Florida Rep. Angie Nixon has publicly catalogued a series of personal and racially charged attacks as her U.S. Senate campaign gains momentum. Vice President J.D. Vance told a crowd she "doesn't belong" in America after she was labeled a socialist, comments Nixon called disrespectful. Nixon denied identifying as a socialist and stressed her Florida roots and family history. Conservative influencer Laura Loomer also targeted Nixon and other Black public figures, drawing bipartisan criticism.
‘This Is A Lot’: Angie Nixon Details Personal and Racial Attacks as Her Senate Campaign Gains Momentum
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 28: Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon attends a campaign event at the St. John Missionary Baptist Church on September 28, 2026 in Boynton Beach, Florida. Nixon faces incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) in the November 3rd general election. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Florida state Representative Angie Nixon has publicly catalogued a string of personal and racially charged attacks as her campaign for the U.S. Senate gains traction in a high-stakes midterm race.
On Saturday, Nixon reposted a list on Instagram of insults she says she has received since launching her campaign, writing that critics targeted "my Southern drawl, my loc'd hair, my clothes, my shoes, my intelligence" and that she was called a "ghetto Black b!t€h." She added: "Now @JDVance says I don't belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y'all. It is."
At an event in Lakeland supporting Nixon's Senate rival, Florida Secretary of State Ashley Moody, Vice President J.D. Vance said that if Nixon embraces socialist views, she should leave the country. "When Angie Nixon calls herself a socialist, I think the right response is to say, 'Then get the hell out of here,'" Vance said. "You don't belong in America if those are your views."
Nixon called Vance's remarks "disrespectful and shameful." Speaking to WESH, she said the suggestion that she should leave the United States was especially painful because she was born and raised in Florida and because her ancestors helped build the country: "I also don't even know where I'd go back to."
Nixon told WESH she does not identify as a socialist, saying, "I don't identify as anything. I identify as Angie, a hard-working person who is going to put people first."
Last month, conservative influencer Laura Loomer released a video attacking Nixon alongside several Black public figures — including U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley, former Rep. Cori Bush, and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson — using racialized slurs and calling them "ghetto, entitled, race-obsessed, destructive Black b—hes." Loomer's remarks drew bipartisan condemnation.
If elected in November, Nixon would become the first Black person to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate — a historic milestone that has helped draw national attention to her race and the attacks surrounding it.
What This Means
The episode highlights how sharply personal and racial attacks have become part of the rhetoric around this Senate contest. Nixon's response emphasizes her roots, her commitment to voters, and a refusal to be defined by the epithets or by labels she does not claim.
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