Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer admits she was ‘bamboozled’ by Russian propaganda and calls podcasters’ misinformation a national security threat
Laura Loomer became infamous for spreading conspiracy theories online. “You don’t need to listen to a podcaster and let them influence your opinion about a country. You can look at those facts yourself,” she told The Associated Press in Kyiv shortly after returning from a trip close to the front line in Ukraine’s east.
- ▪Laura Loomer became infamous for spreading conspiracy theories online.
- ▪“You don’t need to listen to a podcaster and let them influence your opinion about a country.
- ▪You can look at those facts yourself,” she told The Associated Press in Kyiv shortly after returning from a trip close to the front line in Ukraine’s east.
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Laura Loomer became infamous for spreading conspiracy theories online. Now, as she travels across Ukraine to see the damage inflicted by Russia in its yearslong war, she wants to admit that she fell for some falsehoods of her own.Recommended Video A close ally of President Donald Trump, Loomer has completely reversedher longtime criticism of Ukraine and is urging fellow conservatives to be wary of Moscow’s propaganda, which she blames for duping large swaths of the American right. “You don’t need to listen to a podcaster and let them influence your opinion about a country. You can look at those facts yourself,” she told The Associated Press in Kyiv shortly after returning from a trip close to the front line in Ukraine’s east.
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