A Florida Republican who voted against a stopgap bill that recently replenished the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) disaster relief fund has called for federal aid as Florida prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Milton.

“We have a Category 5 hurricane heading straight for Pinellas and @KamalaHarris is using this time to attack @GovRonDeSantis?” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Monday evening. “Stop it. We need free FEMA DOLLARS. ALL ASSETS. Stop attacking Ron and do your job! @VP.”

Luna, an ally of former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump, was among a hundred Republican lawmakers who voted against a stopgap bill that recently replenished FEMA’s disaster relief fund.

Congress passed the measure on Sept. 25 to maintain funding for government agencies into December to avoid a shutdown, while delaying final spending decisions until after the November election. All of the no votes for the measure came from Republicans.

The bill gave FEMA $20 billion — the same amount the agency received last year — and also gave it the flexibility to draw on money if needed. However, billions of euros that had been requested for additional disaster financing were not taken into account. The vote came a day before Hurricane Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm and then left a trail of destruction in several other southeastern states.

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversees FEMA, said the agency could meet immediate needs but did not have enough resources to get through hurricane season, which lasts through the end of November.

Some lawmakers from states hardest hit by Helene have called on Congress to come out of recess to vote on emergency funding, but Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that he has no intention of doing so. to bring Congress back into session before the November elections, pointing to the $20 billion approved for FEMA the day before Helene’s arrival.

Many pointed to Luna’s vote against the measure in response to her post on X.

The Republicans Against Trump account wrote: “Have you already apologized for voting against FEMA funding?”

X user Art Candee wrote: “They voted against FEMA funding the day before the hurricane. Sit completely.”

Another wrote: “You mean the FEMA assets you voted against?”

Some expressed support for Luna’s comments, with one person writing that Harris is “just trying to politicize this storm because her Helene response was so bad.”

Newsweek contacted Luna’s office for comment via email outside of normal business hours.

Luna’s post came after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, accused each other of playing politics as Florida prepares to bring Milton ashore while still reeling from the devastation that Helene caused.

NBC News reported Monday that DeSantis did not take calls from Harris regarding the state’s recovery from Helene.

At a news conference Monday, DeSantis denied that he refused to take Harris’ call. “I didn’t know she called,” he said. “I’m not sure who they called.”

Asked about the NBC report, Harris told reporters that “people desperately need support right now and playing political games in this moment, in these crisis situations… is just completely irresponsible and selfish, and it’s about politics.” Game-playing spirit instead of doing the job you swore to do, which is putting people first.

DeSantis hit back during an appearance on Fox News Monday night, calling Harris “delusional.”

“We have focused on using all available resources, including those from the federal government,” he said. “I am in contact with both FEMA and the President, organizing all of our state agencies and working to support our local communities. So Kamala Harris wants to say that focusing solely on the people of Florida is selfish is delusional. She doesn’t play a role in this.

DeSantis added: “I have had storms under both President Trump and President Biden. And I worked well with both of them. She’s the first to try to politicize the storm… I don’t have time for political games.”

Milton’s arrival comes at a time when the response to Helene has become a political flashpoint in the run-up to November’s election. Donald Trump and his Republican allies have criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the response and spread false claims that FEMA was failing to respond well enough because the agency had diverted disaster relief funds to help migrants.