Kellyanne Conway baffled after Laura Loomer rides on Trump plane: I prefer Lara Trump

Former Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Thursday she would not have allowed far-right influencer Laura Loomer anywhere near the 45th president after she was part of the Trump retinue at two high-profile events last week.Loomer, 31, traveled with the Trump team to Philadelphia ahead of his Sept.10 debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, raising eyebrows.“I don’t know and I’m not here to criticize his campaign team,” Conway told journalist Tim Alberta at The Atlantic Festival’s “Ideas Stage” when asked why she thought Loomer was allowed in the orbit of the former president.After answering “no” to the question of whether Loomer would have been let on the plane if she were still in charge, Conway quipped: “I prefer [former first daughter-in-law] Lara Trump — that would be my favorite ‘Laura’ to be around him.

She’s doing a great job at the RNC [Republican National Committee].”Loomer caused more controversy after she was spotted accompanying Trump, 78, and running mate JD Vance, 40, at a Manhattan firehouse to mark the anniversary of the Sept.11, 2001, terror attacks.

Loomer has previously suggested that the Al Qaeda atrocity was an “inside job” and posted more conspiracy fodder on X days after the event.“The 9/11 documents are still classified to this day.The American people deserve to know the entire truth,” she wrote on X Sept.

13.“There’s so many unanswered questions… Why?”Conway, 57, said Thursday she couldn’t recall ever being in the same room with Loomer, who has also attacked Conway’s daughter Claudia on social media as recently as last month.“When I learned more about her and what she was saying, including to my 19-year-old daughter, it’s unacceptable.And I pushed back on that,” Conway told Alberta.“And I’ve had a conversation or two with the president since, that I won’t reveal, and I like what I heard,” she added without elaborating.Loomer triggered outrage Sept.

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