Her name is Laura Loomer. The far-right provocateur and conspiracy theorist, who has long been in Trump’s orbit, traveled with Trump on his private jet to Tuesday’s debate in Philadelphia, followed him into the spin room after the debate and flew with him the next day to New York City and Shanksville,

Close Donald Trump ally Laura Loomer told a white nationalist conference in 2022 that she considered herself a “white advocate”, according to a recording of the speech obtained by the Guardian. Loomer has come under scrutiny in recent days after being seen accompanying Trump on a flight to the presidential debate on Tuesday,