Condemned
“What Laura Loomer said was disgusting. It was vile.”
Olszewski said leaders of every political stripe should reject the rhetoric and called it clearly racist.
- Speaker
- Johnny Olszewski
- Capacity
- United States representative
- Observed
- September 5, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Laura Loomer
- Classification rationale
- Direct condemnation by an elected official.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
CNN asked whether criticism of antisemitic statements on the left prevented criticism of Loomer.
After the quotation
Olszewski said hate speech was wrong regardless of its source.
Evidence
Complete source record
CNN The Arena transcript — Loomer remarks and Olszewski response (opens in a new tab)Segment on Loomer and Angie Nixon
Transcript preserves the clip, Audie Cornish’s framing, and Representative Johnny Olszewski’s condemnation.