Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon said during an interview Monday that billionaires want to defund public schools to fuel the "school-to-prison pipeline" and exploit prison labor.While speaking with "Democracy Now!," Nixon discussed her affordability platform, which led to her remarking on the importance of affordable childcare."I support universal childcare," Nixon said."I know that for every dollar we put into childcare, we get $3 back in the economy, because that allows parents to be able to work.
That also allows our children to be diverted from the school-to-prison pipeline, which, you know, these for-profit prisons, these elected officials, these billionaires, they want our children to have an ill education, a ridiculous, a horrible education, right?"TOM HOMAN FIRES BACK AT FLORIDA DEMOCRAT OVER 'RIDICULOUS' ICE RACIAL PROFILING CLAIMDemocratic U.S.Senate candidate, Florida state Rep.
Angie Nixon suggested billionaires want schools defunded to benefit from prison labor.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)She continued, "Which is why they’re defunding public schools, because they want to usher them into the school-to-prison pipeline.
Why? Why make sure that our children have a good-quality education, when they know they’ll make more money off of them going to prison, and exploiting their labor?"During the interview, she also rejected suggestions that she supports defunding the police while reiterating her opposition to private prisons."I know there’s a rumor going around saying that I want to abolish prisons.I don’t.
I want to abolish for-profit prisons.There’s also a rumor going around saying that I want to defund the police.
I don’t want to defund the police.I want to defund Flock cameras, so that bad cops don’t have the ability to stalk their ex-girlfriends or their ex-boyfriends.
I want to make sure that we have a justice system that works for everyone, not just for the billionaires and co-conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein, who actually a...