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Anna Paulina Luna wants Code Pink banned from the Capitol after leader straight-up ‘smacked’ her

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Capitol Hill is once again dealing with a protest group that critics say has long blurred the line between activism and outright disorder — and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is now demanding consequences after what she describes as a straight-up physical confrontation with members of Code Pink.

Speaking to TMZ, Luna laid out a heated encounter following a House hearing in which she had been questioning Secretary Marco Rubio about Code Pink and alleged foreign funding ties. “So I was questioning Secretary Rubio on Code Pink, which is a foreign-funded organization, and I’ve been going after FARA, et cetera. And so as I was leaving, they were asking questions. I don’t have an issue answering questions, but when you’re berating me and trying to block me from being able to come vote, it’s an issue,” Paulina Luna told TMZ, adding: But I continued to answer them. I was walking out of Rayburn, and as we were trying to walk away from them, I guess they didn’t like what I was saying, so one of the lead organizers actually smacked me. And so at that point, I broke contact.

Pressed to clarify exactly what happened, Luna doubled down on her claim that the situation crossed a physical line.

“I was literally walking, trying to walk away from this person, and they smacked me,” Paulina Luna replied. When asked where she was allegedly struck, she said, “They smacked my arm.”

“Smacked your arm. Are you injured right now?” the interviewer followed up.

“I mean, look, either way, if you don’t touch anyone — especially if you don’t like what they’re saying — you cannot physically harm someone. You can’t hit them. You can’t block people from being able to vote. And so what I will say is I have filed charges. There’s footage of this. They have multiple angles of this, and multiple witnesses. We have people that filed statements as well, and I think she’s going to be getting in a lot of trouble. You cannot do that to people,” she said.

Later, she confirmed police were involved and statements were being taken as part of an investigation. “Well, I’m giving my statement, and they are basically investigating for assault,” Paulina Luna explained, adding, “So ultimately they’ll determine whether or not we can actually press charges, but I think they have more than enough evidence. We’ll know later on today.”

“But if you’re able to, you definitely will be pressing charges?” she was asked. “Absolutely. Yeah, you can’t hit people,” she replied.

The reporter then asked what outcome she hoped would come from the incident.

Luna framed the confrontation as part of a broader pattern of political hostility spilling into physical space.

“Look, we live in a day and age when people feel like they can hurt people because they disagree with them politically. We’ve seen this happen to many conservatives, but I’m sure it also happens on the left as well. That’s unacceptable. You shouldn’t be doing that. I’m just glad that there was footage of it, and I think that we have more than enough evidence to hold this person accountable and responsible. Let this person be a symbol to everyone else that’s going to come up here and try to hurt people because they disagree with them,” Paulina Luna argued.

She also described what she says happened in the moments before the alleged contact. “It was a group of Code Pink. I was specifically questioning Secretary Rubio on Code Pink’s foreign funding ties and links to the CCP. And that was the group that was surrounding me. They at one point tried to block me from actually walking across the street to come vote, which you cannot do. And then when I did not give them responses that they liked, I got smacked,” she concluded.

Following the incident, Luna took to social media and called for House leadership to take the most drastic step possible — a full ban of Code Pink from the Capitol complex. “I have asked the Speaker to ban Code Pink. I was just physically hit by their head organizer. This is right after I questioned Secretary Rubio about them. It is time Speaker Johnson ban them.”

 

 

“I have asked the Speaker to ban Code Pink. I was just physically hit by their head organizer. This is right after I questioned Secretary Rubio about them. It is time Speaker Johnson ban them,” Rep. Luna said.

TMZ obtained and published a video of the incident.

 

 

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