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AOC Rallies for DSA Senate Nominee Angie Nixon in Florida as DSA Launches an Israel Arms Embargo Campaign

By AFNS Research Desk · · 1 min read

The Osceola County Courthouse in Kissimmee, Florida
Photo: Visitor7 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)

Status: Campaign report. Poll numbers are attributed to the pollster, and DSA's figures are DSA's own claims.

The Kissimmee rally

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Nydia Velázquez and Rep. Maxwell Frost rallied in Kissimmee for Angie Nixon under the banner "Boricuas for Angie" (WESH).

  • The candidate: Nixon is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and Florida's Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.
  • The audience: the event targeted Puerto Rican voters in central Florida.

The race

  • The poll: ActiVote has Republican Sen. Ashley Moody ahead 53-47. That is about the same as its mid-October number.
  • The rating: Sabato's Crystal Ball moved the race from Safe Republican to Likely Republican.
  • The Cuba clip: Republicans are circulating a clip of Nixon declining to call Cuba a dictatorship (FL Voice News on X).

DSA's Israel embargo campaign

DSA's "total embargo" campaign on Israel launches Oct. 29 (Hindustan Times).

  • First targets: United Airlines and Elbit Systems of America.
  • DSA's figures: DSA has cited cargo-shipment figures, but they haven't been independently verified.

Why it matters for Americans

A DSA member is the Democratic nominee for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida. DSA is also campaigning against U.S. companies over arms shipments to Israel, a U.S. ally. Both will test how far DSA positions reach into the Democratic Party.

For DSA's wider slate this cycle, see DSA backs 131 candidates.

Sources

  1. WESH: Angie Nixon campaigns in Kissimmee www.wesh.com
  2. ActiVote: Florida Senate polls www.activote.net
  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Senate ratings sabatoscrystalball.substack.com
  4. FL Voice News on X: Nixon Cuba clip x.com
  5. Hindustan Times: DSA launches Israel arms embargo campaign www.hindustantimes.com

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