Twitter Permanently Suspends Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer

Twitter has permanently suspended far-right activist Laura Loomer after she criticized recently-elected Rep. Ilhan Omar
(D-Minn.), making her the latest prominent right-wing voice removed from the social platform.

Loomer’s account went offline on Wednesday afternoon after calling Omar — a Somali refugee and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress —  “anti Jewish” in a tweet. Omar has said she supports the Israel “boycott, divestment, and sanctions” movement.

“Ilhan is pro Sharia Ilhan is pro-[female genital mutilation],” Loomer tweeted. “Under Sharia, homosexuals are oppressed & killed. Women are abused & forced to wear the hijab. Ilhan is anti Jewish.”

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Twitter did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. The Daily Beast was the first to report Loomer’s suspension from Twitter.

In a YouTube video posted on Wednesday night, Loomer said she was suspended for “simply telling the truth.” She added: “I’ve been silenced in America.” Loomer had more than 250,000 followers before she was kicked off Twitter.

Loomer joins InfoWars boss Alex Jones as another right-wing voice to be booted from Twitter in recent months. Jones was kicked off several other platforms, including Facebook and Google-owned YouTube — in September for violating the company’s policy against “abusive behavior.” Jones had criticized CNN reporter Oliver Darcy, saying he had “the eyes of a rat,” among other things.