'Got a little dark and swampy': MAGA lawmaker reacts after House OKs spending bill
21 December 2024
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) exclusively told Raw Story that she isn't at all concerned about tech billionaire Elon Musk's interference with the legislative process that caused a government shutdown threat and days of chaos as Republicans scuttled a bipartisan continuing resolution.
And more broadly, she isn't concerned about Democrats' efforts to needle Trump's ego over the matter.
"What we're seeing right now is this, really, time in politics where people can get direct feedback from their constituency, and I think you guys saw that during the Adam Schiff vote, and now having President Trump back, not being banned from certain platforms, you're seeing that directly play out and that's actually really important to the process," Luna told Raw Story.
"And so now what we're finding is that Republicans have a chance during first reconciliation to do something about the debt and not have to deal with, not have to deal with Democrats on it ... I hope that people can do the right thing, swallow their pride, and do this on behalf of the American people and the incoming administration," she continued.
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Asked if she was worried about the impact of that instantaneous feedback on the process, she said she wasn't.
"It can help provide perspective, understanding what the American people want, and ultimately that's what should be," and that everything worked out even if “it got a little dark and swampy for a little bit."
When Luna was asked what she makes of Democrats and liberal-leaning pundits in the media mocking Trump for letting Musk control the whole process, by calling him "President Musk" — hoping to trigger Trump's well-established anger about not being the center of attention — she gave a blunt message.
"I think they're trying to start s--- and they're not going to start s---," she said.