Incoming Republican Freshman Allegedly Receives Improper Phone Call To Support McCarthy

A current House member allegedly pressured the newly elected Republican representative Anna Paulina Luna (FL) into endorsing House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) bid for speaker.

In a conversation with Steve Bannon, Luna stated, "I got an extremely improper phone call." "Another member had practically contacted me to whip votes for the speaker's race and ended up threatening me," the speaker said.

According to Luna, who will represent Florida's 13th District, a female member made the threat.

She claimed, "I told the female member that I wasn't going to really be threatened." "I don't think I need to name that person because I think they are probably ashamed of what they did,"

According to Luna, occurrences like hers are not unusual in Congress.

The incoming representative declared, "I'm not going to be intimidated." "If you're going to deal honestly, then negotiate honestly, but don't use threats against others."

When she gets to Washington, D.C., she says she anticipates some rage.