Congresswoman Lleana Ros-Lehtinen thought she was getting prank-called when her assistant said that President-elect Barack Obama was on the line for her.

According to a statement released by her office, the Republican congresswoman cut off the caller, telling him she thought “this is a joke from one of the South Florida radio stations known for these pranks,” referring to former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin falling victim to a pair of DJs masquerading as French President Nicolas Sarkozy. She then hung up.

Obama’s future White House chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel, a fellow congressman of Lleana’s, called her to let her know she’d actually been speaking with the future commander-in-chief. Ros-Lehtinen, still convinced the call was another hoax, hung up on him as well.

ABC News reports that “A short time later, staffer to the Congresswoman informed her that Chairman Howard Berman of the Foreign Affairs Committee needed to speak with her urgently.

When Chairman Berman called, Ros-Lehtinen urged him to recount a story only both of them would know, which he did, and told her that she had indeed hung up on the President-Elect.

ABC News went on to say that the Congresswoman then received another call from Obama and he told her ‘It is very funny that you have twice hung up on me,’ to which she responded that South Florida radio stations are notorious for these jokes. Obama told her that in Chicago they also have prank calls.

Ileana told Obama that “you are either very gracious to reach out in such a bipartisan manner or had run out of folks to call if you are truly calling me and Saturday Night Live could use a good Obama impersonator like you.”

After she congratulated him for his victory and pledged to work together on behalf of all Americans, Ros-Lehtinen asked Obama to please consult with Senator Bob Menendez and Congressman Albio Sires on Cuba policy and to rely on Secretary of State designate Clinton on Israel, two issues about which Ros-Lehtinen feels passionately.