MAGA or MIGA? The Fight Laura Loomer Can't Escape

Laura Loomer’s political career is one of the stranger stories to emerge from the modern American right. Few people would have predicted that an activist best known for confrontational stunts and social-media controversy would eventually find herself with access to the highest levels of Republican politics. 

Her ability to generate controversy has repeatedly put her in the headlines, creating a cycle in which outrage produces visibility, visibility produces influence, and influence creates opportunities for even more controversy. But at some point, attention stopped being the entire story. It started becoming political capital. Yet that is precisely what makes her story worth examining.