Rep. Anna Paulina Luna came to Congress on her first day in office ready to do battle—not just with Democrats, but also with her own party, as she became one of the 20 Republicans to vote against electing Kevin McCarthy speaker.⁠ ⁠ But back home in her conservative Florida district, Luna is waging a very different kind of war: a legal fight with political enemies who say she is a literal witch.⁠ ⁠ A letter obtained by The Daily Beast reveals that the Florida Republican retained the high-powered law firm Holland & Knight to go after a would-be rival who leveled a series of outlandish allegations against Luna on the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show in the fall.⁠ ⁠ The letter demands that Matt Tito, a pal of Roger Stone who mulled challenging Luna in a primary, apologize on video for his accusations, which include claims that Luna was fired from a job—and that she had a sexual liaison with Rep. Matt Gaetz.⁠ ⁠ On Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Luna was reluctant to address the spat beyond dismissing the allegations.⁠ ⁠ “Obviously not, I’m not doing any comments,” she told The Daily Beast when asked about Tito’s comments about witchcraft and Gaetz. “That’s not true.” She later tweeted that the questions amounted to sexual harassment.⁠ ⁠ Read the full story with the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ —⁠ ⁠ Photo Illustration: @ erin_oflynn/The Daily Beast/Shutterstock and Getty Images⁠ #politics #witchcraft #republicans #annapaulinaluna #congress