A super fan of President Donald Trump apologized Tuesday for downplaying Ukraine’s plight since Russia invaded.
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Right-wing influencer Laura Loomer has been backing off her pro-Kremlin characterization of the war since earlier this year, but she posted a mea culpa Tuesday on X after experiencing an air raid while visiting Ukraine.
“Just experienced my first air raid in Ukraine,” Loomer posted. “Sirens blaring. This is everyday for every Ukrainian. I feel like such an a–hole for minimizing the struggle of Ukrainians for the last 5 years.”
“I often said I don’t care,” she added. “Looking back, that wasn’t very nice of me to say.”
Loomer, a conspiracy theorist with White House ties and the president’s ear, explicitly denounced some of the Kremlin narratives she has pushed over the years.
“There are people in Ukraine who have to run to a bomb shelter everyday and some of us had the audacity to say Russia wasn’t wrong because we believed the lie that Ukraine is a country full of Nazi sympathizers,” Loomer posted. “We have been so propagandized by Russia and we don’t even realize it.”
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She couldn’t resist an opportunity to attack her own domestic political rivals, however.
“Air sirens could very well be the future of America if we don’t start demanding our lawmakers crack down on communism and multipolarity,” Loomer said, citing no evidence to back her claim.
“We won’t have Trump forever and the axis of evil is moving fast.”
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office welcomed Loomer’s visit, saying that firsthand experience was the best corrective to Russian propaganda.
“It is really important that Laura Loomer is in Ukraine and sees things with her own eyes as they are,” Zelensky’s office said on X.
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