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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Investigators have said \u201cthere was definitely hate rhetoric that was involved\u201d in the motivation for the shooting. The incident is currently being investigated as a potential hate crime. <\/p>\n

Reacting to the shooting, Loomer \u2014 a frequent peddler of conspiracy theories who regularly spews racist and Islamophobic rhetoric targeting Muslims \u2014 expressed doubt that the shooting was legitimate, saying that the center was \u201c\u2018supposedly\u2019 shot up\u201d in a post she made on X.<\/p>\n

Instead of unequivocally condemning the attack, Loomer spread lies about the victims, claiming they were undeserving of sympathy. \u201cPeople who attend this mosque want us all to be killed,\u201d she said in her post. <\/p>\n

Loomer also said that, despite the center and its members being victims of a shooting, it \u201cshould be raided by ICE and the FBI.\u201d In a later post, she advocated for the deportation of \u201cevery Muslim in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although not officially part of the Trump administration, Loomer is considered a White House insider, as she helped Trump with hirings and firings at the onset of his second term in office. She is also considered an informal adviser to the president. <\/p>\n

Aside from Loomer, multiple Trump allies (including far right members of Congress) have made Islamophobic statements over several weeks and months prior to the San Diego shooting. <\/p>\n

\u201cIslam is not a religion. It\u2019s a cult,\u201d Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) said in December. <\/p>\n

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\u201cMuslims don\u2019t belong in American society. Pluralism is a lie,\u201d Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenneessee) said in March. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one,\u201d Rep. Randy Fine (R-Florida) said earlier this year. (Fine has also said that \u201cmainstream Muslims\u201d in the U.S. should \u201cbe destroyed.\u201d) <\/p>\n

Some far right members of the GOP conference in Congress have also created a so-called \u201cSharia-Free America Caucus.\u201d The group\u2019s purported aim is to limit the spread of \u201cSharia Law\u201d (which is merely a religious doctrine) in local, state, or federal governments, despite no such government in the U.S. adopting or even considering adopting those religious tenets into codified law. <\/p>\n

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has repeatedly defended Islamophobic remarks by members of his conference, wrongly claiming that Sharia poses a threat to Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about people as Muslims, it is about people who seek to impose a different belief system that is in direct conflict with the Constitution,\u201d Johnson said in March.<\/p>\n

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a statement this week condemning the San Diego shooting, suggesting that Islamophobic rhetoric from lawmakers likely inspired the shooters.<\/p>\n

\u201cHate against American Muslims is completely out of control. \u2026 Time and time again, we have seen that hate speech like this can lead to hate crimes,\u201d CAIR\u2019s statement read.<\/p>\n

The organization added:<\/p>\n

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A deadly attack on an American mosque was as predictable as it is unacceptable. Anti-Muslim hatred is one of the last acceptable forms of bigotry in American society, and it is long past time for the tolerance of this hate to end.<\/p>\n

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