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struggle4progress

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Thu Apr 3, 2025, 03:22 PM 19 hrs ago

Fires multiple administration officials after meeting with wacko Loomer

By Katie Bo Lillis, Alayna Treene, Kylie Atwood and Kaitlan Collins, CNN
Updated 3:12 PM EDT, Thu April 3, 2025

The White House has fired multiple administration officials, including at least three National Security Council staffers, three sources familiar with the move told CNN.

The firings came after Laura Loomer, the far-right activist who once claimed 9/11 was an inside job, urged President Donald Trump during a Wednesday meeting to get rid of several members of his National Security Council staff, including his principal deputy national security adviser, claiming that they are disloyal.

One of the sources said Loomer had compiled a list of roughly a dozen names, and that the subsequent firings were a direct result of the meeting with Loomer, who was an influential voice around Trump during his 2024 campaign last fall ...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/03/politics/nsc-firings-trump-laura-loomer-meeting/index.html

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Fires multiple administration officials after meeting with wacko Loomer (Original Post) struggle4progress 19 hrs ago OP
Mike Waltz should have been fired in disgrace last week. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 18 hrs ago #1
"He's a danger to himself and others but he's VERY loyal to Don Demento!" struggle4progress 18 hrs ago #2
It is probably good news for them Johonny 18 hrs ago #3
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