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Rep. Luna has filed charges after this horrific assault outside of the Capital yesterday. ⚠️ Video of the attack 🙄 (Original Post) underpants Jun 4 OP
The drama! Loryn Jun 4 #1
Luna is loonie and all those years of accusing the left of being snowflakes was just MAGAts projecting. OGBuzz Jun 4 #6
God, what a snowflake RussBLib Jun 4 #2
I hope she is OK. That was horrific. AloeVera Jun 4 #3
Whew! underpants Jun 4 #7
Yeah, a "pinko" communist! AloeVera Jun 4 #10
The ease with which they lie. Chasstev365 Jun 4 #4
Oh, please. A slight "tap" on the arm? If the DC AG brings charges on that.... hlthe2b Jun 4 #5
Um.... underpants Jun 4 #8
Haha MustLoveBeagles Jun 4 #16
Track record of the lunatics from the DOJ and acting AG and on down................................... Lovie777 Jun 4 #9
Does anyone have a better angle? Baitball Blogger Jun 4 #11
She just touched her elbow in a "I'm talking to you" kind of way underpants Jun 4 #15
Someone should give Luna a Hollywood contract so that she would go allegorical oracle Jun 4 #12
That wouldn't qualify as an "assault"... appmanga Jun 4 #13
Good points. 👍 underpants Jun 4 #14
So, MustLoveBeagles Jun 4 #17
Luna malaise Jun 4 #23
Luna-tic. NT Raine1967 Jun 4 #18
It's amazing she came out of this alive!! Ars Longa Jun 4 #19
It was literally "touch and go" there for a while underpants Jun 4 #22
Charges? Boo1 Jun 4 #20
She narrowly escaped an @ssassination attempt! Happens to me every day LeftinOH Jun 4 #21
OMG - it will take forever for her to recover from that. She should resign her seat in Congress. Vinca Jun 4 #24

OGBuzz

(870 posts)
6. Luna is loonie and all those years of accusing the left of being snowflakes was just MAGAts projecting.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:37 AM
Jun 4

AloeVera

(4,676 posts)
10. Yeah, a "pinko" communist!
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:15 AM
Jun 4

The perpetrator is Medea Benjamin from "Code PINK"!

I rest my case.

Chasstev365

(8,366 posts)
4. The ease with which they lie.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:36 AM
Jun 4

Goebells, Cohen, and Trump taught them well;

It's not the factual reality of what the video CLEARLY shows; just keep repeating the lie.

hlthe2b

(115,220 posts)
5. Oh, please. A slight "tap" on the arm? If the DC AG brings charges on that....
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:36 AM
Jun 4

Is that still the drunken former Fox moronic Pirro? Well, no matter, that is ridiculous and about like the Subway sandwich "assault." I'd expect the same outcome.

Lovie777

(24,564 posts)
9. Track record of the lunatics from the DOJ and acting AG and on down...................................
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:44 AM
Jun 4

yes, they may charge the person for assault.

Baitball Blogger

(52,913 posts)
11. Does anyone have a better angle?
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:35 AM
Jun 4

This angle doesn't show much of anything. Luna could have grazed the back of the woman's hand, which was more in a normal swing motion from walking, than gearing up for a smack.

underpants

(197,870 posts)
15. She just touched her elbow in a "I'm talking to you" kind of way
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 11:43 AM
Jun 4

Certainly not aggressive like “HEY! I’M TALKING TO YOU!!!”

Post 13 below has some good insight on this. It could technically be battery but not assault.

appmanga

(1,580 posts)
13. That wouldn't qualify as an "assault"...
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 11:32 AM
Jun 4

...and an assault doesn't require physical contact; that would be "battery". This person not only didn't threaten anyone, or even raise her voice, but the contact she made could be determined to be accidental, or just the common and innocuous way of getting someone's attention. Paulina Lunatic is doing what's become common among right-wing simps: they use the law to try to intimidate. I would think another "no true bill" is in store for the D.C. U.S. prosecutor's office should they entertain this nonsense.

LeftinOH

(5,691 posts)
21. She narrowly escaped an @ssassination attempt! Happens to me every day
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:18 PM
Jun 4

on the bus; it's inevitable that people lightly brush against me ..which is the same thing as being brutally assaulted. Apparently.

Vinca

(54,557 posts)
24. OMG - it will take forever for her to recover from that. She should resign her seat in Congress.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 02:43 PM
Jun 4
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