Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R) mentioned in a Wednesday interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo” that she is extra involved along with her security as a member of Congress than when she served within the navy, following obvious threats in opposition to her.
“It doesn’t feel safe right now to be in politics, and I really want to emphasize that we’re at a point in American history where you have people afraid to come to work,” Luna mentioned within the interview with host Chris Cuomo.
On the identical time, Luna mentioned she’s nonetheless “up for the job.”
The Hill has beforehand reported on Luna saying she has acquired “an increasing number of threats and doxxing attacks.”
“Over the last few weeks, I have received an increasing number of threats and doxxing attacks. An online page was encouraging strangers to send threatening packages to my home,” she mentioned in an announcement Wednesday. “This weekend, it escalated to a really critical taking pictures menace, and we’re taking each essential step to make sure the security of my household, workers, and our district.””
Luna added that the menace got here after an obvious second assassination try in opposition to former President Trump on Sunday. She mentioned that regulation enforcement was investigating the matter.
Within the interview, Luna warned that “someone will get killed,” blaming “rhetoric.”
“The very fact is … that is turning into very escalated. And I can not emphasize this sufficient: If the rhetoric would not come down, somebody will get killed, and I hope it isn’t President Trump,” Luna mentioned.
When requested by Cuomo if Trump is lacking a chance to vary rhetoric in politics, Luna defended Trump, saying “it’s really hard.”
“I know at the RNC [Republican National Committee], he spoke about unity, and he has changed his messaging a bit. But what I will say is it’s really hard. I even actually have faced this,” she mentioned.
She added that media performs a job in making it tough to show the temperature down.
“But again, it’s hard, because there’s so much online that I feel like journalism has turned more into opinion columns instead of reporting the facts,” Luna mentioned.
“Cuomo” airs weeknights at 8 p.m. ET.
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