Trump Confidante Doesn’t Think Pregnant Women Should Have Government Jobs

One of President Donald Trump’s closest confidantes doesn’t think pregnant women should have jobs in government.

“Why do we want to have a woman who is pregnant, who is going to have to take maternity leave as soon as she is confirmed?” Loomer asked Atlantic staff writer Michael Scherer, who published a story Thursday that compares Loomer to Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the 1950s-era Communist witch hunts he led. (Loomer took the comparison as a compliment).

But that didn’t dissuade the attacks.

“You should make a decision,” Loomer said. “Do you want to have a career, or do you want a family?”

“You can have a family, and you can have a career,” she emphasized when asked to clarify.

Loomer then tripled down:

“If you are going to be working in the federal government, don’t you think it is a little abusive if you have a job where you can’t bring your baby every day?” she asked Scherer. “Are my tax dollars supposed to go to her because she doesn’t use a condom? Is there not a man who is qualified?”

In April, Trump fired numerous senior members of the National Security Council; an unnamed source told Axios the “bloodbath” came a day after Loomer met with the president in the Oval Office.