CLEARWATER, Fla. — Former President Barack Obama released a minute-long video Saturday calling on voters to support the progressive state representative. Angie Nixon to be the next senator from Florida.
“Real change begins when ordinary people stand up for what is right. » Obama said. “And Angie spent his career defending you.
In the video, the former president highlighted the work Nixon had made as a union and community organizer – drawing a comparison to how he also got his start in politics in Chicago. He drew attention for being one of the organizers who helped bring about a referendum in Florida to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, as well as for her bookstore and cafe, Cafe Resistance, which stocks books that some Florida schools have sought to remove from their libraries.
Obama also discussed Nixon’s fight against Florida Republicans when they redrew the state’s congressional maps. At the time, Nixon brought a bright pink bullhorn to the House floor and sat in the governor’s chair. That of Ron DeSantis office for five hours, demanding to speak to him, resulting in a trespassing charge. The case was settled with a fine and community service, and a House panel voted to reprimand her during the protest.
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