Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: Thune Is A Problem, It’s Him That’s Blocking Voter ID
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) calls out Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) for not getting the Save America Act passed in the Senate. On “Straight to the Point,” Luna told journalist Catherine Herridge that if Thune can’t get the legislation passed, he does “not deserve to come back to Congress.” “I think the number one most important issue in the country right now is voter ID,” Luna told Herridge. “And if we can’t deliver on that, then people like John Thune do not deserve to come back to Congress. Vote him out. He’s not up for reelection, but when it’s time.”
CATHERINE HERRIDGE, STRAIGHT TO THE POINT, LA TIMES: Let’s take that a step further. I mean, Republicans control the House and the Senate. Why can’t they get the Save America Act, which requires evidence that you’re an American, and ID to vote? REP. ANNA PAULINA LUNA (R-FL): John Thune is a problem. I do not like what he’s done because he has every ability, and really it’s him that’s blocking voter ID. He has every ability to embrace the standing filibuster or remove the filibuster. Democrats are going to do it anyways. And by the way, the current form of the filibuster is a perversion of what it initially was. But there’s this position in the Senate that people need to protect the institution. I get protecting the institution, but let’s also talk about what the institution’s become. HERRIDGE: Is John Thune weak? HERRIDGE: I think John Thune is doing the wrong thing. I don’t know if I would necessarily say weak because he’s clearly stubborn. He’s not doing voter ID. But he can’t honestly blame the Democrats for this because he’s the one in control. And so what I would say and what I’ve continued to say is it’s John Thune blocking voter ID. We have FISA up for a vote this week. I’m trying to do everything I can to get voter ID on to FISA. But I’m having to work against my own party to do that. And I’m just one person and it takes multiple votes to do that. Yes, FISA needs reform, but I think the number one most important issue in the country right now is voter ID. And if we can’t deliver on that, then people like John Thune do not deserve to come back to Congress. Vote him out. He’s not up for reelection, but when it’s time.
