WHILE CLAIMING JEWISH HERITAGE, ANNA PAULINA LUNA FORGOT TO MENTION HER NAZI GRANDFATHER

[jgo]

Source: Vanity Fair and Washington Post

Is Anna Paulina Luna the new George Santos?

Since it first came out last December that newly elected lawmaker George Santos had lied about roughly 99% of his biography, fresh falsehoods and cons involving the New York congressman have emerged on a near-daily, sometimes hourly basis. Given the pace with which these revelations have unfolded, and the sheer volume of lies, it seems unlikely at this time that any of Santos’s Republican colleagues will be able to outdo him when it comes to apparently never telling the truth about anything. But at least one is trying!

We speak, of course, of Representative Anna Paulina Luna, who was the subject of a Washington Post exposé that suggested the 33-year-old Florida lawmaker has played it fast and loose with the facts concerning her background. For instance, claiming to both have Jewish heritage and to have been raised as a Jew, despite people familiar with the matter saying that was not the case.

Read more: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/anna-paulina-luna-jewish-grandfather-nazi

[MaryMagdaline]

1. She would have won her primary by a much larger margin if she had disclosed her NAZI heritage

[BOSSHOG]

4. That maybe a topic at the next RNC gaggle

Ya wanna win a primary, brag about your great uncles work as a nazi guard. Whether it’s true or not is not relevant. Wink, wink. Just win.

I’m on the cusp of seriousness.

So sad but true that our thoughts come to mind.

[MaryMagdaline]

7. Yep.

[KS Toronado]

29. Fascists will vote for Fascists

just like Liberals will vote for Liberals.

[Cha]

2. Jesus.. grateful Luna is being

exposed.. and by that I mean her Nazi history.

[TheBlackAdder]

34. Amazing, they bust on AOC for being part Jewish, and then these posers try to pretend being Jewish.

[AZLD4Candidate]

3. This Republican barrel literally has no bottom.

[SuperSkinny]

5. It will be news

When you can find one that isn’t a liar.

[Rebl2]

10. 👆👆👆

What you said

[paleotn]

22. Exactly.

[bronxiteforever]

6. This explains her support for Putin.

She embraces her Nazi heritage. Her campaign funding is probably very interesting.

[Traildogbob]

8. According to stormy

Hunter’s dick pick did not need a 100 percent zoom trumps would.

[IronLionZion]

9. Pretty standard for the party of BS

how many times has their hero TFG been caught lying?

She didn't choose her grandfather. And he claims he didn't choose to enlist in the Wehrmacht, which is likely since they had conscription back then. But she chose to be a "Jew-ish" Latina when she was raised Catholic.

Nazi heritage might ironically gain more votes in today's GOP than pretending to be Jewish or leaning heavily on her Latina half.

WaPo couldn't find any records of her father serving in prison, yet Fox News claims they have the records. This feels like an easy thing to verify.

[tulipsandroses]

16. She wasn't a Latina until it was advantageous to win over Latino votes

Growing up her last name was
lMayerhofer. Her married surname is Gamberzky. She was using her married last name as late as 2017 during her internet, bikini model career stint.
Funny she did not embrace her mother’s last name all those years. She also identified as white, non Hispanic before her foray into politics.

[dalton99a]

19. +1

Last edited Sat Feb 11, 2023, 02:58 PM - Edit history (1)

Heinrich Mayerhofer was Luna’s paternal grandfather. (Courtesy of Edward Mayerhofer)

[IronLionZion]

27. Sounds kind of like a Rachel Dolezal situation, like a chameleon.

A few years ago it was "foreigners are stealing our jobs". Her hero Trump ran on that platform. But now diversity is advantageous in Florida with lots of Latino voters.

[Joinfortmill]

33. Sounds like lying is genetic in their family.

[niyad]

11. If there is an "r" after the name, assume they are always lying.

[orleans]

28. exactly nt

[ck4829]

50. Indeed

[LudwigPastorius]

12. I bet when that Washington Post article came out...

she was führer-ous.

[Jakes Progress]

13. Her grandfather worked for hitler. She works for putin. How symetrical.

[peppertree]

14. To think that she herself, Hitler would dismiss as "ethnic pollution"

As do most Republicans - in case she hasn't noticed.

[republianmushroom]

15. It was just a slight over sight.

[Botany]

17. W/O a doubt there is a lot more to Ms Luna's ....

... background then is public. And her soft core guns and sex kitten pix are way over the top.

[ancianita]

18. She's a member of the Freedom Caucus, so Koch network money got her there.

Nazi background, indeed.

[calimary]

21. That would be the "Freedumb Caucus".

[ancianita]

24. That, too.

[paleotn]

23. The Nazi Caucus....

Strip away the Orwellian bullshit and you're left with the truth. The Nazi Caucus.

[ancianita]

25. That, too.

Just because I'm chuckling doesn't mean I think it's funny. It's not. It's a chuckle of recognition.

[ck4829]

49. +1

[SuperSkinny]

20. It's the new wing of the party

It’s the George Santos wing.

[Aussie105]

26. Chimera.

in Greek mythology - a fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.

People have just noticed the tail.

[mwb970]

30. It's almost as if ALL republicans are filthy liars.

[SuperSkinny]

52. Yes!

That’s why we must keep supporting democrats. They truly care about us. And don’t just worry about their wealthy donors. Most democrat politicians are near poverty. Then look at the republicans. Most all are multi millionaires.

[Behind the Aegis]

31. It is interesting, in a perverse way, how often this happens.

I am disgusted by those who claim to be Jews, but aren't, be it for "political points" or to avoid criticism.

[IronLionZion]

32. I'm curious as to why they do it and how it gains points

considering the rise of antisemitism these days in the GOP/Qanon voting base. Maybe it's to provide cover if they make antisemitic comments.

[Beastly Boy]

35. It's insulting. Wait until she claims the Nazis' Final Solution as her Jewish heritage.

I wouldn't be surprised.

[Redleg]

36. My grandfather was also a German soldier in WWII

He and my uncle were both in the Wehrmacht and neither were Nazis. They were farmers who were conscripted and served in combat. Both were captured- my grandfather by the British in North Africa and my uncle by the Russians in Russia. I think it's a stretch to assume that Luna's grandfather was a Nazi simply because he was in the German army. That is akin to suggesting that my paternal grandfather who was in the US Navy during WWII was complicit in dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[FakeNoose]

38. It's true that a lot of German soldiers who fought and died for Hitler

... had no choice in the matter. It's also true that less than half of the Germans were members of the Nazi party. We should be careful about using broad strokes to paint all the Germans as racists, murderers, and "Jew-haters" when it was clearly a minority that did such things.

[kimbutgar]

37. I just want to know where she and Santos got the training to be politicians to fool,so many people

Years ago I read that the Koch’s trained people to become republican politicians. I wonder if there is a entity that molds these great liars like Luna and Santos.

[ck4829]

48. Good question

[malthaussen]

39. Is she responsible for the acts of her grandfather?

The claim of Jewish heritage may be a lie, and therefore relevant to her character. What her grandfather did is not, and there is no point in mentioning it. I daresay, other people with Nazis in their family tree have not broadcast the fact.

-- Mal

[TheRickles]

40. According to her Wikipedia bio, her German grandfather identified as a Catholic when he emigrated

to Canada, so he probably wasn't a very avid Nazi. It's more likely that he was cannon fodder for the Wehrmacht, but it's hard to know for sure.

[11 Bravo]

41. Clearly just an honest oversight.

Nazi / Jewish refugee ... who among us has never confused the two?

[ck4829]

47. right?

[Wonder Why]

42. I see no evidence in the cited article that says the grandfather was anything

but a young German soldier and nothing about being a Nazi Party member nor in the Nazi SS so unless there is evidence to the fact that he was a Nazi, claims like this do more to hurt than help.

[jgo]

43. There are several paragraphs in the Washington Post article referenced ...

unfortunately it may be behind a paywall.

[Wonder Why]

44. I see no specific article referenced by the author. Only the VF one is shown.

[Deep State Witch]

53. Young Men Were Drafted Into WWII

Most young men in Germany were conscripted into the Wehrmacht during WWII. I mean, I found a picture of my grandfather's half-brother (who did not emigrate to the US following WWI) in a Nazi uniform and freaked out when I was going through an old photo album.

[TexLaProgressive]

45. I think calling her grandfather a NAZI is a bit over the top.

Looking at the picture, I notice that he is not SS but Wehrmacht. Regular army and from the lack of shoulder boards he is probably the lowest rank of private. None of this is proof one way or the other of him being a member of the NAZI party.

After the end of fighting in Europe my Dad volunteered to stay for a while. His duty was to supervise a group of former Wehrmacht Enlisted men in clearing rubble. He told me that the average German enlisted man was not really different from the average Ally enlisted solders. Mostly conscripts. Their choice was to wear the uniform and fight or be hung.

I am not giving Rep Luna a pass on her painting a back story she wants politically, but she is not in the same league as Santos.

[ck4829]

46. K&R

[LetMyPeopleVote]

51. Congresswoman claims to be Jewish, revealed to be granddaughter of Nazi - report

This lady is not a Jew

Link to tweet

https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-731310

Florida Republican congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna was outed by The Washington Post on Friday for lying about her Jewish heritage in a previous interview with the Jewish Insider in November 2022.

Not only is Luna almost certainly not Jewish, but also according to several family members, reports the Washington Post, Luna's paternal grandfather Heinrich Mayerhofer, who died in 2003, served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany when he was a teenager in the 1940s.

"I was raised as a Messianic Jew by my father,” Luna had told the Jewish Insider, clarifying that she identifies as a Christian. “I am also a small fraction Ashkenazi."....

The Washington Post reported that Luna, who is now considered the first Mexican American woman to represent Florida in Congress, at one time described herself as Middle Eastern, Jewish or Eastern European.

There were also several other discrepancies in her account of her own heritage and upbringing, according to the Post, which allegedly resulted in the congresswoman representing herself as coming from more humble beginnings than she truly does.

Messianic Jews are by definition not members of the Jewish faith.