{"id":27231,"date":"2025-05-09T19:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27231"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:23:06","slug":"pope-leo-labelled-anti-maga-woke-marxist-puppet-by-trump-ally-in-scathing-first-day-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27231","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo labelled &#8216;anti-MAGA woke Marxist puppet&#8217; by Trump ally in scathing first day attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>The first ever US pope in history has been confirmed, but not all Americans are celebrating the momentous occasion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">While president\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/news\/us-news\/donald-trump-response-first-american-pope-307636-20250508\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0was quick to express the &#8216;honor,&#8217; right-wing political activist and internet personality Laura Loomer shared quite the opposite view.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">On May 8,\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/news\/world-news\/new-pope-vatican-announcement-pope-francis-184226-20250422\">white smoke<\/a>\u00a0billowed out the Sistine Chapel chimney, and along with it came the announcement that Cardinal\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/news\/world-news\/who-is-robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-645234-20250508\">Robert Prevost<\/a>\u00a0had been elected as the 267th pontiff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Being born in Chicago, this marked him as the first ever\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/us-news\">American<\/a>\u00a0pope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Since, his\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/news\/world-news\/pope-leo-donald-trump-policies-comments-resurface-120871-20250508\">comments on Trump&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0policies from a fair few years back have resurfaced on\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/social-media\">social media<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; and Loomer &#8211; a controversial figure and self-confessed &#8216;proud Islamaphobe,&#8217; as\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cly8y27dwgpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per<\/a>\u00a0the BBC &#8211; didn&#8217;t hold back with her scathing remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Prevost had reposted a tweet which reads: &#8220;As Trump &amp; Bukele use Oval to Feds\u2019 illicit deportation of a US resident, once an undoc-ed Salvadorean himself, now-DC Aux +Evelio asks, &#8216;Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Independent also\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/new-pope-robert-prevost-politics-trump-vance-b2747500.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0Prevost resharing a tweet which reads: &#8220;There is nothing remotely Christian, American, or morally defensible about a policy that takes children away from their parents and warehouses them in cages. This is being carried out in our name and the shame is on us all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The newly elected pope has also hit out at Trump&#8217;s vice president JD Vance, resharing an op-ed from the National Catholic Reporter\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drprevost\/status\/1886469097560719594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">titled<\/a>: &#8220;JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn&#8217;t ask us to rank our love for others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\">\n<div class=\"resizable-image_wrapper__LRQlr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ladbible.com\/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:\/\/images.ladbiblegroup.com\/v3\/assets\/blt949ea8e16e463049\/blt4d695dd2c3d83f11\/681dda50af56e9808a6f8d0f\/GettyImages-1097020578.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 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anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist&#8217; &#8211; &#8216;like Pope Francis&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Catholics don\u2019t have anything good to look forward to, she added. &#8220;Just another Marxist puppet in the Vatican.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">In another post, she simply wrote: &#8220;WOKE MARXIST POPE.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Loomer made headlines last September after reports swirled that she was behind Trump&#8217;s decision to fire members of the National Security Council she deemed disloyal\u2014though Trump has denied her involvement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THIS IS THE NEW POPE!<\/p>\n<p>His name is Robert Prevost.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s the first American Pope.<\/p>\n<p>He is anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open Borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p>Catholics don\u2019t have anything good to look forward to.<\/p>\n<p>Just another Marxist puppet in the Vatican. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S45vZ8IaKM\">https:\/\/t.co\/S45vZ8IaKM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraLoomer\/status\/1920537118041854297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s previously claimed that Kamala Harris is not black, and that the son of billionaire George Soros was &#8216;sending cryptic messages calling for Trump&#8217;s assassination&#8217;, the BBC also reported.<\/p>\n<p>Her strong views &#8211; particularly against Muslims &#8211; have led her to be banned from social media platforms and even rideshare services like Uber and Lyft.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The first ever US pope in history has been confirmed, but not all Americans are celebrating the momentous occasion. 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