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Trashing Anna Paulina Luna, she'll make them pay!

My story isn’t one the @washingtonpost wants to tell the truth about.

But the records and receipts speak for themselves. These were also sent to and confirmed by @FoxNews.👇🏼🧵 pic.twitter.com/OIAhOp73q9— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) February 11, 2023

pic.twitter.com/0oKb8DlR0b— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) February 11, 2023

Washington Post’s ‘bizarre,’ ‘comical’ profile of Anna Paulina Luna littered with errors, congresswoman says

The New York Times reached out to Luna’s office about a similar story, but didn’t publish it

By Thomas Phippen | Fox News

Freshman Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said Friday that the Washington Post’s profile of her contained several mischaracterizations and factual errors, and said its suggestion that she only embraced her Hispanic heritage in order to run for office shows how far the mainstream press will go to attack conservatives.

“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,” Luna told Fox News Digital. “They can try to discredit me, but unfortunately for them the facts completely blow their story out of the water.”

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. Luna added that the Post’s story bears a striking resemblance to claims that the New York Times began reporting on earlier this year, but never published.

The Washington Post article states: “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.”

The Post reported that Luna “registered to vote as a Democrat in Washington state” in 2017, though there is no place on the state’s voter registration form that asks for party identification. The Post corrected that claim in the story after Fox News Digital requested comment, and noted in the updated story that the claim was “based on an erroneous voter registration database.”

Otherwise, the Post defended its story.

“We have corrected one piece of factual information that was based on a database error. This deeply reported story about Rep. Luna’s biography includes ample perspectives from people who have known her throughout her life,” Washington Post’s vice president of communications Shani George said.

In another instance, the Post story appears to question details about Luna’s childhood. The story reported that Luna has claimed her biological father was in and out of jail, which led to a chaotic upbringing, but also stressed that the paper could find no evidence that Luna’s father, George Mayerhofer, was ever incarcerated.

However, Luna’s office easily provided Fox News Digital with Lexis-Nexis reports that show Mayerhofer did spend time behind bars.

A court filing for a drug felony charged against Mayerhofer shows he was arrested and went through court proceedings in custody, and was brought back into custody for violating probation agreements. The court records show his case was dismissed.