White House: Loomer mocking Harris’s Indian heritage is ‘racist poison’

The White House on Thursday condemned right-wing activist Laura Loomer for mocking Vice President Harris’s Indian heritage.

Loomer, a former congressional candidate, recently said on social media that if Harris wins the election, “the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center,” among other comments.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the comments “repugnant” when questioned about them during the daily briefing.

“No leader should ever associate with someone who spreads this kind of ugliness. This kind of racist poison, that’s what this is,” Jean-Pierre said.

“Exactly the kind of hateful, decisive rhetoric that we should denounce. And should not be part of the fabric of this country. It doesn’t matter your political views, you should stand and condemn … these types of just repugnant, repugnant words,” she added.

Loomer also previously called the 9/11 attacks an “inside job,” which Jean-Pierre brought up Thursday in her rebuke of former President Trump’s ally.

“No leader should be connected to that or spreading that,” she said.

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R), an ally of Trump, also criticized Loomer for the comments on Harris.

Greene said Loomer’s comment “does not represent who we are as Republicans or MAGA. This does not represent President Trump. This type of behavior should not be tolerated ever.”

Greene and Loomer have since been in an intense back-and-forth on social platform X, with Loomer calling Greene a “raging antisemite” and defending her initial post as a “funny joke about Kamala Harris” using “her Indian mom as a way to dodge questions.”

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