State Rep. Angie Nixon continues to make news related to Congressional reapportionment that further deleverages her political side, drawing discipline for using a bullhorn during the vote last month, then a detainment on Friday to end an hours-long sit-in at the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Nixon wanted to meet with DeSantis to urge him to call a Special Session to repeal the new, allegedly “race-neutral” congressional map his office pushed through, but DeSantis did not oblige. She was removed from his office and only then did he comment via social media on the scene.
“FAFO,” he posted Friday, presumably not referring to the efforts of the Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight, as he amplified an allied journalist’s post that called the Black Jacksonville Democrat “ghetto.”
DeSantis has a history of not shying away from atavistic signifiers interpreted by many as obtuse to our nation’s history of institutionalized racism, of course, including worrying that a Black Democratic opponent would “monkey” up Florida’s progress if elected in 2018, and delivering a parody of the speech patterns of the House Democratic Leader that revealed more about DeSantis’ inherent biases to critics.
He also boosted Chief of Staff Jason Weida’s post trumpeting Nixon being arrested with a less racially-charged reaction.
“Deservedly so. Our office isn’t a platform for this performative nonsense,” the Chief Executive chided.
Nixon, a candidate for the U.S. Senate who is leaving the House this year after six years with more headlines than legislative wins, had been sanctioned by the House Rules and Ethics Committee days before. The panel did not pursue harsher sanctions or have any significant debate about the punishment in what was a very quick meeting.
For her part, Nixon said she was “annoyed and aggravated for Floridians” after she was released from being sequestered in the basement of the Capitol Building. She maintains she was arrested for seeking a meeting and revealed she is due in court next month.
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