Trump allies worry his ties to far-right activist Laura Loomer could cost him Georgia and North Carolina

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65% : In North Carolina, voters elected Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in 2016 and 2020 even while Trump narrowly carried the state at the top of the ticket.
46% : Georgia and North Carolina are among the closest states in the 2024 presidential race, with most public polling showing the margins between Harris and Trump within a few percentage points in both places.
39% : Just two days after the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks -- a day she spent with Trump attending 9/11 memorial services -- she wrote, "23 years later, and there's still a lot of unanswered questions," alongside a video of Trump in 2001 questioning whether airplanes could hit the Twin Towers with enough force to collapse them.
33% : "One ally said they were glad Trump shared part of the statement by the group on his TruthSocial page, saying it was an indication he is taking the matter seriously.
30% : A second Trump ally told NBC News that Trump has been directly warned about this "by people in Georgia and North Carolina.
26% : I mean, look, I can't tell Laura what to do."Asked by NBC News after the press conference whether Trump was familiar with some of the conspiracy theories Loomer spreads, the former president said, "I don't know that much about it.
23% : Later in the day, Trump wrote on his Truth Social account that Loomer "doesn't work for the Campaign.
21% : Concern about her proximity to Trump also spiked on Tuesday night during the former president's debate with Harris in Philadelphia, where he made baseless claims about Haitian immigrants in Ohio eating people's pets.
19% : The former president's allies say Trump needs to put distance between himself and Loomer -- or the association risks alienating key groups of voters in battleground states.
16% : On Friday, Trump appeared to attempt to distance himself from Loomer, telling reporters at a press conference in California, "I don't control Laura.
13% : In 2022, Georgia voters deemed Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Herschel Walker unfit even while re-electing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp by a 7.5-point margin, two years after Trump narrowly lost the state.
9% : She similarly attacked Graham after he publicly called on Trump to distance himself from Loomer.

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