Anna Paulina Luna

Republican rep may have exaggerated or changed details about her ethnic heritage, family life, and personal experiences with safety and firearms, ...

“She was always a part of everything, all these family gatherings and activities.” (The case was ultimately dismissed.) “Unfortunately for them, the receipts Rep Luna is revealing tonight on primetime television will completely blow their story out of the water.” “The whole family kind of raised her — my dad was a part of her life when she was younger and we all kind of coddled her,” Nicole Mayerhofer, a first cousin, told the paper. On the campaign trail, Ms Luna described having a tough childhood that left her “battle hardened” and with a “broken home mentality,” where she and her single mother lacked “a strong extended network of people.” Ms Luna identified herself as “white, not of Hispanic origin” on her voting registration in Florida in 2015, the paper found, but later said she was Hispanic in a 2019 updated form.

Before Republican Anna Paulina Luna was elected as the first Mexican American woman to represent Florida in Congress, she had a different identity and set of ...

A spokesperson for Luna said in a statement that the congresswoman would provide "receipts" to refute the Post's reporting. Immigration records reviewed by the Post also revealed that Luna's paternal grandfather, Heinrich Mayerhofer, identified as a Roman Catholic when he immigrated to Canada from Germany in 1954. She told the Post that a daytime break-in that occurred when Luna wasn't home. Brooks described her as "liberal." Luna has described her childhood as tough growing up in "low-income" neighborhoods in Southern California with a father in and out of incarceration. Luna pose to their leftist control," the spokesperson said. "She was always a part of everything, all these family gatherings and activities." It wasn't until I got stationed in Florida that I got my concealed carry. (Luna has since denied this.) "[My landlord] was not breaking into my house at 4 a.m. "I didn't have a firearm. But it's not just Luna's childhood stories that don't seem to check out.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) claims her father raised her as Jewish. He's Catholic and his father served in the Nazi army, according to a damning new ...

A spokesperson in Luna’s office said in a statement: “The Washington Post has clearly showcased the threat conservative minorities like Rep. She has used this story to talk about the importance of gun rights, telling reporters on election night: “When I was stationed in Missouri, I had someone that broke into my house. The Post was not able to find records of her father serving time in California. Luna has also claimed that when she was stationed in Missouri, someone broke into her apartment at 4 a.m. Well, Luna’s relatives dispute that fact and say that not only was George a Catholic who never practiced any form of Judaism, but that his father, Heinrich Mayerhofer, served in the Nazi army in the 1940s. She’s now a member of the House Freedom Caucus and has argued that House members should be able to carry firearms to committee meetings. “MTG did endorse me, and I was raised as a Messianic Jew by my father,” Luna said. [story](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/10/anna-paulina-luna-republican-biography/) in the Washington Post, Rep. (Messianic Jews identify as Jewish but believe Jesus is the Messiah.) She said these things during an People also accused Luna of only embracing her Hispanic heritage for political gain. It’s worth noting that the reason Luna is estranged from this uncle, Edward Mayerhofer, is that he used social media to draw attention to “inconsistencies” in Luna’s biography during her first Congressional bid. He’s facing various investigations and [stepped down from his committee assignments](https://jezebel.com/george-santos-temporarily-steps-down-from-house-committ-1850052875) but is still somehow in Congress.

Since it first came out last December that newly elected lawmaker George Santos had lied about roughly 99% of his biography, fresh falsehoods and cons ...

(The New York lawmaker has [insisted](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/embattled-republican-santos-faces-new-heat-over-jew-ish-heritage-claim-2022-12-27/) he never said he was Jewish but simply “Jew-ish.”) For instance, claiming to both have Jewish heritage and to have been raised as a Jew, despite people familiar with the matter saying that was not the case. That he apparently [fabricated](https://twitter.com/metzgov/status/1624044687903408135) an entire exchange with Senator Kyrsten Sinema, and was [charged](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/09/santos-charged-theft-2017-dog-breeders-00082091) with theft in 2017 after someone wrote about $15,000 worth of bad checks in his name to a bunch of dog breeders.

Luna says she was "raised as a Messianic Jew" by her father. Relatives say he was Catholic, and that her grandfather fought for the Nazis.

The Washington Post's profile of GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida contained numerous factual errors, and was very similar to a story the New York Times ...

Luna's office, Washington Post reported, declined to answer questions about the story. Heipel's full response, according to an email of the exchange shared with Fox, called attention to the fact that the New York Times had asked similar questions. [President Barack Obama](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/barack-obama), the Post reported. Martina Michelle, another companion of Luna and Carson's while they were at Whiteman AFB, told Fox that politics wasn't a major topic of discussion. at one point, a detail that Brooks told the Post she could not recall. Luna has spoken about a break-in at her apartment, which she shared with another servicemember, Brittany Brooks, and the trauma it caused. The Post reported that Brooks "is the only person named in the police report" made about the alleged burglary in July 2010. "Because Anna is a conservative, somehow WAPO believes that the fact both sides of her family descend from Mexican immigrants isn’t valid," Heipel added. The Post went into detail about Luna's family history, including reporting that her paternal grandfather fought in World War II for the German army before he immigrated to the U.S. The Post story, based on interviews with relatives and former friends, calls into question aspects of Luna's biography and falsely reported that she once registered as a Democrat, she said. In another instance, the Post story appears to question details about Luna's childhood. "They can try to discredit me, but unfortunately for them the facts completely blow their story out of the water."

Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, faced criticism online Friday after a report revealed that she was not raised Jewish, according to ...

Luna's uncle, Edward Mayerhofer, gave the newspaper what he said was a picture of his father Heinrich dressed in a uniform as a young soldier in Germany. anna paulina luna of florida," MSNBC writer Marisa Kabas said. The details in a Friday report by The Washington Post contradicted Luna's previous claims of Jewish heritage. "I never claimed to be Jewish....I am Catholic. "He eventually got clean and started attending a messianic Jewish church in Orange County. It turns out her grandfather Heinrich Mayerhofer actually served in the German Nazi army during World War II," wrote political podcast host Brian Tyler Cohen. "Move over, george! Next, look into the claimed hit on her life by REPUBLICAN primary opponents. She may be worse than [New York Republican Representative George] Santos," said gun control activist Fred Guttenberg on Friday. If she [Greene] were antisemitic, why did she endorse me?" "I am also a small fraction [of] Ashkenazi. Messianic Jews

Luna has accused The Washington Post of trying to discredit her and said the newspaper's reporting is not accurate.

Luna's biography includes ample perspectives from people who have known her throughout her life," George said, according to a Fox News report. "We have corrected one piece of factual information that was based on a database error. I know all journalists are not bad, but WAPO did not do the professional industry any favors and even Elon Musk agreed this morning," Luna added, referring to a tweet Twitter's owner sent on Saturday. We are also sending to Vanity Fair, Business Insider, Yahoo News, Independent, any other outlet that reports false info." She embellished parts of her life story but that doesn't come close to what Santos has done/allegedly done. We have sent letters from my attorney to the Washington Post & Salon to issue corrections or we will sue. [CNN](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/cnn)'s KFILE, tweeted: "Luna is not a serial liar, has not been accused or charged with any crimes and has not used mass tragedies to further a compelling life narrative. "I've seen a lot and to make the comparison to George Santos is wrong and I'm positive that even Mr. [Fox News](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/fox-news) Digital on Friday: "As I've said before, and as the Washington Post has clearly showcased, anyone who is a conservative minority is a threat to Leftist control." Journalist Aaron Rupar tweeted: "Rep. [Ford](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/ford), of The New Republic, tweeted: "This reads less like another Santos and more like someone with a troubled childhood trying to find their identity, in some cases perhaps on tenuous grounds." [George Santos](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/george-santos) following a report from The Washington Post that made a series of allegations that Luna had misrepresented her background.

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna attacked The Washington Post for offering up an error-prone, "racist" attack piece on her.

And I also think one of the craziest claims that they're trying to say is that I wasn't raised as a messianic Jew," Luna explained to [Hispanic Americans of Mexican descent](https://www.foxnews.com/category/latino), we are largely moving to the Republican Party – and for good reason. [CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/download) [ treat minority conservatives](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-posts-bizarre-comical-profile-anna-paulina-luna-littered-errors-congresswoman-says), you understand that this isn't about reporting the truth. It is about power," Luna remarked. "I'm not going to let them get away with this. "I have documentation and photos of my father at synagogue. "My story is something that they didn't want to believe is true. So, The Washington Post is compost, and they should do better," Rep. And the fact is, is that their undertone of their article was incredibly racist. The profile, based on interviews with relatives and former friends, casts doubt on facets of Luna's biography, falsely claiming that she was not raised as a Messianic Jew. They even spoke to my mother and did report a lot of what she was posting.

A Florida Congresswoman accused the Washington Post of racism after the paper published a length profile of her Friday.

“A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Anna Paulina Luna was registered as a Democrat in Washington state in 2017 based on an erroneous voter registration database. “When you see how they treat minority conservatives, this isn’t about reporting the truth.” This is comical,” she tweeted after the article was published Friday.