Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) spoke to Brian Kilmeade about the bipartisan bill she co-sponsored that would allow mothers in congress to vote remotely for 12 weeks after giving birth. Luna called out Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for attaching her petition to allow new moms to vote by proxy to the Save Act, which resulted in congress shutting down for the rest of the week. Luna says they wanted to force them to kill her legislation or paint her and supporters as anti-election integrity for not being able to allow a vote on the Save Act. Luna pointed out that Speaker Johnson could have allowed her legislation go to the floor separate from the Save Act and not have to shut down congress. Luna believes it is disingenuous for the Speaker to behave the way he did and confuse the American people. Luna said, “Thank God for platforms like X that were able to community note the Speaker because they even said you didn’t have to send people home.” Luna pushed back on the slippery slope argument that her bill would lead to others in congress to vote by proxy for several other reasons. Luna says the problem with the if’s and hypotheticals is they are being made by the same people who voted by proxy during Covid. Luna points to republicans having the slimmest of majorities in US history and they can’t afford to lose votes on important legislation. Luna said that to put this in perspective, there have only been 13 women in U.S. history to ever give birth while serving and specifically right now, they have a pregnant legislator who is a Republican.
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