Provocative far-right commentator Laura Loomer hinted that she may have helped oust Mike Waltz from his national security advisor role.
Loomer told journalist Tara Palmeri that she had sounded the alarm about Waltz’s anti-Trump past and claimed he hadn’t vetted his staff to weed out liberals.
Waltz has been a lightning rod for controversy in the still-nascent second Trump administration. He has been to blame for accidentally leaking military plans to the press via an unfortunate Signal group chat.
He was axed as national security advisor on Thursday and was soon after nominated by the president to become ambassador to the U.N.
The ‘Loomer Unleashed’ host told Palmeri all about the dirt she had on the former NSC boss.
Loomer said that Waltz, a Republican congressman from Florida before his appointment to Trump’s Cabinet, was letting anti-Trumpers into the agency.
‘He is saying that he’s personally vetting these individuals who have a history of anti Trump remarks and anti-Trump associations,’ Loomer, an ultra-Trump fan, told the host.
‘Why would he be signing off on them? And then it reminded me of a video that I had saved in my phone for many years of Michael Waltz on video speaking out against President Trump when he first ran for president, accusing him of being against service members,’ Loomer continued, stirring up controversy.
Loomer then shared a story about how she was about to show Trump the video in the Oval Office when the ex-adviser walked into the room.
Laura Loomer has traveled with Trump and had meetings at the White House
Conservative show host Laura Loomer, an ally of Trump’s, hinted that she could have talked to the president about ousting the former national security adviser
Loomer appeared on the Tara Palmeri Show
‘You know, I was about to show this video to President Trump, and then Michael Waltz, you know, walked into the Oval Office,’ she told Palmeri. ‘It just makes me wonder.’
Then, Loomer played what appears to be an old campaign ad in which the former Florida congressman slams the president.
‘He essentially called anyone who was captured in combat a loser,’ Waltz says in the clip. ‘It’s something that I just personally can’t stomach.’
The ad then cuts to a snip of Trump slamming late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who was a captured in the Vietnam war, saying he prefers soldiers that weren’t captured.
‘Don’t let Trump fool you,’ Waltz continues in the commercial. ‘Look into his real record.’
Last month, Trump denied that Loomer had anything to do with a round of National Security Council firings after she exposed some of the workers.
Trump said ‘no’ when asked if she was behind the dismissal of several of National Security Advisor Michael Waltz’s aides.
‘Laura Loomer is a great patriot. She’s a very strong person,’ Trump said. ‘She’s been in the party a long time, she’s done a good job,’ he later added.
Trump and Loomer pose for a picture
Instead of being behind the firings, the president said that Loomer met with him and gave him recommendations on people to hire.
‘And sometimes I listen to those recommendations, like I do with everybody, I listen to everybody, and then I make a decision. But I saw her yesterday. She was at the ceremony. And she’ll always have something to say, usually very constructive,’ Trump said. ‘She recommended certain people for jobs.’
That week, DailyMail.com confirmed that Trump had fired several members of the National Security Council team.
The dismissals came after Waltz accidentally added The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat discussing attack plans.