It is hardly a secret that both parties have fringes, but only one party offers its fringe access and influence at the highest levels of power.

In 2017, she left Project Veritas and joined far-right Canadian media outlet Rebel Media. Her media credentials were revoked in 2018 when she confronted the widow and domestic violence survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooter, who was on trial for aiding her former husband. The widow was acquitted of all charges.

The US president, Donald Trump, met with far-right activist Laura Loomer in the Oval Office last week. Loomer is a figure so extreme that she is shunned by many, even in Trump's "make America great again" (Maga) movement.