Laura Loomer, a staunch ally of President-elect Trump and far-right activist, urged that some Republicans in Trump’s circle do not need to cross billionaire Elon Musk.
“It sounds like people are scared of crossing the king, the king of the world, Elon Musk, the monarch,” Loomer instructed longtime conservative broadcaster and pundit Eric Bolling on Monday.
“Nobody wants to cross this guy,” she added within the interview, as highlighted by Mediaite.
Loomer additionally urged through the interview that Musk’s multimillion-dollar marketing campaign that helped propel Trump again into the Oval Workplace could have intimidated some throughout the president-elect’s base.
“This is the problem when you … allow for a billionaire to make a $200 million donation. And so, maybe we really do need to have campaign finance regulations in this country,” Loomer mentioned.
All through the 2024 election cycle, the Tesla and SpaceX govt donated almost $239 million, together with in-kind contributions, to America PAC, his tremendous PAC that backed Trump’s newest presidential bid, based on Federal Election Fee reviews filed Thursday night time.
Loomer’s remark comes amid escalated scrutiny from the far-right activist in opposition to the tech mogul for his shut allyship to the president-elect. Loomer took goal at Musk, calling him a “Stage 5 clinger” throughout a separate interview with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon on Monday.
“I think that a lot of people have a hard time speaking truth to power, and a lot of people are afraid of taking on billionaires,” Loomer told Bannon on his “Battle Room” podcast. “He is the richest man in the world, and so he kind of orbits President Trump.”
“As I called him the other day, I said he’s a Stage 5 clinger,” she continued.
Musk and ex-GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, tapped to steer Trump’s incoming “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), confronted backlash from a few of Trump’s supporters after signaling their help for the H-1B work visa, a key immigration program designed to draw worldwide expertise.
Loomer and different hard-line immigration Republicans have been essential of Musk, who confronted accusations of censorship after a number of right-wing accounts on Musk’s social platform X, together with Loomer’s, misplaced entry to premium options together with verification and monetization, NBC Information reported.
