Laura Loomer comes for ‘welfare queen’ Elon Musk as MAGA war heats up
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Laura Loomer again attacked Donald Trump’s “best buddy” Elon Musk on Monday, this time for being a “welfare queen” who has profited from both hefty government subsidies and special visas for his immigrant tech workers. The blast was the second major hit involving the right-wing gadfly over the double standard on immigrants taking American jobs between what Trump promised his MAGA supporters and Musk’s insistence that H-1B visas continue to be protected for upper-level foreign tech workers. “What is it going to mean for the future of our country, our national security and the incoming Trump administration if we have a bunch of technocrats, who are also essentially welfare queens because their companies are receiving government subsidies, and they want to take over our defense industry?” Loomer asked Trump’s former White House strategist Steve Bannon on his right-wing War Room podcast. Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk’s partner in the upcoming Trump-apppointed DOGE task force aiming to carve up the federal government, also blasted Americans as less desirable employees to brainier foreign hires in the U.S. tech world.