Laura Loomer criticized far‑right figures after reposting a livestream in which Nick Fuentes urged supporters not to back Vivek Ramaswamy’s bid for Ohio governor. Ramaswamy had recently condemned Fuentes in a New York Times op‑ed and at AmericaFest. Loomer called the push against Ramaswamy “sabotage of the Trump agenda” and also attacked Tucker Carlson and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts. The dispute highlights widening infighting in the conservative movement over loyalty, strategy, and influence.
Laura Loomer Accuses Far‑Right Figures Of Sabotaging Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ohio Bid
MAGA activist Laura Loomer on Wednesday publicly criticized fellow far‑right figures she accused of trying to block former 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign to become Ohio’s next governor.
Loomer reposted a clip from a Tuesday livestream featuring white nationalist Nick Fuentes, in which Fuentes urged his followers to “vote for a protest candidate, vote for a Democrat, vote for a third party, don’t vote, vote for anyone else” rather than back Ramaswamy. In the clip, Fuentes — whose rhetoric has been widely condemned for racist language — said conservatives “have to deny Vivek Ramaswamy the governorship” by any means necessary.
Fuentes’s remarks followed Ramaswamy’s recent public rebukes of the white nationalist, including a New York Times op‑ed and remarks at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest. At AmericaFest, Ramaswamy told the crowd:
“If you believe, and you will forgive me for giving you an exact quote from our online commentator, Nick Fuentes. If you believe that Hitler was pretty f*cking cool, you have no place in the future of the conservative movement.”
After sharing Fuentes’s clip, Loomer lambasted Fuentes and accused other conservative figures of deliberate sabotage aimed at making Ohio more competitive for Democrats ahead of the 2026 and 2028 election cycles. Loomer wrote that she was “Glad the Woke Right is having a mask off moment to tell people to make Ohio blue before 2026 and 2028,” calling the effort “sabotage of the Trump agenda and an effort to elect more Democrats to help obstruct the rest of President Trump’s agenda.”
Loomer — long critical of people she views as disloyal to former President Donald Trump’s movement — also renewed attacks this week on other prominent conservative media figures. On Monday she took aim at former Fox News host Tucker Carlson amid fallout from his controversial October interview with Fuentes, accusing Carlson of attempting a hostile takeover of the GOP. She also criticized Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts after Roberts defended Carlson’s interview, calling his remarks “outrageous” and predicting that the organization faced reputational damage.
The episode underscores deepening tensions within the conservative movement over how to handle figures tied to white nationalism and how to unify support for high‑profile candidates like Ramaswamy in key state races such as the Ohio governor’s contest.
