Clubhouse, popular new conversation app, starts booting far-right extremists

White nationalist Nicholas Fuentes and anti-Muslim zealot Laura Loomer made very brief appearances on new app Nick Fuentes and Laura Loomer (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) Select members of the far right, including white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes and anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer, have been kicked off Clubhouse, a new conversation application that has gained popularity during the coronavirus pandemic, where users can engage with each other in real time about a myriad of topics in different virtual “rooms.”  On Saturday, Loomer signed up for the platform and quickly joined a room entitled: “App Store Hate Speech Double Standard: Parler vs. Clubhouse,” moderated by right-wing communications flack Kris Ruby. That particular room quickly descended into chaos, with Loomer going on an anti-Muslim tirade, which apparently violates the platform’s policies. “As a Jewish woman, who was physically ejected from a moving Uber by a radical Muslim driver, on Rosh Hashanah, I value my safety, I’m pro-life, and you know I don’t think I should have to be roadkill because Uber doesn’t do background checks on their drivers,” the onetime Florida congressional candidate said.  Still no action from Clubhouse as Loomer doubles down on anti-Muslim rhetoric. — Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 8, 2021 In November of 2017, Loomer was booted from both Uber…
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