California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office quote-posted a photo Laura Loomer shared from Air Force One, where she wrote that she was flying with President Trump, “my favorite President.” The account said the person who calls Black women “dogs” and “animals” was on the plane, while national media would ask Democrats about Hasan Piker on Sunday shows. Online users reacted after the post, with many replies calling the comparison a deflection and saying Piker should be called out as well.
The image shows Loomer and President Trump standing side by side in an aircraft cabin, both smiling and giving a thumbs-up. The photo alone does not make it clear where the plane was flying. Loomer identified the setting in the caption: “Air Force One with 45-47” and “My favorite President.”
The California account did not name Loomer in its own text. It wrote that “the person who calls Black women ‘dogs’ and ‘animals’ is on Air Force One,” then said national media would be “asking democrats about Hasan Piker on every Sunday show.”
That wording points back to posts Loomer made in late August about Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics, including a line that she might “bark” at Nixon and “tug on your leash.” A separate report said Loomer was expected to travel with Trump to Alabama that day. The photo does not show the trip or those earlier posts.
How Viewers Are Responding to the Air Force One Post
Some treated the photo as a double standard. Journalist Mehdi Hasan, reacting to Loomer’s post, wrote, “She was banned from Uber, now she flies on Air Force One,” and asked, “Where is the media?”
Under the California account, one user wrote, “So true! Standard totally different for Dems.” Another said Newsom was not campaigning with Hasan Piker, “so he has no reason to condemn him,” while Trump was “walking around with Laura Loomer.”
Others rejected the comparison. One reply called it “impressive linguistic gymnastics.”
Another wrote that Hasan Piker “is the Laura Loomer of the left” and “deserves to be called out just as much as Loomer.”
A third told the account, “you don’t need to make excuses.”
A smaller set read the post as election politics. A California commenter wrote, “It’s an election cycle. Cue the race-baiting.”
For now, the Air Force One photo sits inside a wider argument about who gets asked to answer for extreme comments. Online critics remain focused on whether the California post points to a real double standard or simply shifts attention away from Hasan Piker.
