Congresswoman and Air Force veteran Anna Paulina Luna joins Glenn to clear up one of the Democrats' biggest lies about Trump’s Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth during his confirmation hearing: "Pete never said that he didn't want women to serve in the military. In fact, it's quite the opposite. But I have the same agreement in that there are certain roles that women SHOULD NOT be subjected to in the military." Plus, she discusses why she’s hopeful that the Trump administration will reveal the truth about UFOs and the mysterious New Jersey drones.
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GLENN: Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna from Florida. Welcome to the program. How are you?
ANNA: Hey, Glenn. Happy to be back on.
GLENN: Yeah, it's very good to talk to you. So you were in the Air Force?
ANNA: I was.
GLENN: And what did you do in the Air Force?
ANNA: I did air field management, and worked with actually my first installation, was the B-2 stealth bombers of flight plans, a lot of inspections, a lot of readings. Did not serve in combat.
However, I definitely have an opinion or two on women in combat.
GLENN: I would like to hear it.
ANNA: First of all, during the confirmation hearings. They were incredible.
And they were trying to walk them into these sound bites. The one thing I kept hearing from the Democrats was, they were taking his comments out of context, in regards to women in the military.
So Pete never said that he never wanted women to serve in the military. In fact, it's quite the opposite.
But I have the same agreement, in that there are certain rules that women should not be subjected to in the military. So in a lot of foreign countries, you will see there will be women-only sniper teams. And/or women-only teams that will see combat. Now, I preface this by saying, that there is a study that has been done. And shows that when women have been placed in harm's way. That the natural instinct for men was to protect that woman. And that's the right thing to do.
That's that, quote, unquote, toxic masculinity that the left tries to mess with all the time --
GLENN: That is human nature. We're born with that, but go ahead.
ANNA: Right?
And so when you have though, a woman that let's say, plays on a Special Forces team. They come under fire.
Hypothetically that woman gets hurt. Instead of focusing on the mission, as it would be, the men then would in turn, go to protect that woman.
And it could ultimately result in, A, more casualties, more people getting hurt, and then also jeopardize the success of the mission.
And so I think when we're looking at military policy as a whole, we need to take these things into consideration. But it's very easy because Pete is a white male. For them to try to demonize him and treat him as this anti-woman, you know, alcoholic womanizer, which is simply not the case.
Other thing, and the reason why I wanted to show my support for him. Was, look, Pete is a Christian. He has the Jerusalem cross tattooed on him.
That does not mean he's a Nazi. That does not mean he's a white nationalist. So what I've been telling reporters. If Pete was so anti-, you know, anti-minority.
Anti-, you know, anything to do what we stand for and value in this country, why would you have the same -- because they don't really have a response to us.
GLENN: Yeah. All right. So do you agree with him? Because I took from him yesterday, something else about the military. I have no problem with women in the military, with an exception of the natural order of things, where I think men -- I have to tell you, if -- if one of the guys was captured by, you know, al-Qaeda. I would do everything I can to make sure that one of the members of my team, you know, were safe. And I would do everything that we should do. However, it's different if I know that the woman member of our team, has just been captured.
I -- it takes on a different meaning to me. Because I know what's going to happen to her, in compared to Tom or Tim.
And I think that is a natural instinct, that you cannot get rid of. And you don't want to.
The second thing, that I think that Pete is talking about. And we saw this in the fire chief, in -- in Los Angeles.
Where she said, you know, I -- you know, I'll talk to people. They'll say, well, you can't lift my husband out of our burning house.
And her response was, well, you know, he got himself into a place he shouldn't be.
So why should I?
Okay. So that's ridiculous. As long as a woman can physically do exactly what is required of the male, then I don't have a problem with that. Do you agree with that?
ANNA: I would say, though, there's this aspect of psychology. And certain situations. Where I don't think women should be placed. So right now, what we're seeing, is -- you know, those are all great points, Glenn.
The military standards, currently. There are different standards for women and for men.
That's just a fact. But there are also different requirements for different jobs. Right?
If you can go in, for example, to be a fire firefighter, you're required to lift X amount, whether or not you're a man or a woman in the military.
But in that sense, I would say that, when you're talking about conditions where you're living in a field. When you're talking about conditions, when you know that there is going to be a psychological aspect and component. It doesn't mean that women aren't as good as men.
I think there's been cases, where women can be better snipers than men are.
Depending on what you're looking for job-wise.
What I will say, as far as my perspective is concerned.
I don't think women should be required to register for the draft.
I know that Senate Democrats were pushing that.
And I also think that women should not be placed in certain combat roles in the military.
GLENN: Agreed. Agreed. Agreed.
Let me switch topics with you.
You were one of the biggest advocates for the UAP. UFO disclosure.
Any updates on -- on that hearing, the updates on the New Jersey drones.
And were you able to get David Grusch into a skiff and get a classified briefing? And if so, what was your takeaway?
ANNA: So I was not able to get Grusch into a skiff. In fact, they were blocking that, by not re-activating his security clearance. And so I'm hopeful with the new incoming administration, especially because as of right now, you know, Marco Rubio led to his confirmation for Secretary of State.
GLENN: Yeah.
ANNA: And they have been in the Senate, one of the big advocates and supporters of looking into UAP's -- a/k/a, UFOs. And then everything else associated with that.
Now, what I will say, is that I've been grossly disappointed and disgusted by how the Biden administration handled what happened with the Chinese spy balloon, which to be clear is different than a UAP.
The fact is, some of these drones are likely tied to not just hobbyists. But probably more nefarious actors.
Even if we had that information, shared in the public. I don't believe that the Biden administration would have done that.
Because of how I saw, how they handled the drones.
In the United States. And collecting intelligence. Nonetheless.
It was a Chinese intelligence operation.
You know, I had one of my colleagues Van Drew, who actually made an admission on television, that it was adversarial drones. And then you saw the Intel community come out. But Van Drew would not just make something like that up.
So you're seeing kind of this rift occur with the intelligence community, and then people that do want the American people to simply know the case.
I think this is probably the topic of longer discussion. In regards to what a UAP is. What's interesting, Glenn. And I know you look at these things through a lens, as do I.
As a Christian, first and foremost. But what's interesting, when I was questioning Grusch.
I actually asked him, well, what would you consider, in so many words -- is this like a physical ST?
And he kept calling things inter-dimensional beings, if we're specifically referencing UAPs, and so I think that that just aligns in perspective, to think about this from.
I think there's a lot. You would have talked about this even ten years ago.
Your political career would have been over. People would have said you're a conspiracy theorist.
I can tell you, this is probably the number one question I get. No matter where I am at in the country, people come up. They appreciate it, because everyone is curious. So I'll leave you with that.
GLENN: So let me just -- let me just follow that here, just a little bit.
The inter-dimensional beings, that could be spiritual. That could be a quantum being. Any idea what he meant by that?
ANNA: You know, I actually tried to pull on his string. And he didn't want to go there.
And I can also tell you, when I was talking to him, with a group of other legislators on the phone, prior to the hearing.
That he did make the omission. That he was actually in fear of his life. And that something happened, where he tried to kill him.
So I don't know if that was associated. But he did not want to go into that any further.
And so based on my investigation. Based on what we're told in the hearing, I would say that it does not seem like it would be a good thing.
He gave me the impression. That this was nefarious.
So take it for what it's worth.
It's inter-dimensional.
I think quantum could be, you know,
GLENN: Right.
ANNA: We're on the same page there.
GLENN: So it is so bizarre that this kind of stuff is happening.
And we're not being told. Donald Trump said that he would talk about the drones. On Tuesday.
He said, give me a day, to get settled on office.
And he said, I'll find iota the drones. And I'll tell the American people.
If that's China. Should we know, the American people?
ANNA: I think it would be well within his wheelhouse.
And I think he wants the American people to start to trust their elected officials.
It goes to so much deeper than just have someone in the White House on your side. Right?
Because we know that -- and from what I've gathered, because remember, there's been bipartisan and bicameral meetings in the Senate, the House. And Democrats and Republicans have all been working on this together, to get some answers and information.
And there is a certain level of stovepiping that we've seen with information. And then also too, the aspect of, I as a sitting member of Congress. Who sits on oversight and foreign affairs, was denied access by a general at the Air Force base, to whom I responded. Who gives you the right and authority to tell a duly elected member and group of Congressmen, that they don't have access to a program that we write the damn checks for?
You have no authority to deny us access.
And so that conversation, probably not comfortable for that general.
GLENN: How did that end?
ANNA: Well, he left.
He actually got up in the middle of our meeting and went on TDY. Which any military member will tell you, never happened. He left the meeting.
He left the state.
He got up and left.
GLENN: Wow! Did you ever get an answer?
No. Representative Gaetz and Representative Burchett were also there to witness this.
I never seen that happen. And remember, I was in the military.
He literally got up and left in the middle of the meeting. Said he had orders in Georgia, and he never came back.
GLENN: Are you -- are you concerned at all about some of the conversations. We just saw another video from James O'Keefe.
Where he's talking to somebody who was -- I think he claimed to be in the FBI.
Said, he and others were meeting with generals. To make sure that they had a control on Donald Trump.
Are you -- are you confident at all, this time around, Donald Trump will be able to route that.
VOICE: Oh, most certainly.
And I will say, that has a lot to do with the confirmation of the Secretary of Defense.
You know, top down.
Last time president Trump was in office. I think there was a lot of trust in people, to do the right thing.
And then he realized that the Deep State was real.
And there were people running, regardless of whether he was a Republican. Or whether they're Republicans or not.
That they were working against his agenda. Because they didn't like what he stood for.
What we're finding, there is going to be a setup to go through these generals. That, A, discharge military members based on vaccinations. And boards.
The fact is, if you're a general and you're pushing wokeness ideologies.
Or you're trying to undermine subjective o the commander in chief, you have no place in the Department of Defense, period.
And so those people conspired, and I look forward to that. Because I can just tell you from a congressional perspective, Glenn. I actually had an amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act to remove DEI for military training.
And I have friends still in the military. So someone at Ramstein Air Base actually sent me an email of an officer there, that was directly undermining what we did. Congress has removed DEI.
So we're renaming it. Please, proceed with the training.
Guess what, that person is also going to be fired. And that's really how you're going to be at the DOD --
GLENN: Good. Good.
If you could hold for 60 seconds, I need to take a network break and come back. I want to ask you about Cuba. What the Biden administration just did. And also about Tulsi Gabbard. And how you feel about her and her nomination.
Back in just a second with Anna Paulina Luna, Representative from Florida.
