A Republican congresswoman in Florida is speaking out after a nearly decade-old video of her in a swimsuit resurfaced online and sent the internet into a frenzy.
Anna Paulina Luna, who began serving in the House of Representatives in January 2023, wore a sexy red, white and blue one-piece with “Make America Great Again” plastered across her body in the 2016 footage, showing her support for Donald Trump.
After the video started making the rounds online this week, she waded into the social media pool, where people were split between drooling over and lambasting the old footage.
“I’m confirming that I have indeed worn swimsuits and you can tell I am biologically a woman,” she posted on X with the hashtag “MAGA.”
Luna also mentioned that she has previously been featured by Sports Illustrated and Maxim and designed swimwear and women’s shirts.
“I have a confession to make since the TikTok Democrats are onto me: I wear bikinis to the beach and mineral sunscreen,” she wrote in another post.
While one X user accused the married mother of one of dishonouring her family and the country “by stripping down half naked for the world to see,” others called her the “hottest member of Congress,” and applauded her for resuscitating Women Crush Wednesday.
The Republican took it all in stride, slamming bored liberals for unearthing the footage of her, with one even saying she should be working at Hooters, not in Congress.
“There are better to do with your time (sic) than digging up modeling photos of me from almost a decade ago,” she wrote in a follow-up post on X.
“The left is attempting to make this a thing yet can’t define a woman,” Luna added. “Very low IQ behavior. Get over it.”
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Aside from appearing in sexy magazines and being an influencer prior to her congresswoman days, Luna also served in the U.S. Air Force from 2009 to 2014.
She had her son in August 2023, becoming the 12th member of Congress to give birth while in office.