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Posted: 2024-09-13T22:33:32Z | Updated: 2024-09-14T13:17:59Z

WASHINGTON Donald Trump angered at least some New Yorkers on Wednesday, Sept. 11, when he brought far-right 9/11 conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer to an event commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

If anythings sacred in this country, it should be 9/11. There are so many people who havent healed, 9/11 responder John Feal said Thursday on CNN . Its an insult to those who have to fight for their lives now, who are sick and dying.

On people spreading 9/11 conspiracy theories, Its pathetic. Its comical, Feal said. But it hurts.

Loomer, who spread conspiracy theories last year about 9/11 being an inside job , has been hanging around with Trump lately. On Friday, she fueled more conspiracies about the Sept. 11 attacks in a social media post suggesting the government is lying about what happened that day.

Do NOT google Building 7, Loomer wrote in another post on Friday , fanning a conspiracy theory about a building next to the World Trade Center catching fire and collapsing.

The White House condemned Trumps association with Loomer this week. So did New York Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, who called Loomers attendance at the 9/11 event shocking and offensive to the thousands of people who lost their lives.

But theres one group of people thats been noticeably silent about Trump keeping a 9/11 conspiracy-peddler in his inner circle: New Yorks Republican members of Congress.

There are 10 Republicans in New Yorks congressional delegation. None have said anything publicly about Loomers false claims about 9/11, or about Trump bringing her to Ground Zero to commemorate the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

HuffPost reached out to all 10 of them on Friday for comment.

Five responded. Of those, just two directly denounced Loomer.