Anna Paulina Luna blasts “clowns in the Senate” after backing Trump’s housing bill cancellation as voter ID battle intensifies
Florida – Rep. Anna Paulina Luna dramatically escalated her campaign to pressure the Senate over voter identification legislation on Wednesday, throwing her full support behind President Donald Trump after he unexpectedly canceled a planned signing ceremony for a bipartisan housing affordability bill.
Within minutes of Trump’s announcement, the Florida Republican praised the decision and launched a fresh attack on Senate lawmakers, making clear she has no intention of easing her demands until the SAVE America Act advances.
The latest exchange highlights a widening divide inside the Republican Party over legislative priorities, with Luna insisting that voter ID legislation should take precedence over other measures moving through Congress. Her comments also came as tensions remained high following a Senate vote on limiting the administration’s military authority regarding Iran, a move that drew criticism from both Trump and several House Republicans.
Trump revealed his decision Wednesday morning in a post on Truth Social, announcing that the planned event would no longer take place. “Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT,” he wrote.
Less than 30 minutes later, Luna publicly backed the president. “Well done @POTUS. I am with you,” she posted on X.
Well done @POTUS. I am with you. pic.twitter.com/eYIKnizUri
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 24, 2026
Only minutes afterward, she expanded on her position with a much stronger statement that connected the canceled housing bill ceremony with the Senate’s actions on Iran and her ongoing push for voter identification requirements.
“The clowns in the Senate who are not a part of negotiations just tried to blow up Iran peace negotiations. NOT ONE piece of their legislation will go through the House. Do your damn job and get Voter ID done. We have a coalition that will not move until you do,” Luna wrote.
The clowns in the Senate who are not a part of negotiations just tried to blow up Iran peace negotiations. NOT ONE piece of their legislation will go through the House. Do your damn job and get Voter ID done. We have a coalition that will not move until you do.
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 24, 2026
Months of pressure over the SAVE America Act
Wednesday’s comments did not come out of nowhere. Luna has spent months arguing that the SAVE America Act should become a top priority before Congress moves ahead with other major legislation.
Earlier this year, she warned that renewing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) should depend entirely on whether the voter ID bill was included. “I think FISA dies unless SAVE America is attached. Period,” she said.
She later reinforced that position during another interview, describing the issue as a firm red line.
Calling voter identification a matter of national security, Luna argued that any FISA extension without the SAVE America Act would be “dead on arrival in the House.”
Her criticism has also been aimed directly at Senate Republican leadership. During an interview with journalist Catherine Herridge, Luna argued that voter ID is “the number one most important issue in the country right now” and questioned whether Senate leaders deserved to remain in office if they failed to deliver on it.
She specifically criticized Senate Majority Leader John Thune, saying, “John Slowly Thune is a problem. He has every ability to embrace the standing filibuster or remove the filibuster.”
Months before that, Luna had already predicted that attaching voter ID language to must-pass legislation would likely be the only realistic path through the Senate.
“I do believe that the only way voter ID is going to pass is if it is attached to a must-pass piece of legislation. I think that that’s going to be FISA,” she said, while also arguing that the Senate had “sat on this for over 300 days.”
House pressure campaign grows
Luna has recently increased the pressure inside the House as well.
According to reports released Tuesday, she joined Texas Rep. Chip Roy and other conservatives in threatening to oppose procedural rule votes until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act.
In one social media post, Luna accused House leadership of attempting to advance Senate legislation without including voter ID protections.
She wrote that “the House GOP is attempting to move a Senate Bill with NO VOTER ID and NO SAVE AMERICA ACT,” adding that she would “have to be a NO on rules for this week (and maybe even longer) if they don’t stop the games.”
The House GOP is attempting to move a Senate Bill with NO VOTER ID and NO SAVE AMERICA ACT. I will have to be a NO on rules for this week (and maybe even longer) if they don’t stop the games. I am not the only one. Other House Members are frustrated at the games being played.…
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 23, 2026
She also noted that she was “not the only one” frustrated with the current strategy and suggested multiple House Republicans shared her position.
Earlier in the week, Luna had urged Trump to reject the housing bill altogether unless lawmakers attached the SAVE America Act. She also revealed that she and 24 other House Republicans had signed a letter promising to oppose Senate legislation until the voter ID proposal moves forward.
In another X post, she declared, “The President should VETO the Senate ‘Housing’ Bill until they attach SAVE America if House GOP leadership tries to pull a fast one and remove all our House Rules in order to get it passed.”
The President should VETO the Senate “Housing” Bill until they attach SAVE America if House GOP leadership tries to pull a fast one and remove all our House Rules in order to get it passed.
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) June 23, 2026
Iran vote adds another layer to the dispute
Luna’s latest remarks also reflected her continued support for the administration’s approach toward Iran.
Her criticism followed a Senate vote in which Republican Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy joined Democrats in approving legislation intended to limit U.S. military action against Iran. Trump sharply criticized the four Republicans afterward, saying they “have just made my job more difficult.”
Luna has consistently defended the administration’s handling of the conflict. Following the U.S.-Israel operation that killed Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and much of the country’s senior leadership, she rejected suggestions that American ground forces would be deployed.
“This admin is NOT putting boots on the ground. Period. Iran not only attempted to assassinate POTUS and he was STILL willing to negotiate,” she said, adding that “it is not the intent, or the position, or the directive of this administration to put boots on the ground in Iran as a result of these strikes.”
This admin is NOT putting boots on the ground. Period.
Iran not only attempted to assassinate POTUS and he was STILL willing to negotiate. pic.twitter.com/rG2Pff982K— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) March 2, 2026
She has also defended the administration’s legal authority to act without a congressional declaration of war. “Congress will not vote on the issue of going to war with Iran because that is not something that we support and that the administration supports,” Luna said, arguing that the president has constitutional authority to respond when U.S. forces face an imminent threat.
Meanwhile, Trump is expected to continue lobbying Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act during a closed-door meeting. The proposal would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and photo identification at the polls.
However, Thune has acknowledged the political reality facing Senate Republicans, saying, “Those are just hard realities. And I think people at some point have to come to grips with that.”
Despite those obstacles, Luna’s latest statements indicate she intends to keep using House leverage to pressure the Senate, signaling that legislation arriving from the upper chamber could continue facing resistance unless voter identification requirements become part of the congressional agenda.
