As noted by the Post, she changed her name in 2019 when she ran for congress, to better reflect "her Hispanic heritage", a not insignificant thing when you're running for office in southern Florida. She also began pronouncing her first name in Spanish instead of English, something her friends and family said she'd never done before. And that's about it, as near as I can tell. But I guess that's enough to appear on Fox News and say something in response to a myriad of lies and embellishments that, while not as extensive as George Santos, certainly don't reflect well on her character. Or maybe they do in Foxland where they take this self-made stuff seriously and all too literally. And Anna Paulina Luna is probably correct. All she had to do was appear on Fox News and respond to the charges, never mind that she couldn't really refute what was written. That doesn't matter. Simply calling the charges "racist" was enough to feed their culture of victimhood. And of course, she's now threatening to sue. They always do.
Source: Mediaite
Rep Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) responded to a Washington Post article calling into question claims she made about her life story, calling its undertones “incredibly racist.”
As investigative pieces go, the Post piece is no exposé à la Rep. George Santos (R-NY), the freshman congressman who was found to have lied about his schooling, employment, and ancestry, along with a slew of other fabrications.
The report noted Luna changed her last name and it called into question claims about her family’s financial situation growing up. Luna said she grew up with a “broken home mentality” and lived in multiple “low-income” neighborhoods, but the Post stated some members of her family recalled her being well-cared for.
The Post further reported:
Luna also stated on the campaign trail and in an interview with Jewish Insider in November that while she identifies as Christian, she was “raised as a Messianic Jew by her father.” Messianic Jews identify as Jewish and say they believe that Jesus is the Messiah. “I am also a small fraction Ashkenazi,” she added, referring to Jews whose ancestors lived in Central or Eastern Europe.
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However, three members of Luna’s extended family said that her father was Catholic, and that they were not aware of him practicing any form of Judaism while Luna was growing up.
According to the piece, she also “described herself as alternately Middle Eastern, Jewish or Eastern European” while serving in the U.S. Air Force.
She repeatedly lied in other words.
The only thing she sought to refute was that her father actually went to prison, something the Post was unable to find any record of. Oh, and that she was once registered a Democrat in Washington State, which the Post mentioned due to an error in Washington's voter database. It probably would have been a slur for someone as far right as Luna anyway, to be labelled a Democrat, and the Post later issued a correction.
Luna tweeted in response:
And of course, she's threatening to sue.
So it goes in MAGA land, just like her hero Trump.
