Loomer, GOP senator push back on Trump NASA decision

Conservative provocateur Laura Loomer and Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) pushed back on a decision by the White House to pull the nomination of tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.

“A well-placed source tells me Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be the next Administrator of 

@NASA was set for a final Senate confirmation vote early next week, but DC insiders are now trying to convince the @WhiteHouse to pull the plug on Isaacman before his confirmation vote,” Loomer said in a lengthy post on the social platform X on Saturday.

“The final decision to pull Isaacman’s nomination could come as soon as Monday. There is reason to believe that Isaacman may be facing retaliation because of his friendship with @elonmusk,” she added. 

A White House spokesperson recently told The Hill that it was “essential that the next leader of NASA is in complete alignment with President Trump’s America First agenda and a replacement will be announced directly by President Trump soon.”

“Astronaut and successful businessman @RookIsaacman was a strong choice by President Trump to lead NASA. I was proud to introduce Jared at his hearing and strongly oppose efforts to derail his nomination,” Sheehy said in his own X post on Saturday.

Isaacman and tech billionaire Elon Musk, who recently departed from the White House, at SpaceX to fund the company’s initial private spacewalk. 

In December, President Trump unveiled Isaacman as his choice to head up NASA, calling him “ideally suited to lead NASA into a bold new Era.”

“Let me remind you who Jared Isaacman is. Yes, he has been a liberal in the past like @elonmusk, but as it relates to MERIT and his knowledge of Space, his credentials are unmatched,” Loomer said in her Saturday X post.

The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.