SE Cupp: ‘Heat shield' Elon Musk is not going anywhere
Laura Loomer's meeting with the President at the White House about his National Security team and the resulting firings are sparking a bigger conversation at The Table for Five. SE Cupp says President Trump in his first term had a chance to say extremists were not welcome in the MAGA movement and the result is people like Laura Loomer now associate themselves with conservatism. Van Lathan says these extremes have been culturally codified and Loomer's visit to the White House was so shocking he thought it had to be some kind of stunt.
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