The Daily Beast reports:
Anti-Muslim bigot and perpetual Republican Florida congressional candidate Laura Loomer ambushed the National Republican Congressional Committee and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy at a Saturday morning retreat in Miami.
“During a staff NRCC briefing for donors, Laura Loomer stood up and asked why the party committee isn’t trying to defeat Liz Cheney and the others who voted to impeach Trump,”
Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman reported. Loomer has long been at war with the NRCC over not funding her unsuccessful congressional bid for Congress.
Read the full article.
NEW An interesting scene unfolded at the @NRCC retreat this morning near Miami.
During a staff @NRCC briefing for donors Laura Loomer stood up and asked why the party committee isn’t trying to defeat @Liz_Cheney and the others who voted to impeach Trump. She had someone filming
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 22, 2022
>@RepTomEmmer — the chair of the party committee — quickly intervened and said we don’t talk about that here, and we don’t get involved with primaries. Emmer shut down the talk quickly. but was an … interesting moment for the leadership, which is down at the retreat
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 22, 2022
Sources tell me Loomer was not on the list for the retreat and they are not sure how she got in, etc.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 22, 2022
Loomer disputed claims that she wasn’t on the list for the retreat, claiming she was a guest of “one of the biggest” and a “very well respected [NRCC] donor” https://t.co/0fHcokzHWG
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 22, 2022