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Luna says Gonzales, Cherfilus-McCormick ‘need to go’

by Ashleigh Fields - 04/06/26 7:41 PM ET

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by Ashleigh Fields - 04/06/26 7:41 PM ET

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Monday said Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) “need to go” after both lawmakers were accused of unethical behavior while in office.

“NO means NO. I’d vote to expel both him and Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick. Both need to go,” Luna wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X.

Her post highlighted a report from the San Antonio Express-News that said Gonzales asked a staffer for nude photos 12 times within three days during his 2020 congressional campaign.

In early March, Luna filed two resolutions to censure Gonzales or strip him of his committee assignments following allegations that he had an affair with a separate congressional staffer, who died by suicide.

Text messages said to be extracted from the staffer’s phone, provided by her widower to The Hill, appear to show Gonzales soliciting sexual material from her even after she said he was going too far. The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into the allegations and declined to comment on the report from the San Antonio Express-News to several outlets.

Luna has been outspoken about issues pertaining to sexual assault survivors in recent months amid the ongoing probe into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Luna has also railed against Cherfilus-McCormick for accepting $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds that were improperly paid to her family’s company.

In late March, the House Ethics Committee announced that its adjudicatory subcommittee found the panel had proven 25 of 27 counts of ethics violation.

Cherfilus-McCormick denied wrongdoing but also refused to cooperate throughout the House Ethics investigation by missing deadlines and canceling scheduled interviews at the last minute, as advised by her lawyers given potentially looming federal charges.

The Florida Democrat not only faced backlash from Luna but also from members of her own party.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.), in a post on X last month, said, “Since she was found guilty, she should resign or be removed.”

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) also said she should step aside in comments to Punchbowl News.

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