MAGA darling Anna Paulina Luna has a message for anyone opposed to Pete Hegseth

MAGA loyalist Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has a message for those who oppose Donald Trump’s controversial defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

The Republican Florida lawmaker was spotted in the packed audience as Hegseth’s Senate confirmation hearing got underway on Tuesday.

She was there to submit letters of support from women veterans as Hegseth braced for brutal questioning from Democrats including over his past public remarks  in which he claimed women should not serve in combat.

Democrats have blasted a series of Hegseth’s past comments and writings as an author and Fox News personality as well has his qualifications for the job.

But Luna argued Hegseth, 44, would be a ‘great’ defense secretary and pushed back on those who would vote against his confirmation.

‘The one thing that I would like to see in our next secretary of defense, which he checks that box, is he has combat experience,’ she said.

‘We need people that have served in the frontlines and understand the gravity of their decisions in that it will impact people. This is a life death decision,’ Luna said.

Luna predicted that Hegseth will have the necessary votes for his confirmation despite him undergoing grueling questioning by Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

MAGA loyalist Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has a message for those who oppose Donald Trump ‘s controversial defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.

Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) standing on the left next to anti-Hegseth protesters at the start of Pete Hegseth’s senate confirmation hearing as she showed up to support President-elect Trump’s defense secretary nominee

Since becoming the nominee for defense secretary, Hegseth has walked back multiple public instances where he has said he does not believe women should serve in combat.

During the hearing Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) among others slammed Hegseth for his remarks on women in combat.

Shaheen asked Hegseth if he thought the women who served on the committee and in the military made it ‘less effective and less capable.’

He claimed his past comments were not about women’s capabilities but about military ‘standards.’ But Shaheen countered his public statements have not been to that effect.

‘Everything you’ve said in these public statements is politics. “I don’t want women. I don’t want moms.”  What’s wrong with a mom by the way? Once you are babies therefore you’re no longer able to be lethal?’ Gillibrand asked.

 ‘I mean, you’re basically saying women after they have children can’t ever serve in the military in a combat role. It’s a silly thing to say,’ she said.

President-elect Trump’s defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth was forced to defend past comments against women serving in combat as well as misconduct allegations during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee

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 Luna, who served in the U.S. Air Force, also defended Hegseth’s comments on women in combat.

‘Mr. Hegseth supports women in the military, but there are certain roles that I would actually deem are very dangerous for women in the military,’ Luna declared.

She said women in ‘different combat roles, but I think that needs to be addressed very, very carefully.’

Luna said she would also hope senators wouldn’t want to ‘send our daughter to the draft.’

MAGA loyalist Rep. Luna posing with guns for an image posted on social media. She defended Hegseth’s past comments on women serving in combat and said women in combat needs to be addressed ‘very, very carefully’

Hegseth was also accused of sexual assault in 2017. His accuser told police it happened at a hotel and he would not let her leave, but criminal charges were never filed.

He previously entered a settlement agreement with his accuser but has denied the allegation.

Other Democratic senators have also taken issue with accusations by his former colleagues of Hegseth drinking on the job.

During the hearing, he would not commit to resigning should be be found drinking on the job as defense secretary.

Luna dismissed concerns over Hegseth’s nomination as an ‘anonymous smear campaign.’