Laura Loomer unites vets from both sides of aisle after Medal of Honor rant [View all]

A string of veterans and politicians, including one Medal of Honor recipient, responded with disdain to a right-wing media personality’s unprompted weekend attack on a Medal of Honor recipient for not being “US born.”

Laura Loomer, an unofficial advisor to President Donald Trump, who has traded in conspiracy theories in her social media feeds for years — including claims that 9/11 was an “inside job” — took issue last week with an Army media post on former Capt. Florent Groberg.

The Army post noted the thirteenth anniversary of Groberg’s actions in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, which earned him the Medal of Honor.

“Aug. 8, 2012, Afghanistan: Capt. Florent Groberg made a split-second decision that saved lives. He tackled a suicide bomber to protect his team, an act of valor that earned him the Medal of Honor,” the post read.

Though innocuous by military social media standards, the post set Loomer off.

“Are we supposed to believe the Army couldn’t find a Republican and US born soldier?” Loomer tweeted as part of a lengthy post aimed at both Groberg and Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll.

A fellow Medal of Honor recipient, Dakota Meyer — who recently re-enlisted in the Marines — immediately took issue with Loomer.

“The Medal is A Political. The person wearing it doesn’t have to be. If anyone has earned the right to free speech or to have an opinion, it’s a man who threw himself in front of a suicide bomber to save lives,” Meyer wrote. “What have you done?”

Beyond Meyer, other veterans took to social media in response to Loomer, sometimes replying directly or in reposts.

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