The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday rejected Florida Democratic U.S.Senate nominee Angie Nixon's accusation that Republicans were "literally trying to kill us" and her characterization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as a "weaponized paramilitary force" designed to terrorize people.Nixon's comments came during an interview on the "QNA: Questions Need Answers" podcast earlier this month, days before she won Florida’s Democratic Senate primary.
While explaining why she believed voters should send fighters to Washington, Nixon dismissed the prospect of bipartisan cooperation."Folks often say like, ‘Oh, are you going to be able to work across the aisle with the Republicans?’ They’re not trying to work across the aisle.They’re literally trying to kill us.
And they are doing it on camera," Nixon said.FLORIDA SOCIALIST ANGIE NIXON SAYS SHE DOESN’T ‘REALLY KNOW’ HASAN PIKERFlorida Democratic U.S.Senate nominee Angie Nixon said Republicans were "literally trying to kill" Black Americans during a Jacksonville podcast interview.
(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Nixon described what she viewed as state-sanctioned violence in Black communities before turning to immigration enforcement."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."Nixon used a September 2025 operation at an apartment building in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood as an example, alleging that agents zip-tied men, women and children.
The operation resulted in about two dozen detentions and targeted suspected Tren de Aragua members. DHS later rejected a viral allegation involving a toddler, saying the image came from a parody video."Allegations that DHS law enforcement engages in ‘racial profiling’ are disgusting, reckless, and categorically FALSE," a DHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital on...