Luna Chastises 'Tone-Deaf' Weapons Package to Ukraine from Biden Administration

The Biden Administration sent a $1.25 billion weapons package to Ukraine as one of its last actions before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) chastised the move as "tone-deaf" in a recent appearance on Fox News's Ingraham Angle, adding that "it goes to show that they are not in touch" and "they are not working on behalf of the American people."

Rep. Luna emphasized that her Congressional District, which covers most of Pinellas County, suffered 13 deaths from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, "and when the American people and Pinellas County residents found out that our own FEMA dollars were not just going to illegal immigrants, but then they are finding out that this administration wanted to, even just recently passed NCR funding to go to Egypt, to Ukraine, and to every other country but America," evidently referencing $1.3 billion to Egypt approved by the Biden Administration in September, but possibly meant the $1 billion in disaster relief to 31 African countries earlier in December.

"I just think that it goes to show that they are not in touch. They are not working on behalf of the American people, and frankly, Jason [Chaffetz], it is insulting as an American that we pay so much in taxes, and this is what they are choosing to do with them," Rep. Luna added.

Host Jason Chaffetz cited recent comments from Bulwark editor Sam Stein on MSNBC, who suggested Trump's plans to end the Russia-Ukraine war could leave Russia in a better position than the Biden Administration was hoping for.

The Florida Congresswoman countered with the fact that the Biden family had deep ties to Ukraine via Hunter Biden, as "we actually saw direct evidence that the Biden family was actually profiteering from Ukraine money going into their bank accounts, and then you see what they are doing in their last-ditch effort on the way out."

Moreover, Luna pointed out that "we have been hearing for months from our friends in the Senate that the Biden Administration was trying to run the traps to prevent President Trump from having an aggressive foreign policy that would pursue peace, especially in that region," which Politico reported as the Biden Administration sending as much money and weapons to the besieged country as possible before Trump's inauguration.

Nevertheless, Luna remained optimistic as "one of the things that the American people have to remember is, even though there are going to be obstructionist bureaucrats in Washington, that President Trump, in this incoming administration, is absolutely going to put the correct people in the head of these departments to flush out all of the people that would be obstructionist. And frankly, if they do not want to play ball, they are fired."