The Female George Santos
That would be one Anna Paulina Luna, a recent Republican winner of a seat in the current House. There seems to be a chance that this woman's supposed history is pretty much as phony as Santos's. Here's an amusing story from the Washington Post detailing her claims about her life, with some interesting comment from people who knew her.
"Twelve years before she was elected as the first Mexican American woman to represent Florida in Congress, Anna Paulina Luna was serving at Whiteman Air Force Base in Warrensburg, Mo., where friends said she described herself as alternately Middle Eastern, Jewish or Eastern European. Known then by her given last name of Mayerhofer, Luna sported designer clothing and expressed support for then-President Barack Obama.
By the time she ran for Congress as a Republican, she had changed her last name to Luna..."
Lots more giggles at the linked article. I guess when they elected a President who had massively deluded people about his history, they decided it was a fair strategy. Expect to see more of this in the coming election cycles. When you vote for a Republican, you might as well assume you are voting for a fictional person, without knowing a thing about who they really are.
And more: This story may have some legs. It's been picked up at Crooks and Liars now, too. Let's see where it goes from here.
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