Even Kellyanne Conway Is Concerned About Trump's Laura Loomer Connection

Kellyanne Conway says shes pushed back at former President Donald Trump regarding his increasingly cozy relationship with far-right demagogue Laura Loomer.

During The Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Conway said shes talked to Trump multiple times regarding her concerns about Loomer and said she has liked what shes heard.

When journalist Tim Alberta asked if Conway, a former senior counselor in the Trump administration, would have let Loomer join Trump on his flight to last weeks presidential debate, she offered a definitive no.

I dont know her, I dont know that Ive ever been in the same room with her. People have shown me what she has said, Conway said, adding that shes not a big fan of Twitter, where Loomer is notorious for spewing bigoted and conspiratorial rhetoric.

I didnt know this person, so when I learned more about her and what she was saying, including to my 19-year-old daughter its unacceptable, Conway said, referring to the right-wing agitators insults aimed at her daughter Claudia Conway. And I pushed back on that.

Loomer has a long record of making racist remarks . She claimed the White House would smell like curry if Vice President Kamala Harris whose mother was an immigrant from India is elected, and has spread conspiracy theories about 9/11, mass shootings and more. Loomer once referred to Conways daughter as a low IQ, highly sexually promiscuous woman with daddy issues.

Given Loomers well-documented history of stomach-churning comments, Conway told Alberta, Ive had a conversation or two with the president since that I wont reveal, and I liked what I heard.

And while Conway said she wasnt thrilled with how Loomer comports herself online, she added that she doesnt really care what the far-right internet personality says.

I dont care what people screaming on social media say, it doesnt really matter, Conway added. It matters to me if theyre anti-this or anti-that, and I know that they dont reflect the principle.

Loomers proximity to Trump has caused alarm  among some of his conservative loyalists. Even right-wing stalwarts like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have spoken out against Loomer in public.