Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon said Wednesday she wants her Republican opponent, U.S.Sen.
Ashley Moody, R-Fla., locked up and punished in jail."The fact remains that Ashley Moody is a lying, cheating, thieving, scamming person who basically took $10 million from sick kids for the Medicaid program.And she rerouted that into two political slush funds for Ron DeSantis to defeat two citizen-led ballot initiatives," Nixon told CNN host Kasie Hunt.
"She also voted to end healthcare for over 440,000 people here in the state of Florida.And they are spreading, like, a lot of disinformation and lies on commercials about me, of saying things like, I want to abolish prisons and I want to defund the police."The Democratic Senate candidate then said, "Why would I want to do that when I want her locked up and punished in jail for what she has done?"5 TAKEAWAYS FROM FLORIDA SENATE PRIMARY: GOP SEN ASHLEY MOODY WILL FACE DSA'S NIXONHunt asked a follow-up question to confirm Nixon's remarks: "You want your Republican opponent locked up?"Democrat Angie Nixon, who is running for Senate in Florida, said she wanted her Republican opponent Ashley Moody punished in jail on Oct.
14, 2026, during a CNN interview.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Joe Raedle/Getty Images))She replied, "Basically, yes.
Because of what she did, yes.I absolutely would want that to happen.
Yes." Nixon did the interview alongside Sen.Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who did not weigh in on Nixon's remarks.FAR-LEFT FLORIDA DEMOCRAT ANGIE NIXON CLAIMS GOP IS ‘LITERALLY TRYING TO KILL’ BLACK AMERICANSMurphy's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.Hunt then asked whether Nixon had sufficient evidence to justify jailing Moody.
Nixon responded that she would call for an investigation into the Republican senator.DNC LAWSUIT ACCUSES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OF DIVERTING $20M IN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 'PROPAGANDA' ADS"What we have seen, right, what we have seen is that the DCA [The D...