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.
A deleted November 2018 post attributed to New York City tenant official Cea Weaver said, “Impoverish the white middle class. Homeownership is racist / failed public policy.” The wording resurfaced after Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Weaver to lead the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. Critics called the language racist, extreme, or disqualifying; defenders emphasized Weaver’s tenant-advocacy record and argued that the backlash served real-estate interests. Weaver expressed regret for some old wording without specifically retracting this sentence.
Role at the time: Writer and podcaster commenting in a personal capacity on housing policy
Condemned
Responding to
Cea Weaver’s “impoverish the white middle class” and homeownership remarks
"what happens when the state tries to disarm that weapon? We are about to find out."
Why we used this label
She invokes Weaver by name and rejects the framing and policies she associates with it; the post is criticism of the broader housing rhetoric rather than a separate response to the 2018 imperative.
