growing bipartisan unease over her informal Oval Office access, raising worries about fringe influence on presidential staffing.

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Overview

  • A White House aide and a Kennedy Center employee physically blocked Loomer from reaching President Trump during a performance of Les Misérables in late June.
  • Loomer asserted she had permission to access the VIP section but left reportedly furious after aides refused to relent.
  • Her unsanctioned Oval Office meetings in April led to the dismissal of several National Security Council officials.
  • In May, Trump withdrew Janette Nesheiwat’s surgeon general nomination following Loomer’s critique that the candidate was not ideologically aligned with his administration.
  • Lawmakers from both parties have voiced concern over her extremist rhetoric and the erosion of established vetting norms by a fringe advisor.