Strong, Highly Visible Alignment With Donald Trump: Luna's close association with Trump---serving as a campaign surrogate, championing his agenda in Congress, and proposing symbolic honors like adding him to Mount Rushmore---may alienate moderate voters and be used against her by opponents in changing political circumstances (NBC - 8 WFLA, Tampa Bay Times).
Friction With Republican Leadership and Party Cohesion: Luna publicly opposed and later resigned from the House Freedom Caucus, clashed with Speaker McCarthy and Speaker Johnson, and has been critical of GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell, raising questions about her ability to build coalitions and maintain unity within her own party (WFIN Local News, NBC - 8 WFLA).
Tendency Toward Public Confrontation and Aggressive Rhetoric: Luna has engaged in confrontational exchanges with prominent Democrats (e.g., Kamala Harris) and has a reputation for divisive rhetoric, potentially undermining bipartisan effectiveness and opening her to criticism as an "extremist" or non-collaborative figure (Political Transcript Wire).
Repeated Claims of Election Interference, Corruption, and Institutional "Weaponization": Frequent public assertions that the DOJ and Biden administration have "weaponized" government against Trump, coupled with statements predicting constitutional crises or characterizing opponents as corrupt, risk being viewed as hyperpartisan or undermining of institutional trust (Fox News, Sunday Morning Futures).
Alienation of Key Political Figures and Factions: Persistent criticism of GOP leaders (e.g., McCarthy, McConnell), public disputes with fellow conservatives (Freedom Caucus departure), and attacks on Democratic leaders may lead to insufficient alliances or support within both parties, which could hamper legislative effectiveness or leave her isolated if political winds shift (NBC - 8 WFLA, Fox News).
2022: Kevin McCarthy And Donald Trump Called Luna On Election Night To Congratulate Her According to Washington Post, "At 8:01 p.m., Luna stepped aside from the crowd: Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), the Republican who will oversee the House Class of 2022, was calling to offer his congratulations." [...] "There was another call that they were expecting, one from Trump. 'We're waiting,' Luna said. 'That's why I have my husband holding the phone.'" [Washington Post, 11/8/22]
2023: Bannon Characterized Luna As The Forefront Of Populist Nationalism According to TIME, "'Anna Paulina Luna is the rise of populist nationalism. She's at the forefront of that movement,'" said Bannon, Trump's former chief White House strategist. [TIME, 7/10/23]
2023: Luna Received Endorsements From Trump, Stefanik, And Jordan According to Washington Examiner, "she has managed to secure key endorsements from former President Donald Trump, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik of New York, and House Judiciary ranking member Jim Jordan of Ohio." [Washington Examiner, 2/7/23]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Led Push To Award Congressional Gold Medal To Trump According to Washington Post, Luna "led the push to award former president Donald Trump the Congressional Gold Medal." [Washington Post, 11/1/24]
Luna Aligned Herself With Trump And Attended New York Court Events With House Cadre According to Florida Politics, "She has closely aligned with some of the staunchest supporters of the Republican ex-President and presumptive 2024 GOP nominee and was part of a cadre of House members who recently showed up in a New York courtroom to show support." [Florida Politics, 5/29/24]
2024: Luna Maintained Support For Trump Against Harris According to Tribune, "Luna remains a firm supporter of Trump as he campaigns for the presidency against Vice President Kamala Harris." [Tribune, 8/15/24]
2025: Trump Appointed Anna Paulina Luna To Lead Congressional Task Force Investigating Federal Secrets According to SCMP, "Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna was recently appointed by Donald Trump to investigate 'federal secrets.'" [SCMP, 2/16/25]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Confidence In Trump Campaign Victory In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "[...] what you're seeing and what you're hearing is the message of a dying campaign. The reason why President Trump is so positive is there is one point in a campaign, and every single person who has ever run for office will tell you, you know when you're going to win, and I think he knows he is going to win. We just need people to show up and vote. But, Kamala Harris knows she is losing. Her messaging is not resonating with the American people, and you've seen that live real time." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Laura Ingraham), 10/30/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Praised Donald Trump's Campaign Strategy And Urged Voting In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "If there is anything, President Trump is very much so involved in his campaign strategy, and even his harshest critics, for example, Meghan McCain, said that the left served this up to him on a silver platter. So, he nailed it. He is genius. Remember, vote early, vote in person, and we're going to win this Election Day." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Laura Ingraham), 10/30/24]
2024: Political Analyst Said Luna Aligned With Trump And Freedom Caucus According to NBC - 8 WFLA, 'She has really made her entire career on divisiveness. She was a part of the Freedom Caucus that unseat the former speaker. She has really aligned with Donald Trump,' Newsom said. [NBC - 8 WFLA, 11/1/24]
2024: Associated Press Reported Luna Was Freedom Caucus Member And Trump Supporter According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Luna, a first-term congresswoman and Freedom Caucus member, has been a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, who carried this Gulf Coast district in 2020," the Associated Press said on Tuesday. [NBC - 8 WFLA, 11/5/24]
2024: Donald Trump Endorsed Anna Paulina Luna According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Paulina Luna cuenta con el respaldo del expresidente Donald Trump." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 11/5/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Stated Restoring DOJ Trust Depends On Trump Appointments In an interview with CQ Transcriptions, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Well, it all starts with who President Trump decides to appoint to oversee that, but I do have a good feeling that he's going to choose someone that will go through the DOJ and really weed out a lot of the weaponization." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CQ Transcriptions, 11/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Supported President Trump's Immigration Agenda In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "And so, I do support President Trump's agenda, but also remember, this is why it's so important that we have a strong Senate Majority Leader. I believe Rick Scott would be that person. But also that the Speaker of the House stands by his word to support the president's agenda and that is something that both the House and Senate are going to start negotiating tomorrow." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Jesse Watters Primetime, 11/12/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Rick Scott As Senate Majority Leader And Emphasized Congressional Support For Trump Agenda In an interview with FOX News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I do support President Trump's agenda, but also remember, this is why it's so important that we have a strong Senate Majority Leader. I believe Rick Scott would be that person. But also that the Speaker of the House stands by his word to support the president's agenda and that is something that both the House and Senate are going to start negotiating tomorrow." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 11/12/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Support For Trump Administration Cabinet Picks In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think so far he [President Trump]'s made it known that his picks are going to, A, fight for the American people, but also they're not coming to Washington to play games and just do business as usual. And so, frankly, I have been very impressed with the picks." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/19/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Support For Lori Chavez-DeRemer As Labor Secretary In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I know Lori, personally, I know she's going to do incredible things for this country. And very happy to announce, obviously on this show, that she's just been given that title. Congratulations to you, Lori and your family." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/22/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Supported President Trump's Selection Of Russ Vaught For OMB In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "Look, Russ could not be a better pick. I know that he's not only an absolute patriot, but he's very serious about cleaning up D.C., and part of the problem that we're having is, again, these deep state bureaucrats that think that they can outlast administrations and the will of the American people. And so you have to get new blood into Washington, D.C., from the secretary positions to the federal -- to the federal jobs. I mean, we just need a flush all the way through. So I'm very happy that President Trump appointed him, and frankly, I'm pretty excited to have back up in Washington, D.C." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/22/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Stated The Importance Of A Unified Administration And Congress Backing Trump's Agenda In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "It's -- yes, it's important. It's also important that the people surround him have his back. We saw in 2016 that there was many blocks and also people within his administration that were knifing him the entire time. What I will tell you, Laura, is that the fact that the administration is united, the fact that Congress is united, I do have some concerns in the Senate that they will potentially block anything in regards to border security if we don't push mass amnesty, which would also be very wrong." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Congratulated Lori Chavez-DeRemer On Labor Secretary Appointment In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I know Lori, personally, I know she's going to do incredible things for this country. And very happy to announce, obviously on this show, that she's just been given that title. Congratulations to you, Lori and your family." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Support For Russ Vaught's Appointment As OMB Director In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Russ could not be a better pick. I know that he's not only an absolute patriot, but he's very serious about cleaning up D.C., and part of the problem that we're having is, again, these deep state bureaucrats that think that they can outlast administrations and the will of the American people." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Endorsed Overhaul Of Federal Bureaucracy In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "You have to get new blood into Washington, D.C., from the secretary positions to the federal -- to the federal jobs. I mean, we just need a flush all the way through." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Trump Displayed 'Alpha Energy' And Warned Of World War Three If He Lost In an interview with FOX News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "It's the alpha energy that the world needs right now. You know, after four years of Biden and terrible foreign policy, I think not just the United States, but the world, was ready for someone to take the reins and get us back to some form of normalcy, because we could not handle another four years. I did believe that if Trump didn't win, I believe that we would have ended up in World War Three." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News Channel, 12/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Trump Displayed 'Alpha Energy' Needed Globally In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "It's the alpha energy that the world needs right now. You know, after four years of Biden and terrible foreign policy, I think not just the United States, but the world, was ready for someone to take the reins and get us back to some form of normalcy, because we could not handle another four years." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 12/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Stated Belief That Trump Losing Would Lead to World War Three In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I did believe that if Trump didn't win, I believe that we would have ended up in World War Three." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 12/10/24]
December 2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Praised Trump For New Budget Agreement Including Disaster Funding According to Tampa Bay Times, "Thursday, Luna hailed Trump for his work on the new agreement." [Tampa Bay Times, 12/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Trump Administration Would Remove Obstructionist Bureaucrats In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "President Trump, in this incoming administration is absolutely going to be -- correct people ahead of these departments to flush out all of the people that would be obstructionist. And frankly, if they don't want to play ball, they're fired." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 12/27/24]
December 2024: Luna Asserted Trump Administration Should Fire Obstructionist Bureaucrats According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE 7:00 PM EST, 22President Trump, in this incoming administration is absolutely going to be -- correct people ahead of these departments to flush out all of the people that would be obstructionist. And frankly, if they don't want to play ball, they're fired.22 [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE 7:00 PM EST, 12/27/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Removing Bureaucrats Opposed to Trump Policies In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "President Trump, in this incoming administration is absolutely going to be -- correct people ahead of these departments to flush out all of the people that would be obstructionist. And frankly, if they don't want to play ball, they're fired." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 12/27/24]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Attributed Speaker Vote Resolution To Donald Trump In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I don't think today would have gone the way it did, unless it was for President Trump. So thank you for that. Being that I was one of the holdouts back in January, we were trying to change the institution. We did, and we saw today that we are a unified GOP moving forward." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 1/3/25]
2025: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Credited Trump With Influencing Speaker Vote Outcome In an interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "So I don't think today would have gone the way it did, unless it was for President Trump. So thank you for that." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime, 1/3/25]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted Trump Administration Acted On Campaign Promises Pre-Inauguration In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Well, everything that he's basically talked about on the campaign, he is essentially delivering before he even gets into office." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Jesse Watters, 1/17/25]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Stated Trump Delivered On Campaign Promises Pre-Inauguration In an interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "everything that he's basically talked about on the campaign, he is essentially delivering before he even gets into office." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime, 1/17/25]
2024: Luna Sat In Trump's V.I.P. Box During The Republican National Convention According to Islander News, "The representative, an ally of the president who sat in his V.I.P. box during parts of the Republican National Convention last summer, [...]" [Islander News, 1/23/25]
Luna Served As Surrogate For Trump's 2024 Presidential Campaign According to The Free Press (Tampa, Florida), 'Luna, who served as a surrogate for Trump's 2024 Presidential campaign, believes that GOP senators would be rejecting the president's mandate and core campaign promise to "Make America Healthy Again" if they were to oppose Kennedy's nomination to serve as HHS secretary.' [Free Press (Tampa, Florida), 1/26/25]
Anna Paulina Luna Cited Trump's 'Transformative Impact' When Filing Mount Rushmore Bill In 2025 According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "'His remarkable accomplishments for our country and the success he will continue to deliver deserve the highest recognition and honor on this iconic national monument,' Luna wrote in a post on X." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 1/28/25]
January 2025: Luna Stated Trump Deserved Mount Rushmore Inclusion For Accomplishments According to Tampa Bay Times, "In her X post, Luna, who represents part of Pinellas County, said Trump deserves to be added to the monument because of his 'remarkable accomplishments for our country.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 1/30/25]
January 2025: Rep. Luna Cited Good Relationship With President Trump According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "'We have a really good relationship with President Trump and, as you can see, he's helping out a lot of victims of natural disasters not just in California in North Carolina, but hopefully in Florida,' she continued." [NBC - 8 WFLA, 1/30/25]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Destacó Logros De Trump Al Presentar Su Propuesta According to El Nuevo Herald, "la congresista destacó el 'audaz liderazgo del presidente Trump y su firme dedicación a la grandeza de Estados Unidos', que 'han cimentado su lugar en la historia'." [El Nuevo Herald, 1/30/25]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Cited Trump's 'Transformative Impact' In Mount Rushmore Legislation Press Release According to The Islander News: Web Edition Articles, 'President Trump's bold leadership and steadfast dedication to America's greatness have cemented his place in history. Mount Rushmore, a timeless symbol of our nation's freedom and strength, deserves to reflect his towering legacy a legacy further solidified by the powerful start to his second term,' Luna said. [Islander News: Web Edition Articles, 2/4/25]
2025: Luna Cited Trump's 'Bold Leadership' In Mount Rushmore Proposal According to Citrus County Chronicle (Florida), "Luna believes Trump's 'bold leadership and steadfast dedication to America's greatness' make him fit to gaze o'er the South Dakota Badlands forever." [Citrus County Chronicle (Florida), 2/7/25]
2025: Bill Cotterell Attributed Luna's Mount Rushmore Bill To Her Admiration For Trump's Leadership According to an opinion piece by Bill Cotterell in Tallahassee Democrat, "But Luna believes Trump's 'bold leadership and steadfast dedication to America's greatness' make him fit to gaze o'er the South Dakota Badlands forever." [Bill Cotterell - Tallahassee Democrat, 2/9/25]
2025: Columnist Bill Cotterell Stated Anna Paulina Luna Praised Trump's Leadership in Mount Rushmore Effort According to an opinion piece by Bill Cotterell in Palm Beach Post, "Luna believes Trump's 'bold leadership and steadfast dedication to America's greatness' make him fit to gaze o'er the South Dakota Badlands forever." [Bill Cotterell - Palm Beach Post, 2/12/25]
2025: Wakulla News Reported Luna Justified Mount Rushmore Bill By Praising Trump's Leadership According to Wakulla News, "Luna believes Trump's 'bold leadership and steadfast dedication to America's greatness' make him fit to gaze o'er the South Dakota Badlands forever." [Wakulla News, 2/12/25]
2023: Luna Responded To Book's Claim Trump Offered His Plane Bed According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "I was very pregnant and at the time experiencing pre-eclampsia symptoms, but was not diagnosed. As soon as @realDonaldTrump boarded the plane, being the gentleman and good person that he is, said if I did not feel well, I could use the back room. He did this in a respectful way and in front of my husband, of which we thanked him. [...] He also assured me that they had a medical team on board in case anything happened and they were aware of how pregnant I was." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 3/18/25]
2025: Luna Denied Book's Suggestion Of Secretive Or Improper Intent On Trump's Part According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "He did this in a respectful way and in front of my husband, of which we thanked him." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 3/18/25]
March 2025: Luna Predicted Democratic-Controlled House Would Lead To Trump Impeachment Attempt According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "if we lose the House, mark my words, that they will absolutely launch an impeachment of President Trump and try to stifle everything great that he's doing for this country." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, 3/19/25]
March 2025: Luna Described Trump's Offer Of Rest During Iowa Campaign As Respectful, Not Inappropriate According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "He says, if anything happens, you know, you can use my back room. He did in front of my husband. It was done in the most respectful fashion. [...] it wasn't anything creepy. And so I actually nuked the report that came out. And I said, this is not what happened. They ended up getting fact checked how to update the report." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, 3/19/25]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Democrats Would Impeach Trump If Republicans Lost The House In an interview with Fox News Channel, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "If we lose the House, mark my words, that they will absolutely launch an impeachment of President Trump and try to stifle everything great that he's doing for this country." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel (Laura Ingraham), 3/20/25]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Defended Trump Against Bed Allegation And Described Medical Context In an interview with Fox News Channel, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "This excerpt was taken from a book [...] the author actually made this disgusting, you know, assumption and also implication, when in actuality, Laura, you know, prior to giving birth to my son at around eight months or so, I was literally suffering from preeclampsia. I was undiagnosed at the time, and I went to campaign with President Trump in Iowa, and I was not feeling good. He says, if anything happens, you know, you can use my back room. He did in front of my husband. It was done in the most respectful fashion. [...] And ultimately, that was the exchange. It wasn't anything creepy. And so I actually nuked the report that came out. And I said, this is not what happened." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel (Laura Ingraham), 3/20/25]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Democrats Would Impeach Trump If GOP Lost The House In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "If we lose the House, mark my words, that they will absolutely launch an impeachment of President Trump and try to stifle everything great that he's doing for this country." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 3/20/25]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Denied Report Alleging Inappropriate Exchange With President Trump In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I felt the need to respond to this, because this excerpt was taken from a book that's coming out about the President [...] prior to giving birth to my son at around eight months or so, I was literally suffering from preeclampsia. [...] I went to campaign with President Trump in Iowa, and I was not feeling good. He says, if anything happens, you know, you can use my back room. He did in front of my husband. It was done in the most respectful fashion." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 3/20/25]
April 2025: Trump Supported Luna's Effort For Parental Proxy Voting According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "He also told reporters, while flying to Miami on Air Force One, that he spoke with Luna on Wednesday. 'I spoke to Anna yesterday. She and some people feel strongly about it, and I would agree with them,' he said." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 4/4/25]
April 2025: Luna Asserted That Trump Promised To Resolve Proxy Voting Issue According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "Luna told NewsNation on Wednesday night that she had talked to Trump about the matter. 'The president assured that this would get resolved,' Luna said." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 4/4/25]
April 2025: Luna Reiterated Support For President Trump's Agenda In Interview According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "While she discussed actions she is taking in her district, the congresswoman reiterated her support for President Trump's agenda. 'I am not there to stall the president's agenda. I have a very good relationship with President Trump,' Luna said." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 4/10/25]
2025: Trump Praised Luna Amid Proxy Voting Debate According to Orlando Sentinel, 'I think she's great, Anna,' Trump said aboard Air Force One. The president recalled that he had spoken to her the previous day. When it came to proxy voting, Trump wondered why the idea was 'controversial.' [Orlando Sentinel (Florida), 4/13/25]
October 2020: Trump Jr. Praised Anna Paulina Luna At Pinellas Rally According to Tampa Bay Times, "Donald Trump Jr. returned to the Tampa Bay area Friday at Quaker Steak and Lube in Pinellas County to energize voters and express support for Republican congressional candidate Anna Paulina Luna. 'Remember guys, my father likes to fight but he can't be in that fight by himself,' Trump Jr. said, as he praised Luna." [Tampa Bay Times, 10/16/20]
2021: Trump Scheduled To Fundraise For Anna Paulina Luna In December According to Anna Paulina Luna's spokesperson, James Blair, 'the former president will fundraise for Luna in December.' [Tampa Bay Times, 11/11/21]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Pledged Support for Governor DeSantis as Governor, Not for President In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I really respect Governor DeSantis. And I will continue to support him as my governor here in the state of Florida. ... I look forward to a future run for Governor DeSantis. But I have already supported and I will continue to support President Trump for 2024." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 3/21/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Stated Support for Trump Over DeSantis for 2024 In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Anna Paulina Luna said, "President Trump is, I believe, the leader that we need right now. And I say that because what I have learned -- learned in politics, Neil, is that, right now, we need a strong leader who will really keep countries like Russia and China in check. ... I have already supported and I will continue to support President Trump for 2024." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 3/21/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Respect For Governor DeSantis But Supported Trump For 2024 In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I really respect Governor DeSantis. And I will continue to support him as my governor here in the state of Florida. But I think, right now, especially with what we're seeing happening, what we saw transpire over the last week with the Manhattan DA, President Trump is, I believe, the leader that we need right now." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business, 3/21/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Said She Would Continue To Support Trump For 2024 In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I have already supported and I will continue to support President Trump for 2024." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business, 3/21/23]
March 2023: Luna Endorsed Trump For President And Cited Bragg's Investigation As A Factor According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) announced her official endorsement of Trump in a statement to The New York Times on Monday, indicating that Bragg's 'trying to cook up charges outside of the statute of limitation against Trump' was a factor in her decision to officially endorse. 'This is unheard-of, and Americans should see it for what it is: an abuse of power and fascist overreach of the justice system,' Luna said." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 3/22/23]
Palm Beach Post Reported In April 2023 That Anna Paulina Luna Endorsed Donald Trump For President According to Palm Beach Post, "U.S. Reps Matt Gaetz and Anna Paulina Luna also have endorsed Trump." [Palm Beach Post (Florida), 4/14/23]
April 2023: Tampa Bay Times Reported That Anna Paulina Luna Endorsed Donald Trump For President According to Tampa Bay Times, "Reps. Vern Buchanan of Sarasota and Anna Paulina Luna of St. Petersburg are among 10 Florida House members to endorse Trump, out of 20 Republicans in the state delegation." [Tampa Bay Times, 4/21/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Support For Donald Trump's 2024 Presidential Bid In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I continue to support President Trump. I love his positions on foreign policy. And I really think that there's a lot of candidates that are jumping into this actual presidential primary. So it's not just a two-person race." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 5/23/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Praised Ron DeSantis But Maintained Support For Trump In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think that DeSantis is an incredible governor. But, as you know, Neil, I support President Trump for reelection in 2024. But I also think that Tim Scott had an incredible message about how his story breaks through identity politics." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 5/23/23]
June 2023: NBC - 8 WFLA Identified Luna As A Staunch Trump Ally According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Luna, a staunch Trump ally, brought the measure to the floor as a privileged resolution the same day the former president pleaded not guilty to 37 counts brought against him by the Department of Justice as part of the investigation into his handling of classified documents." [NBC - 8 WFLA, 6/14/23]
July 2023: Luna Echoed Trump's Rhetoric On Foreign Relations At Turning Point Action Conference According to Palm Beach Post, "Luna, a congresswoman from St. Petersburg, echoed Trump's rhetoric on foreign relations, saying he was the 'only president in my lifetime who was not drawn into unnecessary conflicts overseas.'" [Palm Beach Post, 7/18/23]
July 2023: Luna Publicly Endorsed Trump For 2024 Presidency At Turning Point Action Conference According to Palm Beach Post, "'That is exactly why we need President Trump for 2024,' Luna said, apparently referencing Carlson's interview with former Vice President Mike Pence in Iowa on Friday." [Palm Beach Post, 7/18/23]
March 22, 2024: Luna Commented on Hispanic Voters' Shift Toward Trump According to Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "in places like Nevada, where there's a predominantly Hispanic voting bloc, Mexican Americans, specifically, the ones that weren't previously Trump supporters are voting largely in favor of the president. So it's the largest voting minority in the country. Jesse, he's going to win this November." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, 3/22/24]
March 22, 2024: Luna Attributed Confidence in Trump Winning to Shifting Voter Demographics According to Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "it's not just minorities, it is Independent and young voters. You know, we saw some of that polling out of Michigan, people that typically haven't gotten involved before, that aren't able to afford homes that are really scared about what's happening with the economy. They're voting for president Trump and every single time they attack this man, I mean, he really is the Teflon Don." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, 3/22/24]
March 22, 2024: Luna Claimed Illegal Immigrants Expressed Preference for Trump in CNN Interview According to Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "CNN had an interview with illegal immigrants that said that they would vote for Trump because they don't want corruption if they had the ability to vote. So that's an interesting plot twist that I never even expected." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, 3/22/24]
March 22, 2024: Luna Pledged Congressional Support for Trump's Agenda if Republicans Hold the House According to Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "there are those of us in the House of Representatives that will make sure that we do everything that we can to have this president's back and we'll make sure that his agenda is accomplished. Pending, we keep the House, which we might." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted Hispanic Support for Trump Rose in Nevada In an interview with FOX News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "in places like Nevada, where there's a predominantly Hispanic voting bloc, Mexican Americans, specifically, the ones that weren't previously Trump supporters are voting largely in favor of the president. So it's the largest voting minority in the country." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Trump Victory in November Election In an interview with FOX News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Jesse, he's going to win this November." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Cited Independent and Young Voter Support for Trump In an interview with FOX News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "it's not just minorities, it is Independent and young voters. [...] They're voting for president Trump and every single time they attack this man, I mean, he really is the Teflon Don." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Reported Trump in Good Spirits Despite Legal Challenges In an interview with FOX News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I saw him over the weekend. He's in good spirits. I don't know many people that would be able to take the onslaught that he has in the last couple of years or his family." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Mentioned Illegal Immigrants Expressing Support for Trump In an interview with FOX News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "CNN had an interview with illegal immigrants that said that they would vote for Trump because they don't want corruption if they had the ability to vote. So that's an interesting plot twist that I never even expected." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Stated House Members, Including Herself, Supported Trump Agenda In an interview with FOX News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "there are those of us in the House of Representatives that are putting up a fight. [...] there are those of us in the House of Representatives that will make sure that we do everything that we can to have this president's back and we'll make sure that his agenda is accomplished. Pending, we keep the House, which we might." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Trump Would Win White House And Senate Would Perform Well In Upcoming Elections In an interview with CAVUTO, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "We are really projected to, if this is a downballot race, according to President Trump's polling, President Trump will be projected to win the White House. I think that we're going to do good in the Senate." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with CAVUTO, 3/25/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Described Trump Legal Proceedings As 'Corrupt Lawfare' And Predicted Biden Would Lose Election In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "It is corrupt lawfare. It's the Biden prosecutions and Biden, you're going to lose this election cycle." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Accompanied Donald Trump To Courtroom And Motorcade In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Oh, most certainly. In fact, we were with him, not just at Trump Tower, but we actually rode in the motorcade with him over to the courtroom. We were behind-the-scenes with him." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/16/24]
May 2024: Luna Asserted She Could Speak On Trump's Behalf And Claimed Jury Reacted To Cohen's Admitted Lies According to Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "Although the president may not be able to speak on behalf of this trial, I can, and what I can tell the American people is the president is in fighting spirits. He knows that he's going to win. The jurors sat there and shook their heads every single time, all four times that Cohen admitted that he lied to members of Congress." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME 8:00 PM EST, 5/16/24]
May 2024: Luna Described Accompanying Trump To Court, Including Riding In His Motorcade According to Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna stated, "We were with him, not just at Trump Tower, but we actually rode in the motorcade with him over to the courtroom. We were behind-the-scenes with him." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME 8:00 PM EST, 5/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Attended Donald Trump's Trial Instead Of Oversight Committee Hearing In the MSNBC interview, it was reported that Anna Paulina Luna, along with other Republicans, attended Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York rather than the scheduled House Oversight Committee hearing about holding Attorney General Garland in contempt. [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with MSNBC, 5/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted Michael Cohen Lied Multiple Times To Congress And Claimed Jury Noted This In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "The jurors sat there and shook their heads every single time, all four times that Cohen admitted that he lied to members of Congress. So, to put it in perspective, I think that their trial is falling apart, again." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Reported Congress Members Attended Trump's Trial And Accompanied Him In Motorcade In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "In fact, we were with him, not just at Trump Tower, but we actually rode in the motorcade with him over to the courtroom. We were behind-the-scenes with him." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Trump Would Win Trial and Described It As A 'Sham' In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think the president's going to win. He's in great spirits. And he has an incredible defense team that's really exposing this for what it is, which is a sham." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 5/19/24]
May 2024: Luna Expressed Support For Trump And Criticized Hush Money Trial As A 'Sham' According to Mornings with Maria, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna stated, "I think the president is going to win. He's in great spirits. And he has an incredible defense team that's really exposing this for what it is, which is a sham." [Mornings with Maria, 5/20/24]
May 2024: Luna Appeared At New York Court To Support Trump During Hush Money Trial According to Mornings with Maria, "Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, who just heard from there was among the president's many supporters of lawmakers that have appeared here at court to show support for the former president, as he remains under Judge Merchan's gag order and cannot speak about many aspects of this case on his own behalf." [Mornings with Maria, 5/20/24]
2024: Steve Nicklas Reported Anna Paulina Luna Attended Trump Trial and Criticized Proceedings According to an opinion piece by Steve Nicklas in News Leader, "Anna Paulina Luna, a rising star in the Florida constellation, also attended the trial that day. The U.S. congresswoman boldly voices her opinions, a commendable trait. 'We found out today how swampy, how stacked against the odds, how corrupt this entire Biden trial is,' Luna said, because that's really what it is." [Steve Nicklas - News Leader, 5/22/24]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Attended Trump Felony Trial In Manhattan According to Tampa Bay Times, "Last month, she showed up to former President Donald Trump's felony trial in Manhattan." [Tampa Bay Times, 6/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Voiced Support for Trump and Concern Over Biden's Mental Fitness In an interview with FBN, Mornings with Maria, Anna Paulina Luna said, "It was a terrible performance at which I am happy President Trump is leading, I've been supporting him. But I'm actually concerned that we have someone in the White House that is mentally unconfident to be fit as president and our adversaries are watching and I have one obligation and that is to uphold my constitutional authorities. And mental fitness is a part of that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, Mornings with Maria, 6/28/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Endorsed Donald Trump For President In an interview with Fox Business Network, Anna Paulina Luna said, "It was a terrible performance at which I am happy President Trump is leading, I've been supporting him. But I'm actually concerned that we have someone in the White House that is mentally unconfident to be fit as president and our adversaries are watching and I have one obligation and that is to uphold my constitutional authorities." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business Network (via CQ Transcriptions), 6/28/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Trump Would Win Regardless Of Democratic Nominee In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I do think that Trump is going to be winning big because people are frankly tired of the nonsense. They see through the controlled media and also, too, what's happening with the economy, it's just simply not sustainable." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 7/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Trump Would Win Regardless Of Nominee In an interview with FOX News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I do think that Trump is going to be winning big because people are frankly tired of the nonsense. They see through the controlled media and also, too, what's happening with the economy, it's just simply not sustainable." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News Channel, 7/4/24]
July 17, 2024: Anna Paulina Luna Spoke At Republican National Convention According to Tampa Bay Times, "Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee." [Tampa Bay Times, 7/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted President Trump Should Focus On Policy Achievements In Upcoming Debate In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think President Trump needs to stay focused on his policy and what he's done for this country and it's a win-win all the way around. [...] as long as he stays focused on policies, which he will -- I know the people doing the debate prep with him -- I think he's going to shine like the star that he is." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 9/8/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Commented on Presidential Debate Strategy and Emphasized Immigration and Border Security In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think President Trump needs to stay focused on his policy and what he's done for this country and it's a win-win all the way around." She later stated, "Kamala Harris keeps trying to run away from the border issue, and so she will try to pivot on other issues like abortion. I think he stays focused on inflation, immigration, border security, he's going to win all the way through, to include this November." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Sunday Morning Futures, 9/8/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Attended Biden Visit And Praised Hurricane Response According to Washington Post, Luna "made national headlines for appearing with Biden during his meeting with residents and first responders in St. Petersburg and praising his administration's response to the storm." [Washington Post, 11/1/24]
October 2024: Luna Greeted President Biden At Albert Whitted Airport In St. Petersburg According to Tampa Bay Times, 'Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and U.S. Rep Anna Paulina Luna were among those who greeted President Joe Biden at Albert Whitted Airport as he stepped off Marine One after surveying damage by air.' [Tampa Bay Times, 10/13/24]
October 2024: Luna Confirmed Multiple Conversations With Biden Regarding FEMA Response According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "Luna added that she has had multiple conversations with Biden, and while they don't agree on a lot of policies and issues, they do agree on this one. 'He has been extremely helpful in getting FEMA down to Pinellas County and cutting through the red tape,' Luna said." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 10/16/24]
October 2024: Luna Thanked Biden For Hurricane Relief In Pinellas County According to Tampa Bay Times, "After, she publicly thanked Biden for the federal government's help removing storm debris. [...] 'I have been critical of @POTUS Biden, however, he did follow through on his word when we talked and it's helping not just Pinellas but FL as a whole,' Luna posted on X. 'I appreciate that he chose to not make this political.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 10/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Commented On Kamala Harris's Outreach To Hispanic Voters In an interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Kamala has been doing low key, focusing and targeting on Hispanic voters. And what I saw recently is because she's not going on and actually sharing her message directly, she's relying on these surrogates. So actually, I just saw a list in every single battleground state that she's campaigning on from now until Election Day, she is actually having major Hispanic speakers and performers there." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News' Jesse Watters, 11/3/24]
December 2024: Luna Claimed Personal Experience Meeting With Biden According to Fox News, "I met with Biden. He was down here in my district, but it seems like he knows that he's retiring, and he doesn't really care what happens after this. So, I think he has checked out, too." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, 12/9/24]
December 2024: Luna Stated Biden Appeared To Acknowledge His Imminent Retirement According to Fox News, "it seemed like he knew that he was on his way out. I think at that point in time, they were looking at the internal polling saying that Trump was going to win again. And so frankly, he had a rosary on his wrist, which I had never seen before. And it seemed like he was trying to, I don't know, get right, if you will, maybe with God. And so it was a definitely interesting interaction." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, 12/9/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Biden Acknowledged His Retirement During District Visit In an interview with FOX News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I met with Biden. He was down here in my district, but it seems like he knows that he's retiring, and he doesn't really care what happens after this. So, I think he has checked out, too." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News Channel, 12/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Described Meeting Biden And Perceived He Was Bowing Out Of Presidency In an interview with FOX News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "To be honest with you, Jesse, it seemed like he knew that he was on his way out. I think at that point in time, they were looking at the internal polling saying that Trump was going to win again. And so frankly, he had a rosary on his wrist, which I had never seen before. And it seemed like he was trying to, I don't know, get right, if you will, maybe with God. And so it was a definitely interesting interaction. But yes, he seemed like he was accepting that Trump was going to win again and he was just quietly bowing out. Is the weirdest vibe I ever got, to be honest with you." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News Channel, 12/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Described Meeting With Biden and Asserted He Was 'Accepting' Trump's Return In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "You know, to be honest with you, Jesse, it seemed like he knew that he was on his way out. I think at that point in time, they were looking at the internal polling saying that Trump was going to win again. And so frankly, he had a rosary on his wrist, which I had never seen before. And it seemed like he was trying to, I don't know, get right, if you will, maybe with God. [...] he seemed like he was accepting that Trump was going to win again and he was just quietly bowing out. Is the weirdest vibe I ever got, to be honest with you." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 12/10/24]
April 2025: Luna Stated Intent To Strengthen US-El Salvador Partnership According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "Unlike Senator Van Hollen, who drank margaritas with a cartel member, I'll be focused on strengthening the partnership between our nations," she wrote. [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 4/22/25]
April 2025: Bukele Meeting With Luna Was Scheduled For May 8 According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "The letter sent to Rep. Luna confirming her audience with Bukele sets a meeting date for May 8, and it's unclear if other members of the caucus would be joining Luna on the trip." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 4/22/25]
April 2025: Luna Received Invitation From Salvadoran President To Visit Official Residence According to Fox News, "Contrast that to an exclusive invitation to visit from El Salvador's president himself, Nayib Bukele, to a Republican representative. REP. ANNA PAULINA LUNA (R-FL): We are very honored we will be hosted by the president at his White House." [Fox News FOX SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER 6:00 PM EST, 4/22/25]
April 2025: Luna Stated She Would Meet With Salvadoran Government If She Requested According to Fox News, "Luna's visit isn't official either. She won't visit Abrego Garcia, but -- LUNA: if I were to request that meeting, that President Bukele and the government of El Salvador would definitely oblige." [Fox News FOX SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRET BAIER 6:00 PM EST, 4/22/25]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Named Lee Zeldin and Kevin Hern as Possible Speaker Candidates In an interview with CNN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I thought Lee Zeldin would be incredible, but I'm hearing that some members in Conference won't support someone outside of Conference. I think Kevin Hern would be good. I think that there's a few people." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 10/20/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Named Preferred Speaker Candidates In an interview with CNN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I thought Lee Zeldin would be incredible, but I'm hearing that some members in Conference won't support someone outside of Conference. I think Kevin Hern would be good. I think that there's a few people. But again, you know, we were focusing on what the American people wanted. We were focusing and giving Representative Jordan the respect that he deserved." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 10/20/23]
2019: Anna Paulina Luna Confronted Then-Senator Harris At Airport About Border Policy According to Political Transcript Wire, "REP. ANNA PAULINA LUNA (R-FL): I want to know about the children that you (OFF-MIKE) at the border right now. (OFF-MIKE) real quick?... LUNA: You're getting behind me. You're saying that you're fighting for women. No, I'm not going to back off. Don't touch me. Don't touch me... LUNA: I'm asking her. She's saying that she supports..." [Political Transcript Wire, 8/4/24]
August 2024: Butler Described Luna's Airport Confrontation As 'Aggressive' According to Political Transcript Wire, "That was an occasion where the then-United States Senator Kamala Harris was actually trying to have a conversation with other people in the airport and Representative Luna aggressively wanted to make her point. Here we are." [Political Transcript Wire, 8/4/24]
2019: Anna Paulina Luna Confronted Kamala Harris And Laphonza Butler At Airport Over Border Children Policy In an interview with CNN, a video was played showing Anna Paulina Luna saying, "I want to know about the children that you (OFF-MIKE) at the border right now. (OFF-MIKE) real quick? [...] You're getting behind me. You're saying that you're fighting for women. No, I'm not going to back off. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. [...] I'm asking her. She's saying that she supports..." [Interview - Sen. Laphonza Butler with CNN, 8/4/24]
2019: Anna Paulina Luna Questioned Kamala Harris About Children At The Border According to CQ Transcriptions, "REP. ANNA PAULINA LUNA (R-FL): I want to know about the children that you (OFF-MIKE) at the border right now. (OFF-MIKE) real quick? [...] LUNA: You're getting behind me. You're saying that you're fighting for women. No, I'm not going to back off. Don't touch me. Don't touch me. (CROSSTALK) LUNA: I'm asking her. She's saying that she supports..." [CQ Transcriptions, 8/4/24]
2019: Luna Aggressively Approached Harris At Airport According To Senator Butler According to CQ Transcriptions, "That was an occasion where the then-United States Senator Kamala Harris was actually trying to have a conversation with other people in the airport and Representative Luna aggressively wanted to make her point. Here we are." [CQ Transcriptions, 8/4/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Recounted Past Confrontation With Kamala Harris On Immigration, Claimed Harris 'Did Nothing' In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I actually met Kamala Harris at the airport several years ago when she was running for president, and I asked her, I said, as a minority woman, like, what have you done about -- the rape and torture of Hispanic women and children? She ran away from those questions, and then she recently had KamalaHQ try to get in front of that. So she has no solutions. I frankly, think that she's been the worst thing to happen to our country in a while, and fact is, is that she had to seat at the table as a minority woman and did nothing." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business, 8/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Kamala Harris For Inaction On Border Issues In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I actually met Kamala Harris at the airport several years ago when she was running for president, and I asked her, I said, as a minority woman, like, what have you done about -- the rape and torture of Hispanic women and children? She ran away from those questions[...] she has no solutions." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business, 8/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Kamala Harris Would Worsen U.S. Border Situation In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I would argue that it would be worse, and I say that because she's not one to do anything. She's been in charge of the border, regardless of what the administration and the mainstream media has tried to say and bury her record on that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business, 8/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Attributed Border Crisis Responsibility To Kamala Harris In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I mean, 100 percent, it's absolutely her fault. Look, they're trying so hard to say that she wasn't the border czar. But when we look at the policies, when we look at what the Biden administration initially rolled out, she was in charge. And I can tell you, Laura, I actually confronted Kamala Harris at the airport on this issue, and she ran away from the questions on the border because they know that even their voters, even Democrats, look, we're in campaign season right now." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Laura Ingraham), 9/6/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Accused Kamala Harris of Ignoring Border Victimization of Hispanic Women and Children In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Kamala Harris ran on that, she said that she was there to represent all women, yet she actively turned a blind eye to the rape, trafficking, and torture of Hispanic women and children at our southern border. So, what she has done, especially as a woman, not only did she betray that opportunity that she had to really help us, but at the end of the day, I do believe that she's power hungry." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Laura Ingraham), 9/6/24]
September 2024: Anna Paulina Luna Attributed Border Crisis To Kamala Harris's Leadership According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, Anna Paulina Luna stated, "I mean, 100 percent, it's absolutely her fault. Look, they're trying so hard to say that she wasn't the border czar. But when we look at the policies, when we look at what the Biden administration initially rolled out, she was in charge. And I can tell you, Laura, I actually confronted Kamala Harris at the airport on this issue, and she ran away from the questions on the border because they know that even their voters, even Democrats, look, we're in campaign season right now." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, 9/6/24]
September 2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Harris Ignored Women's Abuse At Border Despite Campaign Promises According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, Anna Paulina Luna said, "The fact is, Laura, and I say this as a woman who is also minority, is that Kamala Harris ran on that, she said that she was there to represent all women, yet she actively turned a blind eye to the rape, trafficking, and torture of Hispanic women and children at our southern border. So, what she has done, especially as a woman, not only did she betray that opportunity that she had to really help us, but at the end of the day, I do believe that she's power hungry. I believe that she had a solution." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, 9/6/24]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Did Not Rule Out Replacing Marco Rubio In Senate According to Latin Times, "Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna didn't rule out being picked to replace Marco Rubio as U.S. Senator should he be confirmed to be President-elect Donald Trump's Secretary of State, even though Governor Ron DeSantis all but rejected the notion of appointing congresspeople." [Latin Times, 1/15/25]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Kamala Harris Excluded Conservatives In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think it's become very apparent that Kamala Harris does not want conservatives, does not want Republicans, doesn't even really want to have conversations with us in Washington, let alone the American people and your average American." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Laura Ingraham), 10/30/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Kamala Harris's Connection With Middle Class In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Regardless of what she says, she is not from a middle class family. She has been out of touch in D.C. for far too long, and she is expecting Americans to trust that she'll fix the very country that she has been responsible for breaking over the last four years." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Laura Ingraham), 10/30/24]
October 2024: Luna Asserted Harris Did Not Want To Engage With Conservatives Or Republicans According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna stated, "I think it's become very apparent that Kamala Harris does not want conservatives, does not want Republicans, doesn't even really want to have conversations with us in Washington, let alone the American people and your average American. Regardless of what she says, she is not from a middle class family. She has been out of touch in D.C. for far too long, and she is expecting Americans to trust that she'll fix the very country that she has been responsible for breaking over the last four years." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, 10/30/24]
October 2024: Luna Characterized Harris Campaign Messaging As Failing To Resonate With Americans According to Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "Kamala Harris knows she is losing. Her messaging is not resonating with the American people, and you've seen that live real time." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE, 10/30/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Kamala Harris Excluded Conservatives and Republicans In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think it's become very apparent that Kamala Harris does not want conservatives, does not want Republicans, doesn't even really want to have conversations with us in Washington, let alone the American people and your average American." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 10/30/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Accused Kamala Harris of Being Out of Touch With the Middle Class In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Regardless of what she says, she is not from a middle class family. She has been out of touch in D.C. for far too long, and she is expecting Americans to trust that she'll fix the very country that she has been responsible for breaking over the last four years." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 10/30/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Biden's Engagement And Supported Hearing Transcripts Of Biden's Interviews In an interview with FOX News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Biden has been checked out for a while, hence why we wanted to hear the original transcripts in his interviews about the Presidential Record." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News Channel, 12/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Biden's Foreign Policy and Engagement In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Biden has been checked out for a while, hence why we wanted to hear the original transcripts in his interviews about the Presidential Record. [...] I met with Biden. He was down here in my district, but it seems like he knows that he's retiring, and he doesn't really care what happens after this. [...] I think he has checked out, too." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 12/10/24]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Alleged Biden Administration Enabled Chinese Communist Party In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Anna Paulina Luna said, "With the amount of evidence that's coming forward, it's scary to think that this guy that's currently sitting in the White House has become this corrupt. And it's really only doing one thing, and that's aiding and abetting the Communist Chinese Party." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 6/4/23]
June 2023: Luna Claimed She Viewed FBI Document Alleging $5 Million Payments To Joe And Hunter Biden According to MORNINGS WITH MARIA, Luna stated, "it hasn't even been 24 hours, Maria, since I've seen the document that the FBI has, that literally has not one but two separate payments to Joe Biden and his son for over $5 million from a foreign national." [MORNINGS WITH MARIA, 6/9/23]
March 22, 2024: Luna Asserted Biden Weaponized Legislative Authorities Against Trump According to Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "there is a double standard and that Joe Biden is indeed weaponizing the legislative authorities at be in order to go after President Trump." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Biden "Weaponized" Government Against Trump In an interview with FOX News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "there is a double standard and that Joe Biden is indeed weaponizing the legislative authorities at be in order to go after President Trump." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FOX News (Jesse Watters Primetime), 3/22/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted Florida Was Not In Play For Democrats In Presidential Race In an interview with FBN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Florida is absolutely not in play. You could hear all ten of his supporters there in the background cheering. But what I will tell you, Maria, is that every single day when I'm out in the community, people understand what's happening at our southern border. [...] it's going to Trump." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, Mornings with Maria, 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Biden Administration's Handling Of The Southern Border And Stated It Was A Primary Concern For Floridians In an interview with FBN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "every single day when I'm out in the community, people understand what's happening at our southern border. It is Apple -- absolutely a topic of discussion, but also inflation and with this economy, continuing the way that it's going -- you know Biden's not looking good in his favor abilities across the country and especially in Florida." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, Mornings with Maria, 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Florida Was Not In Play For Democrats In 2024 Election In an interview with Fox Business Network, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Florida is absolutely not in play. You could hear all ten of his supporters there in the background cheering. But what I will tell you, Maria, is that every single day when I'm out in the community, people understand what's happening at our southern border." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business Network (Mornings with Maria), 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Frustration With Congressional Action On Trump Prosecution In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I'm getting frustrated with Congress because I don't want to just do messaging bills." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/16/24]
May 2024: Luna Characterized Trump Trial As "Corrupt Lawfare" And "Biden Prosecutions" According to Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) stated, "It is corrupt lawfare. It's the Biden prosecutions and Biden, you're going to lose this election cycle." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME 8:00 PM EST, 5/16/24]
May 2024: Luna Expressed Frustration With Congress And Messaging Bills According to Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I'm getting frustrated with Congress because I don't want to just do messaging bills." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME 8:00 PM EST, 5/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Characterized Trump Trial As "Corrupt Lawfare" And Predicted Biden Would Lose In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "It is corrupt lawfare. It's the Biden prosecutions and Biden, you're going to lose this election cycle." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 5/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Described Trump Trial As Politically Motivated In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think that they would also realize that this is nothing but a Biden-targeted trial in an attempt to smear the president before the upcoming election cycle." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 5/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed DOJ Attempted To Financially Target Trump In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think that there is an aspect that they're trying to financially target and drain President Trump in an effort to throw him off his ability to focus on the election cycle." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 5/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted Biden Was Mentally Unfit for Presidency In an interview with FBN, Mornings with Maria, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I do believe that Biden is mentally unfit to be president. [...] I do believe that this president is unfit to be president. But it's not just Republicans, Democrats on MSNBC, ABC, CNN, Operatives, Young Turks they're all calling for Joe Biden to step down. And I do believe that he may not be the nominee. I've said that before." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, Mornings with Maria, 6/28/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Endorsed Possibility of 25th Amendment Invocation if Incriminating Tapes Surface In an interview with FBN, Mornings with Maria, Anna Paulina Luna said, "If these tapes come out, or if we're able to hear them, we hear that he is incompetent on those tapes, or that the transcripts have been somehow altered. What ends up happening is we could invoke the 25th Amendment of which my understanding Biden's cabinet would vote on that. But I do think after last night's performance, it's not just me it's other Democrats are saying that he needs to step down." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, Mornings with Maria, 6/28/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Publicly Called On Biden To Release The Hur Tapes In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I'm publicly calling Biden to release the tapes. If you are so coherent, sir, that you believe that you are mentally fit, then let Congress hear the tapes and stop playing games." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 6/28/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Warned Of Potential Constitutional Crisis Over Biden's Mental Fitness In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "it's very likely that we have a constitutional crisis on our hands that the commander-in-chief is not coherent and mentally sound and as someone that is supposed to uphold and defend the Constitution, my Republican colleagues are very well aware that that is our responsibility, and that Joe Biden seems to have a cognitive issue." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 6/28/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Biden Might Be Cognitively Unfit According To Interview Tapes In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think that it's very possible that Biden either forgot who he was or is so bad in the interview that he would be -- have reason for his own Cabinet to basically invoke the 25th Amendment." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 7/7/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Alleged White House Interference To Block Audio Tape Release In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "That's also why Biden's White House actually called over to the House himself and told them that they would not be releasing the tapes. So we're seeing the White House now getting involved with pressuring Garland into blocking the release of those tapes, but then also too the Democrats themselves are trying to keep their own members in line." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 7/7/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Suggested Release Of Biden Tapes Could Lead To His Replacement As Nominee In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "Because whatever is on those tapes, Maria, is so bad that they know that he's unable to be the nominee. And I think that's also why Biden's White House actually called over to the House himself and told them that they would not be releasing the tapes." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 7/7/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Asserted Kamala Harris Has High Unfavorable Ratings In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "She has an over 50 unfavorability rating, which means that people don't really like her. And I don't really think that she has much to say." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 7/7/24]
July 2024: Luna Reacted To Biden's Political Future On Mornings With Maria According to Mornings with Maria, "Hear what Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna told Maria." [Mornings with Maria, 7/8/24]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Support For Kash Patel And AG Bondi Delivering Epstein Files In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I have full faith in Kash Patel and AG Bondi to deliver those files." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Jesse Watters Primetime, 2/28/25]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Drug Testing For Presidential Debates In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think that we need to. I think that we're talking about someone who has the ability to launch nukes." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 5/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Questioned Biden's Fitness To Lead In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Anna Paulina Luna said, "We need to ensure that this individual is essentially capable of not just leading this country, but he can make those tough decisions. [...] We don't necessarily trust that he can do that right now." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 5/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Pledged Faith In Trump Appointee To Reform DOJ And Address Weaponization In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Anna Paulina Luna said, "It all starts with who President Trump decides to appoint to oversee that, but I do have a good feeling that he's going to choose someone that will go through the DOJ and really weed out a lot of the weaponization. As you're seeing, Maria, it's not just the DOJ. It's also with FEMA. We know that this was a very politicized branch, and that simply can't stand, especially in a constitutional republic." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 11/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Endorsed Rick Scott For Senate GOP Leadership And Opposed McConnell's Direction In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Anna Paulina Luna said, "We need strong leadership that won't repeat 2016 and block President Trump's agenda. That's why I have publicly come out to endorse Senator Scott. [...] We don't want the same Mitch McConnell leadership. We don't want the revenge of the Sith Lord here in the Senate, and I think that Rick Scott has a chance at winning this thing." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 11/10/24]
2020: Matt Gaetz Backed Luna In District 13 Primary According to Tampa Bay Times, "Luna, who also supports Trump's immigration proposals, has the backing of several individuals in the president's orbit, including U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz." [Tampa Bay Times, 7/28/20]
April 2024: Luna Voiced Support For Donald Trump In The 2024 Election According to CQ Transcriptions, Luna said, "as you know, Neil, that's exactly why I have been so vocal about the upcoming election this November and my support for President Trump." [CQ Transcriptions, 4/16/24]
June 2024: Luna Suggested Capitol Hill Rumors That Kamala Harris Is Eyeing California Governorship According to Fox News, "LUNA: [...] and right now, with currently what's coming out of the White House, that a lot of people realize that Joe Biden is likely not going to be the nominee, which is from what we are hearing on Capitol Hill, Jesse, Representative Kiley had reported that Kamala Harris actually eyeing a run for California governor because of it." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME 8:00 PM EST, 6/13/24]
April 2025: Luna Left The House Freedom Caucus According to WFIN Local News, "She also announced she was leaving the House Freedom Caucus, citing a small group of conservatives who have pressed leaders to kill her measure." [WFIN Local News, 4/1/25]
April 2025: Luna Cited Backroom Deals As Reason For Quitting Caucus According to WFIN Local News, "I cannot remain part of a caucus where a select few operate outside its guidelines, misuse its name, broker backroom deals that undermine its core values and where the lines of compromise and transaction are blurred, disparage me to the press, and encourage misrepresentation of me to the American people, Luna wrote." [WFIN Local News, 4/1/25]
April 2025: Luna Resigned From House Freedom Caucus Over Proxy Voting Dispute According to Times of India, "Anna Paulina Luna, Florida GOP representative, announced her resignation from the House Freedom Caucus in a letter to fellow conservatives on Monday, marking a new chapter in her ongoing battle with House GOP leaders and a faction of hard-right members over the issue of proxy voting." [Times of India, 4/1/25]
January 2023: Luna Voted Against Kevin McCarthy For Speaker According to Tampa Bay Times, "Her first week on the job, she joined more than a dozen Republican colleagues in voting against U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy for speaker. It took 15 votes for McCarthy to be confirmed, a historic standoff that halted House business for three days." [Tampa Bay Times, 10/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Publicly Endorsed Senator Rick Scott For Senate GOP Leadership In an interview with CQ Transcriptions, Anna Paulina Luna said, "That's why I have publicly come out to endorse Senator Scott. [...] We don't want the revenge of the Sith Lord here in the Senate, and I think that Rick Scott has a chance at winning this thing." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CQ Transcriptions, 11/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Mitch McConnell's Leadership In The Senate In an interview with CQ Transcriptions, Anna Paulina Luna said, "These people are going to indeed continue Mitch McConnell's direction and leadership for the Senate, which is simply unacceptable. We need strong leadership that won't repeat 2016 and block President Trump's agenda." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CQ Transcriptions, 11/10/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Accused Mitch McConnell Of Undermining President Trump's Agenda In Senate Leadership Fight In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Make no mistake, Mitch McConnell's absolutely trying to knife Rick Scott and ensure that President Trump's agenda is blocked. Mitch McConnell has done more harm to this country than I would argue that Schumer has. [...] Thune and Cornyn, if they really loved this country and they wanted to back this president, they would stand aside and let Rick Scott be the majority leader." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/12/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Accused Mitch McConnell Of Undermining Trump Agenda In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "Make no mistake, Mitch McConnell's absolutely trying to knife Rick Scott and ensure that President Trump's agenda is blocked. Mitch McConnell has done more harm to this country than I would argue that Schumer has." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/12/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Urged Thune And Cornyn To Support Rick Scott As Senate Majority Leader In an interview with Fox News, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "Thune and Cornyn, if they really loved this country and they wanted to back this president, they would stand aside and let Rick Scott be the majority leader." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/12/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Defended Matt Gaetz Against Allegations According to Tampa Bay Times, "Luna, a Republican from St. Petersburg, has been one of Gaetz's strongest defenders and allies in Congress. She has called allegations against Gaetz a 'baseless smear campaign.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 11/21/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Commented On Gaetz's Withdrawal From Attorney General Nomination According to Tampa Bay Times, "On Thursday, Luna said 'something tells me we haven't heard the last of' Gaetz, and thanked him for his service to the country." [Tampa Bay Times, 11/21/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Stated No One Else Was Running For Speaker At That Time In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "as of right now, no one else is running. So, as of right now, it`s going to be Speaker Johnson. But ask me again in a couple of days. Washington, D.C., changes very quickly." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 12/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Opposed McCarthy For Renegotiating House Rules In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I was one of the 20 that did oppose Speaker McCarthy for renegotiating the House rules, which effectively has changed the institution as we know it." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO, 12/19/24]
December 2024: Luna Confirmed Support For Speaker Johnson Amid Lack Of Other Candidates According to Fox News, Luna stated, "as of right now, no one else is running. So, as of right now, it's going to be Speaker Johnson. But ask me again in a couple of days. Washington, D.C., changes very quickly." [Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO 4:00 PM EST, 12/19/24]
December 2024: Luna Rejected Interest In Becoming Speaker Of The House According to Fox News, Luna said, "Absolutely not," in response to being asked about interest in running for Speaker. [Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO 4:00 PM EST, 12/19/24]
Luna Recounted Opposition To Speaker McCarthy Due To House Rules Renegotiation According to Fox News, Luna stated, "I was one of the 20 that did oppose Speaker McCarthy for renegotiating the House rules, which effectively has changed the institution as we know it." [Fox News YOUR WORLD WITH NEIL CAVUTO 4:00 PM EST, 12/19/24]
April 2025: Luna Left House Freedom Caucus Over Efforts To Thwart Proxy Voting Push According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "The battle escalated Monday, when Luna announced she was leaving the House Freedom Caucus after some of its members worked with leadership to try to thwart her effort." [NBC - 8 WFLA, 4/1/25]
2025: Luna Resigned From House Freedom Caucus After Proxy Voting Dispute According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Luna ... resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on Monday after members of the group pushed the Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to be more aggressive in trying to kill her measure. She said in a resignation letter that 'respect' among lawmakers in the group had been 'shattered last week' and alleged that they threatened to halt floor action if the Speaker did not agree to their hardball tactics." [NBC - 8 WFLA, 4/1/25]
2025: Luna Criticized GOP Leaders For Opposing Proxy Voting Resolution According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "They are trying to paint me as someone that does not support election integrity, which, you guys can pull my voting record---I'm one of the top 10 conservative most members of Congress. So it's just it's ridiculous to me that they would even do that," Luna said. [NBC - 8 WFLA, 4/1/25]
2025: Luna Alleged Freedom Caucus Misused Its Name And Undermined Its Values According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "In her letter announcing her departure from the hard-line group, Luna wrote: 'I cannot remain part of a caucus where a select few operate outside its guidelines, misuse its name, broker backroom deals that undermine its core values and where the lines of compromise and transaction are blurred, disparage me to the press, and encourage misrepresentation of me to the American people.'" [NBC - 8 WFLA, 4/1/25]
April 2025: Luna Spoken To Speaker Johnson About Proxy Voting Effort According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "Luna spoke to Johnson on the House floor as the vote took place. Luna said he told her, 'I know your heart's in the right place,' while Luna responded, 'I hope you have good things to say about this.'" [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 4/1/25]
2025: Luna Departed House Freedom Caucus Over Disagreements According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "That infuriated Luna, who announced her departure from the Freedom Caucus on Monday, writing: 'I cannot remain part of a caucus where a select few operate outside its guidelines, misuse its name, broker backroom deals that undermine its core values and where the lines of compromise and transaction are blurred, disparage me to the press, and encourage misrepresentation of me to the American people.'" [NBC - 8 WFLA, 4/1/25]
2025: Luna Resigned From The House Freedom Caucus But Maintained Conservative Values According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "The congresswoman has since left the House Freedom Caucus. That's a group of some of the most conservative members, like Sarasota Rep. Greg Steube and gubernatorial hopeful Byron Donalds. Luna maintains her conservative values have not changed." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 4/3/25]
2022: Anna Paulina Luna Campaigned With Lauren Boebert And Marjorie Taylor Greene According to Tampa Bay Times, "This cycle, she's campaigned with U.S. Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, and said she plans to join the conservative House Freedom Caucus if elected." [Tampa Bay Times, 8/24/22]
2022: Anna Paulina Luna Planned To Join House Freedom Caucus If Elected According to Tampa Bay Times, "Anna Paulina Luna said she plans to join the conservative House Freedom Caucus if elected." [Tampa Bay Times, 8/24/22]
December 2022: Luna Expressed Hesitation To Support McCarthy For Speaker According to PBS Newshour Weekend, "Here's what she had to say on Steve Bannon's podcast a couple days ago. REP.-ELECT ANNA PAULINA LUNA (R-FL): I think right now, a lot of people are not happy about the options. I've gotten a lot of emails from people telling me that they don't want me to vote for Kevin McCarthy and I do listen to what my constituents say. And, more importantly, you know, if going up to Washington means that I have to just follow mine, then why did I really run in the first place, right?" [PBS Newshour Weekend, 1/1/23]
January 2023: PBS Identified Luna As A 'Maybe' On McCarthy Speakership Vote According to PBS Newshour Weekend, "And she is a maybe. This all again comes down to the numbers, John. Mr. McCarthy needs most -- everyone in his conference, and right now, he has a dozen or more who are not yet on board his speakership." [PBS Newshour Weekend, 1/1/23]
January 2023: Anna Paulina Luna Voted Against Kevin McCarthy For House Speaker According to Fox News Network, "a member elect like Anna Polina Luna has now voted twice, not for McCarthy, but for Jim Jordan." [Fox News Network THE STORY WITH MARTHA MACCALLUM 3:00 PM EST, 1/3/23]
January 2023: Axios Noted Luna Voted Against McCarthy Despite His Campaign Support According to Fox News Network quoting Axios Senior Political Correspondent Josh Kraushaar, "two of the Republicans who Kevin McCarthy helped elect to Congress in these battleground districts, Eli Crane in Arizona, and Anna Paulina Luna in Florida, they actually voted against Kevin McCarthy." [Fox News Network THE STORY WITH MARTHA MACCALLUM 3:00 PM EST, 1/3/23]
2023: Luna Refused To Vote For Kevin McCarthy As Speaker According to Tampa Bay Times, "Luna is one of about 20 legislators who have voted for other candidates for speaker instead of GOP leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif." [Tampa Bay Times, 1/5/23]
2023: Luna Told New York Times That McCarthy Disrespected Conservative Members In Speaker Negotiations According to Tampa Bay Times, "In an interview with the New York Times, Luna said McCarthy turned off several of her conservative colleagues with his closing argument in a closed-door GOP meeting earlier in the week. McCarthy reportedly told some of his fellow Republicans that their demands - like the stipulation that any of them should be able to call a vote to oust the speaker - were unreasonable. 'There were some members that felt very disrespected,' Luna told the New York Times. 'And it pushed them into a category that - I don't think they'll ever vote for him.'" [Tampa Bay Times, 1/5/23]
January 2023: Anna Paulina Luna Issued Statement Against McCarthy's Speaker Bid According to NBC - 8 WFLA, "In a statement released shortly before voting began on Wednesday, Luna said 'I will stand strong until we get a Speaker who will fight for the American people and fix the chaos and corruption in our nation's Capitol.' 'I will continue to stand firm against all forms of pressure,' she added." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 1/5/23]
2023: Luna Oposed McCarthy's Bid For House Speaker According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.)" was among the 21 Republicans who opposed Representative Kevin McCarthy's bid to be Speaker of the House during initial rounds of voting. [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 1/5/23]
2023: Luna Pledged Firmness Against Supporting McCarthy According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, "En un comunicado emitido poco antes de que comenzara la votación el miércoles, Luna dijo: 'Me mantendré firme hasta que tengamos un presidente que luche por el pueblo estadounidense y arregle el caos y la corrupción en el Capitolio de nuestra nación.' 'Seguiré manteniéndome firme contra todas las formas de presión', agregó." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 1/5/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Support For Speaker McCarthy's Negotiations In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I have faith in the speaker. I know that he and his negotiators have already told the White House to take a hike on 2023 spending levels. And so I just want to reiterate that we are united behind him...I think that he's doing an incredible job, and I think that he's going to secure a win for America." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (Neil Cavuto), 5/23/23]
March 22, 2024: Luna Explained Her Approach to Constituents Regarding Motion to Vacate According to Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said regarding Marjorie Taylor Greene's Motion to Vacate, "she's representing her constituents. And I will say that, you know, I'm going to be listening about what my constituents want me to do, but we can't continue down this path of insanity." [Fox News JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME, 3/22/24]
2024: Luna Called For Rep. Mike Gallagher To Step Down Early In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "So I would publicly ask for him to do the right thing and step down early. We unfortunately do not have the votes for expulsion. As you know an expulsion requires two thirds of Congress in order to do that. And the Democrats are hoping that this seat remains open, because if it does, it essentially will put us in a bad predicament." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 3/28/24]
2024: Luna Claimed To Have Requested Rep. Ken Buck's Removal From Freedom Caucus In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "But with what Representative Buck had done, especially to another member of Congress in potentially hamstringing Representative Boebert's election, I actually was a member that came forward and asked him to leave the Freedom Caucus. And as a result of that, he was actually expelled from the Freedom Caucus." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 3/28/24]
2024: Luna Criticized Congressional Loyalty To Individuals Over Districts In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "We are elected to represent our district and our people. And what we're finding is what's happening up here is a loyalty to an individual, not necessarily the district, and I think people forget that." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 3/28/24]
2024: Luna Called On Speaker Johnson To "Find His Inner MAGA" And Lead In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "But I would also call on our Speaker, Representative Mike Johnson to find his in our MAGA -- and stop what he's doing. He has -- in line to the presidency and so he can actually stop this craziness." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 3/28/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Publicly Called For Rep. Gallagher To Resign Immediately To Fill Seat In an interview with Fox Business, Anna Paulina Luna said, "We had a Newsweek Article come out with Ken Buck saying the others were going to resign and we're also hearing that potentially two more may resign. We are really the only thing standing in between whatever's left in the Biden Administration coming down the pike to hurt the American people. And so what I am, again, is making this public call to ask Representative Gallagher please do not leave at your predicted time. Please resign now so that we can fill that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business (excerpt aired during Interview - Rep. Byron Donalds with Political Transcript Wire), 3/29/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Stated She Opposed Coalition Government Or Speaker Hakeem Jeffries In an interview with FBN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I believe that there would be people that might take a deal and either have coalition government or give the gavel to Hakeem Jeffries, and I simply can't support that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, Mornings with Maria, 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Indicated She Was Seeking Alternative Candidates For Speaker After November Election In an interview with FBN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "And although Mike Johnson is a nice man, I can't get behind what he's currently doing. And so I'm looking for other names potentially to float for speaker in the fall. [...] Will after this November election is more or less to clarify." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, Mornings with Maria, 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Stated She Could Not Support Motion To Vacate If It Would Result In Coalition Government Or Give Speakership To Hakeem Jeffries In an interview with FBN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I don't believe that the motion to vacate is in play. And, again, my concerns for that currently with timing is that I believe that there would be people that might take a deal and either have coalition government or give the gavel to Hakeem Jeffries. And I simply can't support that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN (aired during Cavuto: Coast to Coast), 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Stated She Could Not Support Speaker Mike Johnson And Considered Looking For Alternative Speaker Candidates In The Fall In an interview with FBN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "But what I will say, Maria, is that there is a lot of frustration within the Republican body. And although Mike Johnson is a nice man, I can't get behind what he's currently doing. And so I'm looking for other names potentially to float for speaker in the fall." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN (aired during Cavuto: Coast to Coast), 4/26/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Stated Opposition To Motion To Vacate Speaker Johnson In an interview with Maria, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I don't believe that the motion to vacate is in play. And, again, my concerns for that currently with timing is that I believe that there would be people that might take a deal and either have coalition government or give the gavel to Hakeem Jeffries. And I simply can't support that." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Maria (clip aired in Interview - Rep. Carlos Gimenez with Cavuto Cavuto), 4/26/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Expressed Frustration With Speaker Mike Johnson's Leadership In an interview with Maria, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "There is a lot of frustration within the Republican body. And although Mike Johnson is a nice man, I can't get behind what he's currently doing. And so I'm looking for other names potentially to float for speaker in the fall." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Maria (clip aired in Interview - Rep. Carlos Gimenez with Cavuto Cavuto), 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Opposed Giving House Speakership To Hakeem Jeffries Or Coalition Government In an interview with Fox Business Network, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I don't believe that the motion to vacate is in play. And again, my concern for that currently with timing is that I believe that there would be people that might take a deal and either have coalition government or give the gavel to Hakeem Jeffries, and I simply can't support that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business Network (Mornings with Maria), 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Stated She Was Seeking Alternatives For Speaker After November Election In an interview with Fox Business Network, Anna Paulina Luna said, "But what I will say, Maria is that there is a lot of frustration within the Republican body. And although Mike Johnson is a nice man, I can't get behind what he's currently doing. And so I'm looking for other names potentially to float for speaker in the fall." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox Business Network (Mornings with Maria), 4/26/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Claimed Attacks from Eric Swalwell Were Irrelevant In an interview with FBN, Mornings with Maria, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Eric Swalwell has been attacking me since I got elected, but I don't pay attention to irrelevant people. I think his track record speaks for itself. And I'm focusing on protecting and upholding my constitutional authority, of which Thomas Jefferson wrote that in the rulebook." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with FBN, Mornings with Maria, 6/28/24]
2025: Anna Paulina Luna Said She Had Not Met With Gov. DeSantis About Senate Appointment According to Latin Times, "Speaking to her former colleague Matt Gaetz in his OAN show, Luna was asked if she had met with DeSantis like Rep. Cory Mills had allegedly done. 'I have not met with Gov. DeSantis and what I've heard from his camp is that he is hesitant about appointing a member of Congress, mainly because he says we have a very slim majority,' she said." [Latin Times, 1/15/25]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Defended Matt Gaetz Attorney General Nomination In an interview with Fox News, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I have been very vocal especially on his nomination of Representative Matt Gaetz as the attorney general that Matt would be an incredible representative. I think it's completely wrong how they will try to smear and destroy people's reputations." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News, 11/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Defended Matt Gaetz Amid DOJ and FBI Dropping Charges In an interview with CNN, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I've been able to get first-hand knowledge from the Department of Justice and FBI once they came out and acquitted Gaetz and actually dropped their investigation into him because they found that all those allegations, as you had just stated, were actually unfounded." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 11/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Voiced Support for Matt Gaetz as Attorney General Nominee In an interview with CNN, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I do think Matt Gaetz is going to be an incredible Attorney General. I think this baseless smear campaign, frankly, is abhorrent that it's happening to someone like Matt Gaetz who's done so much to fight the government corruption." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 11/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Maintained Backing of Gaetz Nomination After DOJ and FBI Decision In an interview with CNN, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "That's why I've been so adamant about getting the facts out there. And I still back him. Frankly, I think that if the DOJ and the FBI had evidence, they would have prosecuted, because Matt Gaetz is a thorn in their side." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 11/19/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Labeled DOJ as Corrupt and Favored Gaetz to Combat Corruption In an interview with CNN, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I could not be happier that President Trump is putting someone like Matt Gaetz in charge, because I know that he's absolutely going to weed out the corruption. [...] When I find that they're giving special treatment to the Attorney General, that he doesn't have to testify to Congress, yet if any single other American does that, they go to jail, that is absolutely government corruption." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 11/19/24]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Denied Jim Jordan Was Responsible for Death Threats In an interview with CNN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "To say that it was the -- the chairman of the House Judiciary that was behind this is a farce. [...] what I am saying is that the chairman of House Judiciary -- that Jim Jordan during his campaign for speaker was not behind that." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 10/20/23]
2024: Luna Stated Oversight Committee Planned To Issue Subpoena To Hunter Biden In an interview with Political Transcript Wire, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I'm hearing that actually the next step for us will be issuing a subpoena to Hunter Biden." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Political Transcript Wire, 3/28/24]
Luna Served As One Of The El Salvador Caucus Chairs In 2025 According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), "Luna is one of the chairs of the El Salvador Caucus in the U.S. House, which was established last year by former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)." [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles (Florida), 4/22/25]
December 2024: Luna Asserted Most Democrats Sought To Obstruct Trump's Agenda According to Fox News, "You know, unfortunately, I think that a majority of the Democrat Party is comprised of, you know, people that just want to obstruct President Trump's agenda." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE 7:00 PM EST, 12/13/24]
December 2024: Luna Characterized Democratic Party As Split Between Radicals And Moderates According to Fox News, "There is a group of radical Leftists within the Democrat party that want Marxism, that want socialism. And then there's the more moderate Democrats, but they're increasingly getting poached in their primaries and sent out." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE 7:00 PM EST, 12/13/24]
December 2024: Luna Claimed Republican Party Had Become Party Of Working Class Americans According to Fox News, "That's exactly why the Republican Party has become the party of working class Americans, and essentially the Democrats are now representing corporation, and so it's been interesting to see that shift, but hey, I'm here for it and I'm here to help President Trump pursue his agenda in Washington, and we're going to get it done." [Fox News INGRAHAM ANGLE 7:00 PM EST, 12/13/24]
April 2025: NRCC Spokeswoman Asserted Luna Was A Relentless Fighter For Florida Families According to NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 'NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O'Toole statement: "Anna Paulina Luna, Maria Elvira Salazar, and Cory Mills have always been relentless fighters for Florida families and Democrats thinking they can unseat them is a pipe dream. Voters will send them back to Congress, and Democrats will embarrass themselves."' [NBC - 8 WFLA: Web Edition Articles, 4/10/25]
2023: Fox News Reported Anna Paulina Luna Was Supported By House Freedom Caucus During Campaign According to Fox News Network, "People like Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, they were helping these members to or these potential members to campaign. They were endorsing them, they were helping them fundraise really trying to grow their influence." [Fox News Network THE STORY WITH MARTHA MACCALLUM 3:00 PM EST, 1/3/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Jim Jordan for House Speaker In an interview with CNN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Jim Jordan is arguably one of the most republic -- popular Republicans in U.S. history. And you had some members of the GOP that really just spat in the face of their voters. What I've really come to find is that there are those candidates like me that exist on both the right and the left, that really don't hold their votes accountable to special interests. And I think that you all saw that -- the world saw that play out this last couple of weeks." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 10/20/23]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Supported Jim Jordan For Speaker In an interview with CNN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "Jim Jordan is arguably one of the most republic -- popular Republicans in U.S. history. And you had some members of the GOP that really just spat in the face of their voters [...] there are those candidates like me that exist on both the right and the left, that really don't hold their votes accountable to special interests. And I think that you all saw that -- the world saw that play out this last couple of weeks." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 10/20/23]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Asserted Republicans Needed To Focus On Messaging And Solutions In an interview with Fox News Channel, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think Republicans realize that, again, we need to just continue to focus on messaging and showing the American people that we have a solution to this problem, and we can fix a lot of what the Biden administration has done to the American people. But that's going to require really getting President Trump reelected." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News Channel, 7/4/24]
2023: Anna Paulina Luna Called Congressional Recess 'One of the Worst Things' During Speaker Crisis In an interview with CNN, Anna Paulina Luna said, "We have to find a speaker. But unfortunately, you're seeing that this Conference decided that we're going to go home, which I would argue is one of the worst things that you can do right now." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with CNN, 10/20/23]
July 2024: Luna Suggested Some Democrats Could Support GOP On Releasing Biden-Hur Audiotapes According to Mornings with Maria, "Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna joining Maria yesterday suggesting that some Democrats may want Biden out the ticket so badly, they may push for the audio tapes of Biden's interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur to be released." [Mornings with Maria, 7/8/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Said Some House Democrats Sought Biden's Removal After Debate In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "We have seen that there are a number -- there's a bloc of Democrats, about 25 in total, that are looking at coming out with letters and also to publicly calling back their support for Biden. [...] They definitely tried to squelch the dissent over the weekend, and it's not really working. Democrats are still upset." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 7/7/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Claimed House Would Not Confirm Gavin Newsom As Vice President If Harris Became President In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "So I can tell you that, in a Republican-controlled House, it's not going to be Gavin Newsom. Maybe we see a situation where Mike Johnson becomes a V.P. if that really were to happen, which I don't think they want either. But it would definitely be the first time in U.S. history." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 7/7/24]
July 2024: Luna Indicated Pressure Campaigns Led Some Democrats To Rethink Biden's Nomination According to Mornings with Maria, "I think it's possible and I think that's why you're seeing the pressure campaign launched over the weekend with Hakeem Jeffries calling the call. They definitely tried to squelch the dissent over the weekend and it's not really working. Democrats are still upset." [Mornings with Maria, 7/8/24]
2024: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Predicted Kamala Harris Would Likely Be Democratic Nominee If Biden Drops Out In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said, "I think it's possible that Kamala Harris will be the nominee, mainly because they're going to have a funding problem. If Joe Biden drops out, they will either have to return all that money to donors or, if she's the nominee, it has to be spent on her behalf." [Interview - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna with Sunday Morning Futures, 7/7/24]
June 2024: Luna Asserted Biden May Not Be Democratic Nominee If Tapes Released According to Political Transcript Wire, "Not if these tapes come out, no, Maria. I think that they have big problems. And I think that his cognitive inability is the number one issue for them currently." [Political Transcript Wire, 6/16/24]
June 2024: Luna Alleged DOJ Targeted Political Opponents Due To Election Concerns According to Political Transcript Wire, "This administration is really using the Department of Justice to go after their political opponents, because they know that Trump's going to win. They know that the American people, even starting with the fall -- the withdrawal in Afghanistan, realize that Biden has no foreign policy, that we're a mess right now." [Political Transcript Wire, 6/16/24]
2024: Anna Paulina Luna Criticized Democratic Rhetoric And Predicted Trump Victory In an interview with Fox News' Jesse Watters, Anna Paulina Luna said, "I've seen over the last couple of years, especially as a member of Congress, the rhetoric that this administration has really displayed not just to members of Congress, but also to Independents, to Democrats that have left the Democratic Party because of what they've seen happen with this administration, and the fact is, Jesse, is that they realize that they're losing this election. They're trying to already define a Trump administration before Trump is sworn into office as the 47th president, despite their attempts to keep him out of office." [Interview - Anna Paulina Luna with Fox News (Jesse Watters), 6/24/24]