'She's Gonna Disappear': GOP Congressional Contender Spoke About Having Opponent Killed

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/shes-gonna-disappear-gop-congressional-contender-spoke-about-having-opponent-killed

In a secretly recorded phone call last week, one Florida Republican congressional contender spoke openly about having another assassinated.

“My polling people are going to charge me $20,000 to do a poll right before the primary, and if the poll says Luna’s gonna win, she’s gonna be gone, she’s gonna disappear,” GOP congressional contender William Braddock told conservative activist Erin Olszewski in a phone call June 9. He was referring to a primary opponent in the race, Anna Paulina Luna, who’s since taken out a restraining order against him.

“And you cannot tell anybody that, but for the good of our country, we have to sacrifice the few,” Braddock added.

Olszewski handed the recording over to police. Politico published a video of her taking the call from Braddock on Thursday morning. Luna won Florida’s 13th Congressional District’s primary last year but ultimately lost the race to Rep. Charlie Crist (D), who has since announced a run for governor. Politico referred to Braddock as a “lower-tier candidate” in the GOP primary.

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[dalton99a]

1. "Russian mafia. No snipers. Up close and personal. So they know the target is gone."

William Braddock


Anna Paulina Luna

[Submariner]

2. This is just the warmup until the shooting starts here like in Mexico with 88 office seekers dead

in the country's recent election. It seems it's only a matter of time before the MAGAnazi crowd snaps and goes postal here.

At least 88 politicians have been killed in Mexico since September

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/30/americas/mexico-political-killings-intl/index.html

[gohuskies]

3. Lock him up!

Another rethuglicon criminal who proves there is no limit to the depravity that has infected the vast right wing conspiracists. This is a party bent on destroying American democratic institutions and violating the Constitution to obtain and retain absolute power.

[lapfog_1]

4. if they prove (have an affidavit from Olszewski)

why isn't this particular GQP asshole behind bars?

Pretty sure that he is breaking some sort of law there.

[Thomas Hurt]

5. Problem is the christofascists think this is SOP.

[Sur Zobra]

6. He was just joking

Can’t anyone take a joke anymore

[Sneederbunk]

7. Floriduh.

[inthewind21]

8. Interesting

So now they are plotting killing each other. Gonna need a LOT of popcorn.

[gratuitous]

9. Republicans have been heading in this direction for years

It should be as surprising as the rain gauge filling up during a storm. Republicans will not be satisfied with killing their intra-party opponents, though. It's going to become SOP for general elections as well so long as folks like Braddock are let off the hook.

[struggle4progress]

10. The evolution of Anna Paulina Luna

By Josh Solomon
Published Oct. 11, 2020

... She pokes at liberals on Twitter, elevating conservative causes and championing .. Trump ... But much about Luna, 31, is new ...

The journey from Anna Paulina Mayerhofer to Anna Paulina Luna, from “avid supporter" of President Barack Obama .. to conservative firebrand, has been rapid.

In a 2017 interview .. Luna .. went by her married name, Gamberzky ...

“I’m able to take on different personalities depending on what image I am going for. I think getting into character of what you are selling is super important” ...

She .. was once a model for Liberty Belles ... The website’s mission is to “fight back against the tyranny of trannys" ..and “decimate the progressive cucks looking to change these United States into another failed socialist state” ...

https://www.tampabay.com/news/pinellas/2020/10/11/the-evolution-of-anna-paulina-luna-republican-candidate-for-congress/

[struggle4progress]

11. Matt Gaetz endorses Anna Paulina Luna (2019)

https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/11/05/matt-gaetz-endorses-anna-paulina-luna-a-republican-running-for-congress-in-st-pete/#

[Nevilledog]

12. He probably wants to do her younger sister.

[struggle4progress]

16. :)

[demtenjeep]

13. jesus

this is insane

[budkin]

14. The GQP wants this as official policy

Win at all costs.

[struggle4progress]

15. Is this Erin Olszewski the anti-mask anti-vax activist?