Orlandoan, daughter of working class immigrants and @UCF grad elected to serve in the FL House. Working for you, fighting for us. she/her #OnwardWithAnna

Orlando, FL
This is the story of my family, and of my Mom -- who we lost to cancer when I was 13 years old. Her courage and resilience inspires me to be brave, and to fight for Florida families. Her story hasn't ended, but it’s up to us to write the next chapter. We start in November. #HD47
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
.@MaxwellFrostFL, @AnnaForFlorida Eskamani, @OCFLMayor Jerry Demings and @OrlandoMayor Buddy Dyer come out strong for Tiffany Moore Russell's Orange County Mayor bid Reporting by @Gabrielle Russon #FlaPol floridapolitics.com/archives…
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
What a bittersweet moment at @AnnaForFlorida 's Office Goodbye Party! While I'm sad to see her leave Tallahassee after years fighting for Floridians, I'm happy to know she'll continue that fight right here in Orlando as your next mayor! Anna has never taken the easy path and has always stood up for her community. I'm proud to call her my friend and excited to soon call her Madam Mayor. đź’™
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
Q: Why not become an independent? Fetterman: Because I’m a lifelong Republican. Garrett: You mean a Democrat. Fetterman: A Democrat.
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
They raped her for 7 hours STRAIGHT with KETAMINE on their dicks and POSTED FREE PUSSY IN A GROUPCHAT. And all the school did was made them write an essay!?!?? Investigate the school & alumni’s need to stop donating!
We are aware of the recently filed lawsuit regarding 2024 sexual violence allegations. Our statement: statements.cornell.edu/2026/…
Community note
While Cornell claims to take sexual violence "extremely seriously," a lawsuit alleges the accused were offered essays to mitigate discipline. Plaintiff's attorney says only two were expelled. No criminal charges; DA found insufficient evidence. cbsnews.com/newyork/news/c… nypost.com/2026/09/18/us-… statements.cornell.edu/2026/20260921-…
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
Arianne Betancourt, daughter of Justo Betancourt, who was detained at Alligator Alcatraz for six 1/2 months, just tried to talk with Maria Elvira Salazar at a community event. Arianne wanted to know why Salazar never helped her dad, despite her pleading with her office to do so.
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
My latest report on Hope Florida focuses on the Florida Chamber of Commerce president for his critical role in the “scheme” to divert millions in taxpayer dollars meant to help poor children. @CBSMiami cbsnews.com/miami/news/flori…
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
Democratic candidate @davidjollyfl has raised about $15.3 million overall - quite a sizable gap between the 2 candidates for Fla gov. @MitchPerry18 w Fla Phoenix reports Jolly today said "I need the national Democratic Party to spend a single dime in this race."
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
Some interesting big donors to Byron Donalds last week: - Big Sugar producer Florida Crystals ($205,000) - DeVos family ($1 million) - Disney (~$78,000 in free stuff) - NE Florida agricultural enclave developers: Davis family/DDI Inc., PARC Group & Hutson Cos. ($450,000)
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Response we finally got from the Florida Athletic Commission regarding our letter about Dual Arena breaking Florida law with an unapproved match they hosted at the Kia Center. This is a non-answer but I responded back and asked… 1/2
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… for a timeline of when “reviewing the facts” will be completed. As a reminder, Chapter 548 dictates all the rules surrounding combat sports and pretty clear of what you can and can’t do. In my original letter, I outlined several examples of where Florida law was broken.
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
A man masturbated during a flight while staring at the 25 year old sitting next to him. He should have been removed from the seat and arrested at the gate. This was sexual assault. Shame on the airline for putting the responsibility to report it on a traumatized young woman.
United employees forced a 25 year old woman to return to her seat next to a man who was masturbating because the flight was full. After landing, the airline told the woman it was her responsibility to contact police and gave her a $100 travel credit. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pas…
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
He got the phone call
I am proud to have President Trump’s endorsement.  While everyone is focused on our website, check out our policy proposals to make life more affordable for Floridians. Go to Byrondonalds.com/issues to see my policy page. Jolly, however, has ZERO substance and nothing more than MSNBC talking points on his.
Community note
Donalds’ campaign removed at least 8 Trump references from his homepage. miamiherald.com/news/politics-… He also didn’t mention Trump during his primary victory speech in Orlando, while praising other Republican leaders. miamiherald.com/news/politics-… Trump’s endorsement later reappeared on Donalds’ website only after reporting
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
I’ve never backed down from a fight. Not against powerful corporations. Not against corruption. And definitely not against politicians using public office to serve themselves. As your next Florida Attorney General, I’ll fight for you by taking on corruption and dirty politicians, holding powerful corporations accountable, and bringing down the costs hurting our families.
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Wonder why someone would do that 🤔
Byron Donalds' campaign updated his website this week stripping away numerous references to Trump's endorsement, removing his photo with the president and taking "enact the Trump agenda" off his issues page miamiherald.com/news/politic…
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
You know it’s election season when opportunist politicians like Salazar shift with the political winds. This person praised Alligator Alcatraz, called for a review of birthright citizenship, and has voted to give ICE billions of dollars. She’s no friend of immigrants.
A Message to President Trump on Immigration | MarĂ­a Elvira Salazar
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
NEW: DeSantis' office paid nearly $200K in tax dollars to lawyers for a former aide who testified before the Hope Florida grand jury — a witness jurors found "not credible." One billed $875/hr. A 1994 AG opinion says the state can't pay lawyers for state employees. floridatrident.org/hope-flor…
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Sending so much love to Amy and the Farrington Family. Such a good man.
Brendan Farrington, a friend and colleague who covered Florida politics and the quirks and people of this state, has died. Here’s a statement from his beloved wife Amy Farrington. R.I.P. sir you were one of a kind
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
New from me: Customs & Border Patrol detained and interrogated me at Miami International Airport. Then they scrutinized my reading list. miaminewtimes.com/opinion/op…
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Replying to @tomaskenn
"....After my release, I learned that State Representative Anna Eskamani called to check on my well-being; she was hung up on four times, and CBP also refused to tell her why I was detained..."
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Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, PhD 🔨 retweeted
Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products. We shouldn’t let discussions about new legal regimes distract from the fact that there’s no AI exemption from laws already on the books — a point @FTC emphasized repeatedly during my tenure. 1. There is an extensive set of laws that govern dangerous and defective products. For example, releasing unvetted AI models or agents can violate consumer protection laws. Shipping flawed AI tools without implementing adequate measures to detect and stop rogue or defective AI agents can be an “unfair or deceptive” act or practice under the FTC Act (and analogous state laws). And some state AGs are already exploring holding AI firms and their CEOs criminally liable when their models participate in criminal activity. 2. Existing laws also prohibit “unfair methods of competition.” This covers instances where AI firms appropriate the competitively sensitive information of their customers, including through tracking their use of various tools. It can also cover instances where firms pursue dangerous behavior, aware that doing so may compel rivals to do the same. As the Supreme Court has noted: “A method of competition which casts upon one's competitors the burden of the loss of business unless they will descend to a practice which they are under a powerful moral compulsion not to adopt, even though it is not criminal, was thought to involve the kind of unfairness at which the [unfair methods of competition] statute was aimed." 3. The highly concentrated and interconnected structure of these markets could be creating major risks and conflicts of interest. We had started investigating these partnerships and cross-investments across the stack (and released a preliminarily overview of some findings: ftc.gov/news-events/news/pre…). Both federal and state enforcers should be scrutinizing these opaque relationships and inter-dependencies. We are already seeing how these relationships could undermine accountability. For example, OpenAI could face liability given the Hugging Face incident, but Hugging Face being bought up by Nvidia means that we’re unlikely to see it file a lawsuit over this — given Nvidia’s strong incentive to see OpenAI continue full speed ahead. 4. As AI tools dramatically change the landscape of cybersecurity risks and hacks, all businesses should be doubling down on having core security protections in place. Firms that fail to invest in adequate data security measures or fix known vulnerabilities can also be breaking the law. A recent analysis showed that around 1/3 of Fortune 100 companies do not even have a way to notify them about security issues. During my @FTC tenure, we sued firms for poor data security practices and held CEOs liable when they were personally responsible. this.weekinsecurity.com/doze… ftc.gov/news-events/news/pre… 5. As policymakers consider new legal regimes, we should be looking to lessons from prior efforts to govern major sectors, such as banking and other networks, platforms, and utilities. Tools like structural separations, nondiscrimination, and supervision could be key, and there’s a rich history of what works and what doesn’t. But we can and must pursue any new efforts alongside enforcing existing laws.
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