Far-right activist Laura Loomer said she was suspended for 12 hours on X following a clash with its billionaire owner Elon Musk and the MAGA base over highly skilled foreign workers.
Loomer said in a post Friday afternoon that she was temporarily booted from the social media site for “raising concerns and speaking the truth about the technocratic takeover of our country and the White House.”
“How can you call yourself a ‘free speech absolutist’ and then punish someone by restricting their speech?” Loomer wrote. “We need to have an honest conversation about Big Tech influence over MAGA.”
The online brawl started after Loomer criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for artificial intelligence adviser — Sriram Krishnan, a former partner at venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz who was born in India. Loomer took issue with Krishnan’s previous support for allowing more highly-skilled immigrants to enter the United States. She later fired off a slew of posts at Musk alongside claims that highly-skilled immigrants don’t have “running water or toilet paper.”
Loomer was previously banned from several social media sites in 2020, before Musk owned the platform. She has a history of spreading far-right conspiracy theories and anti-immigrant views. Loomer has a direct line to Trump and traveled with him to a presidential debate in September.