Rep. Anna Paulina Luna

I'm like, I'm not like Speedy Gonzalez with a sombrero running around.

Just like so crazy.

It was crazy, but I actually gave all this information to Time Magazine.

When people would ask me, I actually mentioned that to a reporter, actually, because of the fact that he's half white and half black.

And I said, I'm sorry, last time I checked, am I not allowed to be white, too?

Because there's this aspect of I wasn't Hispanic enough because I'm white, but then also this aspect of I'm not white enough because I'm Hispanic.

So, like, which one are you?

I said, well, if my mom's half and my dad's half, what does that make me?

And she goes, a quarter.

I said, no, that's half.

And also, too, if I were on the other side, I'd probably be like a rock star.

So long story short.

So this this article comes out.

Time magazine investigates after doing like 20 something hours on background.

I gave them all the evidence and they actually ended up writing an article on me called The Influencer That Came to Congress and then named me as Time magazine's next 100 most influential in the world.

I'm just glad that it vindicated me because it was not a fun spot to be in.

It was done, though, because of the fact that people like me specifically don't meet a certain stereotype.

And so it was an effort to discredit that effort.

Oh, I get it.

I get why they did it.