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A Senate candidate called an 'animal' and an 'enemy combatant,' by religion.

SeverityHatefulTreats a group as lesser, dangerous, or not fully human, whether it says so about the group or about one person for belonging to it. Everything at this level.
Who said itLauraLoomer (X)
Who it targetsAbdul El-Sayed, a Muslim candidate for US Senate, called an animal and an enemy combatant
TrackProtected groupsProtected-group hate and political-opponent extremism are counted apart, and neither total is presented as a score against the other. Everything on this track.
What was said

Laura Loomer called Abdul El-Sayed one of the “Islamic communist animals,” “disgusting,” and, with another figure, an “enemy combatant,” urging Democrats to speak out against “Jihadist invaders.”

Why it counts

'Animal' dehumanizes and 'enemy combatant' assigns a wartime status, and both attach to his religion. Neither attaches to anything he's done.

It continues the account's confirmed pattern against Muslim candidates, now with battlefield vocabulary.

The receipts

Every quote, checked against its source.

LauraLoomer (X)

"Why is it absurd that some of your fellow democrats don't want to endorse you or any of the other Islamic communist animals? Abdul El-Sayed is disgusting. More Democrats need to speak out against Jihadist invaders and subverters. You and Abdul are enemy combatants."

2026-08-21 · source

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