Whitney Fox slams Anna Paulina Luna for voting against government funding as Helene loomed off shore
Democratic candidate Whitney Fox slammed U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna for voting against funding the government as a storm threatened Florida. But the St. Petersburg Republican’s campaign said now is the time for rebuilding, not attacks.
Fox, the Democratic nominee in Florida’s 13th Congressional District, slammed Luna’s vote last Wednesday against a budget that will keep the federal government operating through the November election.
Luna was among 82 Republicans in the GOP-controlled House who voted against the deal with the Democratic Senate; 11 of the dissenting votes came from Florida lawmakers.
“Let that sink in,” Fox said in a video statement. “As the worst storm in our lifetime was ho...