Rep. Chuck Edwards declines to comment on Loomer's remarks he says he has not heard
Chuck EdwardsU.S. Representative for North Carolina's 11th district, answering a reporter in a Capitol hallway
Asked about Laura Loomer's remarks and whether he would condemn such comments generally, Rep. Chuck Edwards said he had not heard them and would not comment on anything he had not heard directly.
“I'm not gonna comment on anything that I have not heard directly”
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Laura Loomer’s remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics
Laura Loomer described Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon and four other prominent Black women using the word “ghetto” and a gendered slur, said the stereotype exists, and later defended the wording as an accurate description of Nixon’s conduct, race, and ideology. Nixon and political figures and commentators across party lines called the remarks racist, sexist, degrading, offensive, or vile. The dispute concerns whether Loomer’s stated political criticism can be separated from the racial and gender stereotypes used in the original and follow-up statements.
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Zeteo reporter Prem Thakker's post with a two-minute video of hallway questions to House Republicans about Laura Loomer's remarks. The members are identified in Raw Story's account of the same video. The video file carries a September 1, 2026 upload time; the post went up on September 2.
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Raw Story's account of Zeteo reporter Prem Thakker's hallway video, identifying each House Republican asked about Laura Loomer's remarks and quoting their answers.
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In late August 2026 Laura Loomer called Angie Nixon, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Cori Bush and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson "ghetto" and used a gendered slur. In a hallway video Zeteo reporter Prem Thakker posted on September 2, he asked House Republicans whether they would comment on or condemn the remarks, describing Loomer as someone who had advised Trump. Edwards first said, "I haven't heard those." Thakker said Loomer had been saying them all over the place and asked whether he would condemn such comments generally.
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Thakker moved on to other members, several of whom also declined to comment.
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The reference point is Laura Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Edwards was asked both about the specific remarks and whether he would condemn such comments generally, and said he would not comment on anything he had not heard directly. That is an express refusal, so we labeled it Explicitly stayed out. Condemned loses because he declined even the general question. Evidence level: video of the exchange, with the speaker identified and the answer quoted by Raw Story.
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