WATCH: Incoming GOP congresswoman says she was threatened for not backing Kevin McCarthy

WATCH: Incoming GOP congresswoman VoteAPL says she was threatened for not backing GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy

"I got a very inappropriate phone call," Luna told Steve Bannon in an interview."Another member had called me basically to whip votes for the speaker's race and ultimately ended up threatening me."Luna, who is set to represent Florida's 13th District, said it was a female member who issued the threat.

"I'm not going to be bullied," the incoming congresswoman said."If you are going to negotiate in good faith, negotiate in good faith, but don't resort to threatening people.""I'm doing this not because I want to go hang out in D.C.," the Floridian said."I'm doing this because it needs to be done right now."

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