Is Rep Anna Paulina Luna another George Santos? Questions arise about the accuracy of her biography

[essentialsaltes]

The making of Anna Paulina Luna​

Luna’s sharp turn to the right, her account of an isolated and impoverished childhood, and her embrace of her Hispanic heritage have surprised some friends and family who knew her before her ascent to the U.S. House this year.​

Twelve years before she was elected as the first Mexican American woman to represent Florida in Congress, Anna Paulina Luna was serving at Whiteman Air Force Base in Warrensburg, Mo., where friends said she described herself as alternately Middle Eastern, Jewish or Eastern European. Known then by her given last name of Mayerhofer, Luna sported designer clothing and expressed support for then-President Barack Obama.

Luna’s sharp turn to the right, her account of an isolated and impoverished childhood, and her embrace of her Hispanic heritage have come as a surprise to some friends and family who knew her before her ascent to the U.S. House this year. A cousin who grew up with Luna said she was regularly included in family gatherings. Her roommate in Missouri had no recollection of the “home invasion” Luna detailed, describing instead a break-in at their shared apartment when they were not home, an incident confirmed by police records. And three years before her first congressional bid as a conservative, Luna registered to vote as a Democrat in Washington state, voting records show.

At Missouri’s Whiteman Air Force Base, where Luna served as an airfield operations manager, some of her peers thought she came from a well-off family — she wore designer clothing and mentioned at times having nannies as a child, according to two former friends.

Luna’s congressional office did not provide answers to a detailed list of questions about her biography from The Post. When approached in person on Capitol Hill last week, Luna claimed she had not received any inquiry from The Post and declined to comment further. On Friday, Luna’s communications director, Edie Heipel, emailed The Post calling the questions “bizarre” and stating “our office will not be responding to you any further.”

Her story seems generally more tethered to reality than that of Santos, but still pretty shady.

 

[Hank77]

I don't like this type of reporting it's innuendo and not newsworthy in my opinion. When they have facts that show where she lied to the people who elected her, then they have a story.

 

[SimplyMe]

It appears that Congresswoman Luna is the second in the House to be accused of not actually being Jewish. The Jerusalem Post has found that Luna is not almost certainly not Jewish but that her paternal grandfather fought for the Nazis in the 1940s; which makes it difficult to believe her father would have raised her Jewish. To be fair, that her grandfather fought for Germany in WW2 does not mean her father was a Nazi, it does appear to prove that he wasn't Jewish (or he would never have been allowed in the armed forces).

 

[DaisyDay]

It appears that Congresswoman Luna is the second in the House to be accused of not actually being Jewish. The Jerusalem Post has found that Luna is not almost certainly not Jewish but that her paternal grandfather fought for the Nazis in the 1940s; which makes it difficult to believe her father would have raised her Jewish. To be fair, that her grandfather fought for Germany in WW2 does not mean her father was a Nazi, it does appear to prove that he wasn't Jewish (or he would never have been allowed in the armed forces).

Well, maybe she also meant "Jew-ish".