Rep. Anna Paulina Luna steals the show on Bill Maher’s Real Time as she drops a White House insider’s take on the Iran war

• Operations are winding down in Iran

• Trump has been clear in private conversations that he doesn’t want boots on the ground.

• The Iranians had what Luna described as a “Nazir plan” before the most recent strike, meaning any attack could have triggered immediate retaliation.

• That retaliation, she and others believe, could have led to mass casualties for U.S. troops in the region.

• She would oppose boots on the ground, even if Trump supported it. But as she said earlier, that scenario was never seriously on the table to begin with.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna steals the show on Bill Maher’s Real Time as she drops a White House insider’s take on the Iran war.

Here’s what she revealed that Maher had no clue about:

• Operations are winding down in Iran

• Trump has been clear in private conversations that he… pic.twitter.com/BU7BpXBvvW

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MAHER: “Well, you seem to know some stuff we don’t.”

LUNA: “Well, that’s why I’m here.”

MAHER: “Did you know this #, Paul?”

PAUL BEGALA: “No, I’m glad you’re here.”

If that Anna Paulina Luna moment stood out to you, there’s a lot more where that came from.

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