'Disgustingly racist': Lawmaker slams MAGA influencer's threat against Muslims

Prominent pro-Trump influencer and multiple-time failed congressional candidate Laura Loomer got a smackdown on Monday afternoon from freshman Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) over her latest commentary that appeared to endorse violence against American Muslims.

Loomer, who has openly described herself as a "proud Islamophobe" and sympathetic to white nationalism, wrote over the weekend that non-Muslims should prepare to defend themselves with deadly force against Muslim neighbors after President Donald Trump's strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.

"If you are a Christian or a Jew and you live in a city with a large Muslim population, you need to be armed," wrote Loomer. "If you are an assimilated Muslim who embraces the US and you are proudly American and against the Islamic regime, you also need to protect yourself. Jihadists will try to harm anyone who they view as an infidel or an apostate. We have over 2 million Iranian proxies living in our country."

"This is textbook hate speech," wrote Ansari. "Laura Loomer is calling for mass deportations of Muslim immigrants and for Americans arming themselves against anyone who may look like they are from the Middle East — Muslim or not. Disgustingly racist and dangerous. I have no doubt the Trump regime will use their own reckless war mongering as justification for more $ for ICE."

In response, Loomer doubled down.

"There’s no such thing as Hate Speech, Muslima," wrote Loomer. "You are a Muslim who came from Iran and now you’re serving in Congress. Of course you have an issue with what I said. You want our country to be subverted by proxies. I voted for Trump because he said he would address the Muslim Problem. This is what millions of Americans voted for."

Ansari quickly hit back, again.

"I was born in Seattle to US citizen parents," she said. "I’m proudly agnostic and proudly Iranian-American. Assumptions, accusations, and threats like these are dangerous — a state lawmaker was just assassinated for her political views. Speech like this incites violence that can cost lives."