Laura Loomer's Reversal on Ukraine Stirs Up the MAGA Civil War
Political commentator Laura Loomer has shifted her stance on the Ukraine conflict, causing friction within the MAGA movement. This internal divide highlights broader disagreements among Trump supporters regarding foreign policy and loyalty.
Why it matters
The internal conflict within the MAGA base illustrates the evolving and sometimes contradictory nature of the movement's foreign policy priorities.
But Loomer, who traveled to Ukraine last week, has changed her tune. She has posted a seemingly endless stream of content from the country, including a sit-down interview with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and pictures of her eating McDonald’s surrounded by bombed-out buildings in the capital, Kyiv.
Earlier this month, hours after news broke of Senator Lindsey Graham’s death, Loomer was the first to raise the conspiracy theory that Russia was responsible. “Did Russia just murder a US Senator?” Loomer wrote on X.
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