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Following the deadly shooting at an Islamic center in Southern California on Monday, Laura Loomer, a right-wing commentator and informal adviser to President Donald Trump, issued multiple social media posts disparaging the victims and their community.

The shooting occurred late Monday morning, when two individuals opened fire on the Islamic Center of San Diego. The pair reportedly killed three people in the center before killing themselves.

Investigators have said “there was definitely hate rhetoric that was involved” in the motivation for the shooting. The incident is currently being investigated as a potential hate crime.

Reacting to the shooting, Loomer — a frequent peddler of conspiracy theories who regularly spews racist and Islamophobic rhetoric targeting Muslims — expressed doubt that the shooting was legitimate, saying that the center was “‘supposedly’ shot up” in a post she made on X.

Instead of unequivocally condemning the attack, Loomer spread lies about the victims, claiming they were undeserving of sympathy. “People who attend this mosque want us all to be killed,” she said in her post.

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Loomer also said that, despite the center and its members being victims of a shooting, it “should be raided by ICE and the FBI.” In a later post, she advocated for the deportation of “every Muslim in America.”

Although not officially part of the Trump administration, Loomer is considered........

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