{"id":1738065,"date":"2022-11-14T12:03:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1738065"},"modified":"2022-11-14T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T17:03:38","slug":"congresswoman-elect-anna-paulina-luna-addresses-aoc-comparison-talks-gop-outreach-to-hispanics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congresswoman-elect-anna-paulina-luna-addresses-aoc-comparison-talks-gop-outreach-to-hispanics\/","title":{"rendered":"Congresswoman-Elect Anna Paulina Luna Addresses AOC Comparison, Talks GOP Outreach To Hispanics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongresswoman-elect-anna-paulina-luna-addresses-aoc-comparison-talks-gop-outreach-to-hispanics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1738065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Congresswoman-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/meet-anna-paulina-luna-the-firebrand-conservative-who-wasnt-supposed-to-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) responded to comparisons to far-left Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) and discussed the GOP pivot to Hispanic outreach during an interview with The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Luna, 33,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/11\/08\/us\/elections\/results-florida-us-house-district-13.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flipped<\/a> a blue seat in the 13th district by a healthy eight-point margin on Tuesday, contributing to Florida\u2019s red wave.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to Luna by her initials, APL, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk told The Washington Post last week, \u201cAPL \u2014 possibly against AOC. That\u2019ll be really fun.\u201d We asked Luna about the comparison, noting the Republican\u2019s youth and standing as a \u201cnew\u201d type of conservative, seeming opposition to AOC and the far-leftism of \u201cThe Squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think that my ideas are better than theirs, and I also think I am way more qualified than they are,\u201d Luna responded. \u201cI think their message is one of hate and division, and mine is one of unity and common sense. I am their polar opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I also think Charlie\u2019s right in the sense that I am a younger representative. I think I\u2019m actually the youngest Republican female representative in the conference,\u201d she added. Luna turned 33 years old in May, the same age as AOC, a self-professed Democratic socialist. \u201cI think that I\u2019m very relatable, which is important for younger generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a different background, too,\u201d Luna said. The congresswoman-elect was raised by her mother, who is of Mexican descent; her father, who is Mexican and German, struggled with addiction and was out of the picture during her childhood.<\/p>\n<p>Luna went on to say she \u201clooks forward to having discussions\u201d with members of \u201cThe Squad,\u201d feeling \u201cimmune\u201d to some of the typical attacks from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the things that they would typically revert back to, especially with identity politics, I don\u2019t think that it works the same against me,\u201d she told The Daily Wire. \u201cSo we\u2019ll have to have real discussions. How are they gonna tell me that I\u2019m anti-immigration or that I\u2019m racist or that\u00a0I haven\u2019t served or that I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to experience all these things? I\u2019ve literally grown up in the most abnormal circumstances. I am immune from it, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GOP saw huge Latino <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/09\/politics\/latino-voters-florida-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gains<\/a> in the state of Florida. Luna said Hispanic voices within the GOP are \u201cincredibly important,\u201d especially now, as she sees Democrats shift focus from the black vote toward Hispanics. \u201cWe are the largest voting minority in the country,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think conservative media really needs to start talking to these people, because the fact is the Left is now pivoting from the issue of the black vote, and they\u2019re now focusing solely on the Hispanic vote,\u201d Luna said. \u201cThey\u2019ve basically bought up all of our conservative media in Miami-Dade, they started to launch \u2018fact-checking\u2019 operations against conservative Hispanic influencers online saying that they\u2019re pushing disinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of the reason why the Hispanic vote went so red is a majority of us are entrepreneurs, small business owners, \u2014 we have doctors, lawyers, congressmen,\u201d Luna explained. \u201cBut when you have leadership in the DNC like Nancy Pelosi calling us \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/30\/nancy-pelosi-says-florida-needs-migrants-to-pick-crops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crop pickers<\/a>\u2018; things like having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-first-lady-compares-hispanic-people-to-tacos-at-latinx-incluxion-luncheon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Biden refer to us as \u2018breakfast tacos,\u2019<\/a> that doesn\u2019t sit well with anyone. I mean, it\u2019s just insulting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people, especially those who\u2019ve fled communism and socialism, saw what was happening with the Biden administration choosing to allow massive illegal immigration, but knowingly turning away people from Cuba that had general claims for political asylum, because they\u2019re being prosecuted in their countries \u2014 I think that these are all factors as to why the vote went so red,\u201d the Republican said.<\/p>\n<p>Luna added that many Hispanics, including herself, are raised in the Catholic faith and do not support the abortion extremism of the Left, though Democrats\u00a0are \u201cpushing massive disinformation\u201d on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1,000 percent\u201d the GOP should focus on Hispanic outreach, the congresswoman-elect asserted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/meet-anna-paulina-luna-the-firebrand-conservative-who-wasnt-supposed-to-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Anna Paulina Luna, The Firebrand Conservative Who Wasn\u2019t \u2018Supposed To Win\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congresswoman-elect Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) responded to comparisons to far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and discussed the GOP pivot to Hispanic outreach during an interview with The Daily Wire. Luna, 33,\u00a0flipped a blue seat in the 13th district by a healthy eight-point margin on Tuesday, contributing to Florida\u2019s red wave. 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