{"id":2208252,"date":"2024-03-28T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anna-paulina-luna-reveals-she-was-the-one-to-force-out-colleague-just-days-before-retirement\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T12:23:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:23:13","slug":"anna-paulina-luna-reveals-she-was-the-one-to-force-out-colleague-just-days-before-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anna-paulina-luna-reveals-she-was-the-one-to-force-out-colleague-just-days-before-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Paulina Luna admits to being responsible for pushing out a colleague shortly before their retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fanna-paulina-luna-reveals-she-was-the-one-to-force-out-colleague-just-days-before-retirement%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=2208252&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>Rep. Anna Paulina\u200d Luna, a Republican from Florida, admitted\u2063 to \u2064pushing Rep. Ken Buck out of the House Freedom Caucus \u2062before his retirement. During an interview \u2064on Fox\u2062 Business, Luna also addressed \u2064Rep. Mike Gallagher&#8217;s early retirement, urging him to step down promptly to avoid a special election. The discussion highlighted Luna&#8217;s stance on early\u2063 retirements and interference in investigations involving Hunter Biden.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2899396\/anna-paulina-luna-refuses-attend-biden-state-union-puppet-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Anna Paulina Luna\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) revealed that she was the one who forced Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Ken-Buck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ken Buck\">Ken Buck<\/a> out of the House Freedom Caucus shortly before his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>In an appearance on Fox Business, Luna discussed the early retirement of Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), publicly asking him to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-ted-budd-sounds-alarm-about-americans-stranded-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Rep. Ted Budd Sounds Alarm About Americans Stranded in Ukraine\">depart immediately<\/a> in order to prevent a special election. On the topic of early departing congressmen, she turned her attention to Buck, who abruptly resigned earlier this month.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Biden administration has been using their appointees to shut down any investigation into Hunter Biden and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">business dealings<\/a>: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q4cxG2YrzE\">pic.twitter.com\/Q4cxG2YrzE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mornings with Maria (@MorningsMaria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorningsMaria\/status\/1773331705912492172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that I\u2019ve publicly said this, but with what Rep. Buck had done, especially to another member of Congress, in potentially hamstringing Rep. Boebert\u2019s election, I actually was the member that came forward and asked him to leave the Freedom Caucus,\u201d Luna said. \u201cAnd as a result of that, he was actually expelled from the Freedom Caucus. So, you know, we have a code of honor here. And as a result of that, if you can\u2019t live by that code of honor, then you don\u2019t deserve the title.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fiery Republican was booted from the House\u2019s loudest group of rebels just days before he left Congress altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Buck announced his early retirement after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/champion-snowboarder-backs-genocide-olympics-boycott-i-dont-even-want-to-be-called-an-olympian-anymore\/\" title=\"Champion Snowboarder Backs Genocide Olympics Boycott: 'I Don't Even Want to Be Called an Olympian Anymore'\">expressing bitterness<\/a> about the current Congress, saying it was the worst of his career. He said he wouldn\u2019t run for reelection in November, but joined a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-lesko-reissues-call-for-special-counsel-to-probe-hunter-biden\/\" title=\"Rep. Lesko reissues call for special counsel to probe Hunter Biden\">growing list<\/a> of Republicans who decided to end their terms prematurely in the wake of chaos and infighting racking the conference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the worst year of the nine years and three months that I\u2019ve been in Congress. And having talked to former members, it\u2019s the worst year in 40, 50 years to be in Congress,\u201d Buck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2918067\/ken-buck-leaves-house-blasting-2024-worst-year-serve-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Several Republicans have left Congress early, including former Rep. George Santos, who was expelled. The departures have shrunk Republicans\u2019 majority in the House, which will be down to one after Gallagher leaves next month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) disclosed pushing Rep. Ken Buck out of the House Freedom Caucus before his retirement. On Fox Business, Luna linked this to Rep. Mike Gallagher&#8217;s (R-WI) early retirement, urging him to exit promptly to avoid a special election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2208253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24072655908613-2-1024x592.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2208252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24072655908613-2-1024x592.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}