Florida Democrat Senate Candidate Angie Nixon Clashes with Party Chair Over Socialist Ties
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Florida Democrat Senate candidate Angie Nixon reportedly clashed with state party chair Nikki Fried during a tense phone call Friday over Nixon’s socialist ties and the party’s support for her campaign.
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Washington ExaminerFlorida Senate candidate Angie Nixon is distancing herself from the Democratic Socialists of America platform ahead of her general election matchup against Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL).
New York PostFlorida Democratic US Senate nominee Angie Nixon claimed that Republicans were "literally trying to kill us" during a podcast appearance. QNA: Questions Need Answers/YouTube
The Daily WireAngie Nixon, the socialist who just stunned Florida Democrats in a Senate primary, spent months attacking slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk — calling his supporters tools of “white supremacy” and comparing a bill honoring the Turning Point USA founder to something “brought straight by the KKK.”
New York TimesHow a Progressive Democrat in Florida Gave Her Party New Hope — and New Fears Angie Nixon, a state lawmaker from Jacksonville, shocked Democrats in red Florida by soundly defeating her centrist primary opponent. Now comes the hard part.
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“Like, actually state-sanctioned violence. They’ve been doing it in the black community. And they’re doing it even more so now with ICE,” she said. “ICE is now a weaponized paramilitary force that is designed to terrorize us.”
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BreitbartNixon described ICE enforcement as “state-sanctioned violence” and has characterized the agency as a “weaponized paramilitary force that is designed to terrorize.”
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Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, scored a major upset Tuesday night by defeating former Trump impeachment witness Alex Vindman for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, The Daily Wire previously reported.
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New York PostThanks for signing up! Nixon defeated former National Security Council official Alexander Vindman, a whistleblower who became a key witness in President Donald Trump’s first impeachment inquiry, by nearly 12 points despite his $16.27 million campaign war chest, compared with approximately $1 million raised by Nixon.
Washington ExaminerIn Florida, Nixon was beaten on the fundraising front and had less name recognition than Vindman, who became known nationally for his testimony during President Donald Trump‘s first impeachment.
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She will face Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in November to fill the remainder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s former Senate term.
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The Daily WireThe Jacksonville lawmaker, who went viral for shouting down her colleagues with a bullhorn, will face Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) in November to determine who will serve the final two years of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Senate term.
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Notably, Nixon recently attempted to distance herself from socialists despite joining DSA earlier this year. During an interview on NBC News, Nixon responded to a question on whether or not she supports the DSA position to defund the Pentagon and lift sanctions on Iran.
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Washington Examiner“I’m not a socialist,” Nixon told NBC. “I joined the DSA because I believe in them in regards to fighting for adequate public housing, as well as fighting for quality healthcare, as well as making sure that we are getting our veterans off the street, taking big money out of politics. The Democratic Party is a big tent. It is a big tent, and it’s an everybody party.”
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https://www.instagram.com/p/DZvRFu0RMj6/?hl=en Nixon’s political platform includes the abolishment of ICE and mass incarceration, universal childcare, and an immediate pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens. As Breitbart News documented, she has made a series of outlandish statements throughout her political career, including praising a Marxist cop killer while campaigning in a church and admitting to taking her children to drag shows, referring to those as “wholesome” entertainment.
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01 RealClearPolitics A democratic socialist manages to build the coalition that has long eluded the left. Read Full Article ⟶
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02 New York Post Nixon made the comments during an interview on the “QNA: Questions Need Answers” podcast earlier this month, days before she won Florida’s Democratic Senate primary.
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03 Breitbart “And folks often say, like, ‘Oh, are you going to be able to work across the aisle with the Republicans?’ They are not trying to work across the aisle. They are literally trying to kill us, and they are doing it on camera,” Nixon said in an interview clip shared by RNC Research.
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04 Washington Examiner Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon was dwarfed by her Democratic primary opponent’s $16 million war chest, but she had something he didn’t: hundreds of thousands of followers across her social media platforms.
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05 The Daily Wire Only six days after Kirk was murdered, State Rep. Nixon (D-FL) attacked GOP lawmakers who introduced resolutions honoring Kirk and those who supported them.
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