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MAGA hardliner Laura Loomer lashed out at the Pentagon and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for the service’s tribute to Medal of Honor recipient Florent Groberg.
Groberg, who lost much of his left leg while tackling a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2012, was singled out by the Army this week in a post marking the anniversary of the attack.
Loomer, however, denounced the decision, claiming Groberg, who spoke briefly at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and was born in France, was unworthy of recognition.
“There are probably so many people who the Army could honor who have received the Medal of Honor,” she wrote Saturday on X, accusing Driscoll of promoting “anti-Trump Leftists” on official channels.
Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin, recently slammed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Pentagon presser as “the worst”, highlighted a Washington Post report on Loomer’s attack as a “good summary” and “worth a read.”
She noted that “Hegseth met Loomer within recent days” and the Pentagon’s “radio silence” on her remarks.
Elsewhere, speaking to The Post, Loomer’s
Groberg, who served under presidents from both parties, declined to speak to the outlet but responded directly to Loomer online in a post that was, itself, widely shared:
Loomer defended herself in comment to The Post for having merely “laid out the facts.”
“I said, ‘Thank you for your service,’” she added as proof she’d been respectful.
Backlash was widespread, however, with the newspaper citing several former Pentagon officials who had served under Trump’s first administration who rallied behind Groberg.
Chris Miller, Trump’s former acting defense secretary, called Loomer’s comments “an abomination,” while Robert Wilkie, Trump’s former VA secretary, said the Medal of Honor “knows no political affiliation.”
Medal recipient Dakota Meyer was blunter in a post on X: “If anyone has earned the right to free speech… it’s a man who threw himself in front of a suicide bomber to save lives. What have you done?”