Despite her own ancestry, U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said she would “never set foot” in Mexico and urged other Americans to do the same.
The Florida Republican said parents sending their children to Mexico for Spring Break is “the worst thing” they can do, as she spoke with Real America’s Voice host Eric Bolling this week.
Noting the violent drug cartels and other issues, the congresswoman agreed with President Donald Trump’s recent assertion that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is afraid of the cartels in her country.
(Video Credit: Real America’s Voice)
“The last couple of years have been some of the bloodiest ever reported. You’ll see actually, in a lot of these tourist destinations, you know, young people. Specifically, if you have kids, don’t pay for your college kids to go down to Mexico to party for Spring Break, okay? That’s probably the worst thing that you can do,” Luna said on “Bolling!”
“A little bit outside of some of these towns, you’re actually even seeing murders in some of these resort destinations. But Mexico, for the most part, is exactly what you would expect in a second-world country,” she continued.
“They are definitely still tied and in bed with the cartels, and it’s interesting because you have on the complete polar opposite, you know, President Bukele, who we will be meeting with actually in a couple of days,” she added, speaking of the president of El Salvador.
“You have Bukele, who’s anti-China, pro-America, has taken El Salvador from one of the deadliest murder capitals of the world to one of the safest in the Western hemisphere, and I would argue that is the model of what Mexico should be. So it’s really sad because even dating back into the 60s, I remember hearing my dad tell stories about how my grandfather would bring them for their entire summers to see their family, and it was way different than it is now,” Luna said.
“So I would never set foot in Mexico unless I was on official business, and I would encourage Americans, until they get their cartel situation under their control, don’t send your kids,” she reiterated.
Speaking with reporters on Air Force One, Trump spoke about the Mexican president’s rejection of his offer to send US troops to help eradicate the cartels.
“If Mexico wanted help with the cartels, we would be honored to go in and do it,” says @POTUS.
“They are horrible people that have been killing people left and right. They’ve made a fortune on selling drugs and destroying our people.” pic.twitter.com/xQKzMktrHi
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 5, 2025
“She’s so afraid of the cartels she can’t walk … And I think she’s a lovely woman. The president of Mexico is a lovely woman, but she is so afraid of the cartels that she can’t even think straight,” Trump said.
“No, President Trump, our territory is inalienable, sovereignty is inalienable,” Sheinbaum reportedly said about a U.S. military presence. “We can collaborate. We can work together, but with you in your territory and us in ours. We can share information, but we will never accept the presence of the United States Army on our territory.”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida. Powers also contributes to BizPac Review.
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