DSA member Angie Nixon upsets Trump impeachment witness Alex Vindman in Florida Democratic Senate race
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Far-left Florida state lawmaker Angie Nixon shocked retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman in Tuesday night’s special Democratic Senate primary.
With most of the expected vote in, Nixon led Vindman, 56% to 44%, giving the far left a major success on an otherwise disappointing night in the Sunshine State.
Nixon is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, while Vindman served as a key witness in President Trump’s first impeachment trial over his demand that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky investigate then-former Vice President Joe Biden’s family business entanglements in exchange for the release of $400 million in military aid.
Nixon will take on incumbent Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) in November. The winner of that race will serve the remainder of the six-year term that Secretary of State Marco Rubio won in 2022.
Moody, the former attorney general of Florida, overcame token opposition in the Republican primary, netting nearly 80% of the vote.
Nixon, 42, has been a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020, representing parts of her hometown of Jacksonville.
Ahead of the primary, Nixon received endorsements from “Squad” Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).
Nixon was also backed by pro-Palestinian children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel and anti-Israel ex-Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.).
Like other far-left candidates in primaries around the country, Nixon has vowed to push for “Medicare for all,” abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and end US aid to Israel if elected.
Her victory came despite Vindman’s massive fundraising advantage and name recognition stemming from his role in Trump’s impeachment.
Vindman had raised more than $16 million for his failed campaign while Nixon took in a meager $975,000, according to Florida Politics .
The retired Army lieutenant colonel had fashioned himself as an anti-Trump attack dog, saying in his campaign launch video: “The last time you saw me was … swearing an oath to tell the truth about a president who broke his.”
However, with Trump having been acquitted by the Senate — then impeached and acquitted a second time in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot before winning a second White House term in an Electoral College landslide last year — many Florida Democrats seemed to believe that Vindman’s time had passed.
Trump himself reveled in Vindman’s defeat Tuesday night.
“SleazeBag Vindman loses tonight to a Radical Left Lunatic. How cool is that???” the president wrote on Truth Social after the race was called.
Nixon will be the underdog in the general election race against Moody, with a University of North Florida poll taken last month showing the Republican leading the challenger by eight percentage points
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The Maoists win a statewide contest despite being outspent 16 million to 1 by the establishment's anti-Trump darling..
Hating Israel while supporting communism and open borders are the secret sauce to win Democratic primaries these days...
Yea but her beating Vindman is a good thing. She has absolutely zero chance of beating Moody. Florida will remain a red state for a very long time.
Nixon has a good shot at whooping Moody...
She hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of winning. How much money do you think the Party will sink into a solidly red district?
If rumors are true, the party doesn't have any money to sink anywhere.
She has zero chance of wining. We here in Florida do not want communists running the state.
Is it true? Floridians can't tell the difference between democratic socialists and communist and marxists and liberals? To them do they all hide in the basements of DC pizza restaurants casting blood rituals with aborted babies?
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DSA goal is full blown communism, but we know our modern liberals.....
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So she has the support of the lower IQ portion of the Democrats.
I'd think anyone would be preferable to a Ukrainian spy.
Oh but the left love him for obvious reasons.
Or not. Apparently the left loves Socialists more than Soviets. Democrats are searching for kinder, gentler autocrats.
That is true. I guess it all depends on which way the wind is blowing.