Far-right activist Laura Loomer caused quite a scene outside Twitter's office in New York City on Thursday.
The pro-Trump conspiracy theorist was banned from Twitter in November after aiming hate speech at the newly elected Minnesota rep. Ilhan Omar.
In a dramatic but inexplicably funny protest, Loomer stood out the social media giant's HQ and accused the company of being 'antisemetic' and pro-Sharia law, while wearing the Jewish Star of David.
Loomer live-streamed her protest on Periscope and it soon started to trend worldwide, but things didn't quite go to plan for the 25-year-old.
Daily Beast journalist Will Sommer captured the events as they unfolded and his thread soon went viral.
It started off with Loomer, armed with her own sign, handcuffing herself to the front door of the building - just the one door, though, people could still use the one she wasn't attached to - while claiming that her suspension was a 'human rights issue'.
Here's video of Laura Loomer handcuffing herself to Twitter's NYC headquarters to protest being banned / losing her… https://t.co/9oKWEhmgCC— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543524620
Things soon started to go wrong for her as her sign somehow fell inside the building and out of her reach.
Update: somehow Laura's sign protest sign ended up inside and out of her reach, now she is peering inside and sad t… https://t.co/oKRESxZLvA— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543524919
Then the police turned up and one officer managed to highlight just how ridiculous her protest was.
The police have arrived at Laura Loomer's Twitter protest, and they are not happy! They tell her to move and take t… https://t.co/rgIgi6GMHR— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543525030
In a small victory, she did manage to get her sign back, but police soon moved her camera operator across the street so you could barely see her.
The police have moved Laura's livestreamer and everyone else ascross the street. Fortunately, Laura can yell over i… https://t.co/zlmTEM86oE— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543526429
Even her fellow conservatives thought the protest was embarrassing.
Laura Loomer's handcuff stunt is being received pretty poorly on conservative Twitter. https://t.co/IvoVOPNPGD— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543527245
She then informed the police that she had thrown away the key to the cuffs and was willing to stay put for "as long as it takes".
Laura is claiming she threw away the key to her handcuffs, will stay all night or "as long as it takes." https://t.co/AijADWMxPZ— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543527592
As things became more and more desperate for Loomer, police told her that Twitter was not pressing charges so she could potentially stay there forever.
Police say Twitter isn't pressing charges against Laura Loomer, so she can stay as long as she wants. The protest c… https://t.co/Wyv4YhGQcm— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543529598
She didn't even want pizza, just her Twitter account.
A pizza delivery guy shops up to the Loomer protest with pizzas, but the Loomer camp is refusing to accept the pizzas. "We don't want it."— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543531909
Just in case you are wondering our stance on this topic: Pizza >>>> Twitter.
After a few hours, she gave up bringing the whole embarrassing spectacle to a whimpering conclusion.
Laura Loomer ended her Twitter protest, got cut out of the handcuffs. But she did not get her Twitter account back. https://t.co/VNKO1uIxJK— Will Sommer (@Will Sommer) 1543533083
Given that 2018 is almost over and we've been deprived of fun and laughter for the majority of the year, people couldn't help but find the whole situation highly amusing.
LAURA LOOMER (1 week ago): it’s fine that I got suspended, bc the president of the United States will obviously ste… https://t.co/S3EXKI93zO— Frasier Gun (@Frasier Gun) 1543525267
The police will not help Laura Loomer ,, I was quite upset to learn this but then I realize they must of thought sh… https://t.co/fb8kGZsqoH— Walter(Owen's Grandp (@Walter(Owen's Grandp) 1543548683
The beauty of all this is that Loomer can't see what everyone was saying about her because she isn't allowed on Twitter anymore. Oh, the sweet irony.
HT Daily Dot