Republican politician Robert Braddock III was sentenced to 3 years in jail after threatening to assassinate Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) with a Russian-Ukrainian hit squad.
Braddock was sentenced to three years in jail on Wednesday.
Braddock III was caught on an audio name speaking about killing the “c*nt” to rid her from he race.
Matt Gaetz at OANN broke the story this week.
Matt Gaetz: Anna Paulina Luna, America’s Congresswoman from my beloved Florida. This navy partner, Air Drive veteran, Maxim mannequin, Turning Level influencer, badass Congresswoman is a pressure in the US Home of Representatives. She led the decision to censure Adam Schiff. She’s a tireless advocate for fellow veterans in her Tampa Bay space district. She’s a superb communicator and a thought chief within the strident Home Freedom Caucus.
Did you additionally know there was a plot to assassinate her throughout her second and profitable run for Congress? In 2021, through the Republican main for Florida’s thirteenth Congressional district, candidate William Robert Braddock III, which, by the best way, is only a pleasant title, he threatened to have his opponent, Congresswoman Luna, assassinated. In a recorded name with a GOP activist, Braddock claimed that he would make use of a Russian-Ukrainian hit squad to get rid of Luna if she continued to carry out properly within the polls as a result of voters truly like her. If that sounds loopy to you, it sounded loopy to lots of people. They stated she was nuts. They stated, I used to be nuts to endorse her. However then hearken to the tape.
Audio of Braddock III from a taped cellphone name:
Braddock: “If the ballot says Luna goes to win, she’s going to be gone. She’s going to vanish. She’s a silly C**t, excuse my language, social media influencer. There’s no motive she needs to be in workplace. Let’s simply say that Luna goes to win. She received’t. And if we now have polling that proves she received’t, she’s going to be gone. Interval. That’s the top of debate. Luna just isn’t a problem.
Lady on cellphone: How will we make her go?
Braddock: I name up my Russian and Ukrainian hit squad, and inside 24 hours, they’re sending me photos of her disappearing. Shut battle, fight, tech-nines, maktans, silencers, factor. No snipers. Up shut and private in order that they know the individual. They know that the goal is gone. Don’t be on the mistaken facet of supporting Luna as a result of in the event you’re close to her when time comes, I simply don’t need that to occur to you. You’ve acquired youngsters. I’m not simply blowing smoke right here. I’m being dead-ass critical. It scares the shit me, too.”
I don’t even know what to say. It’s in contrast to any dialogue I’ve actually ever heard within the context of politics. If you see that kind If an individual put themselves up for a public workplace, it makes you marvel what vetting we’re doing on them. The incident prompted Luna to hunt a restraining order towards Braddock, and Braddock subsequently left the nation, resided in Thailand, after which later moved to the Philippines. In 2023, he surrendered to authorities in Manila and was extradited to the US. Simply this week, Braddock was sentenced to 3 years in federal jail after pleading responsible to transmitting an interstate risk of damage. I simply need to take a be aware. Three years? They gave George Santos seven years for OnlyFans. This man was on the market threatening to kill his opponent and describing intimately how she was going to be murdered, and he acquired solely three years? I believe he ought to rot in jail.
By way of Catturd2:
That is completely nuts.
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) May 24, 2025
The Gateway Pundit first reported on this scary story in 2024.
