Free Republic

In open letters addressed to House Speaker José Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, and House Democratic Caucus members, Rep. Anika Omphroy, D-Lauderdale Lakes, accused fellow Democrat Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orlando of bullying her in the presence of several others at the event Saturday and said she still feared retaliation from the progressive lawmaker and his social media followers. “There still looms the serious possibility of retaliation and attacks on my person, creditability, and/or my ability to effectively legislate,” she said. Smith disputed her account, saying “the details in her letter are simply false and did not occur.”