GOP Targets Angie Nixon

Florida Republicans are making Angie Nixon's DSA ties a Senate campaign issue.

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Far-left Florida Democrat Angie Nixon claims GOP is ‘literally trying to kill’ Black Americans

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Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, defeating retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, and will face Republican nominee Ashley Moody in November. Nixon is a Democratic Socialists of America member, and Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned for her in Florida as Republicans framed the race around her socialist affiliation. Vindman said he would donate his remaining campaign funds to help Florida Democrats in the governor’s race and House races, while polling analyst Harry Enten said the Senate contest favored Republicans.

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Radical Left ExtremismLeans Right

Angie Nixon and the Democratic Socialists of America are far outside the political mainstream. Their socialist affiliations, radical positions, and inflammatory claims show a left-wing politics that is extreme and unreasonable.

Unelectable SocialismLeans Right

Nixon’s victory hurts Democrats because candidates tied to democratic socialism are too radical to win broad support. The party’s prospects in Florida suffer when its nominees are associated with unpopular left-wing ideology.