Loomer calls the Post's report a "hit piece" and names Bruesewitz as its source
Laura LoomerRight-wing activist and host of the online show Loomer Unleashed, posting on her X account
Loomer writes that the Post reporter told her Bruesewitz was his source, calls the report a hit piece, and says Bruesewitz is attacking her for work he asked her to do more than a year earlier.
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Laura Loomer has been paid by private clients to post political messages on X without disclosing the payments.
“@drewharwell told me on the phone that Alex was his "source" for his hit piece on me that was full of Hersey and hypocrisy since Alex is attacking me for work he asked me to do over a year ago.”
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Alex Bruesewitz says he paid Laura Loomer for posts and that others still do; Loomer denies being paid to tweet
On November 5, 2026, Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, wrote on X that he had paid Laura Loomer for tweets, though not for at least a year, and that others still pay her. On November 7, The Washington Post reported that three other people said they had paid Loomer to post political messages on X or had overseen clients who did, and that bank and wire records it reviewed show four payments totaling more than $60,000 to Loomer and her company since May 2025, without stating their purpose. Loomer told the Post she is not an influencer who makes money from tweeting, that her business is public affairs and opposition research, and that Bruesewitz's firm paid her for a research document. She later called the report a hit piece. Bruesewitz says political influencers should have to disclose paid opinions.
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Loomer writes that Bruesewitz smears people who disagree with JD Vance, that the reporter told her Bruesewitz was his source and that the report attacks her for work Bruesewitz asked her to do more than a year ago.
Before the quotation
Loomer opens the post by saying that Bruesewitz goes to the media to smear people who do not agree with everything JD Vance says, and that he told her he works as an adviser to Omeed Malik at 1789 Capital.
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She says Bruesewitz can talk to as many reporters as he wants in an effort to smear her.
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The reference point is Laura Loomer's alleged acceptance of payments from private clients to post political messages on X without disclosing them. Loomer calls the report a hit piece driven by Bruesewitz and presents the payment from his firm as work he asked her to do, which challenges how her conduct is characterized.
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