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@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "I am incredibly skeptical of Florida, but I still think people should give money to Angie Nixon. It's a really tough race, but she's doing the work…She is an all-out grinder and she's also pretty funny. She's a good, charismatic candidate."

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Agreed. I sent Nixon some $. She’s a terrific candidate, but it’s FL, so odds are not good. But we lose 💯 of bets we don’t take. And, if we don’t support good candidates in tough places, only subpar candidates will run, and losses will continue. In TX Beto walked so Talarico could run.

What’s notable here is who’s saying it. Longwell is hardly a progressive cheerleader, and she’s openly skeptical of Florida. She’s still separating ideological agreement from whether a candidate is actually running a serious campaign.

Nixon is a great candidate but she is not in a winning environment for progressives. All politics are local. The FL Democrats were frustrated w Congressional Dems & they responded by nominating Nixon. The more moderate Dem candidate would have had a better chance of winning. IMHO.

I thought the same thing at first until I really started comparing Vindman & Nixon.Vindman has only lived in Florida for 3 years, Nixon has lived in Florida for her entire life. Nixon has legislative experience,Vindman would be a newbie. Vindman had lots of ad money from somewhere, Angie did not.

The racial/ethnic composition of Florida: White (alone): 75.3% (with Non-Hispanic White making up about 49.1% to 49.9% of the total population) Hispanic or Latino: 29.2% Black or African American (alone): 16.3% Asian (alone): 3.5% It is very difficult for a Non white person to win in Florida.

If Angie Nixon wins in Florida that would tell me republicans get absolutely destroyed across the country. Would be the dream scenario.

Florida, used to be two separate worlds…South FL (Dade, Broward, PB) and then everyone else. This has changed so much over the years and it’s infuriating. Watching South FL become radicalized has really put me off. It’s made me lose a lot of faith in people’s competence. Hope it changes this year.

Ummm Florida has always been a problem. My dad returned from a German POW camp, finished his degree at Florida and packed up the family and left the state his family helped to settle. He had seen enough hate. 1948.

Well, I live in Florida and Angie got my money and I am ok with that. My thought is Florida is still very racist so I don't think Donalds stands a chance so I think the folks that won't vote for a black man may not show to vote and perhaps that will help Angie but reducing votes for Moody. 🤞

Being absolutely surrounded by Maga is one of the most off putting experiences of my life honestly and it isn't some that are racist, they ALL are. I no longer associate with anyone who currently supports Maga/Trump. Not "friends", neighbors, coworkers or family. Not worth my peace.

Might have thought about donating if her campaign didn’t text me 5 times a day using different numbers. I give to Marc Elias because he doesn’t harass me.

Those socialism ads being run by her opponent are going to be pretty hard to overcome. I hate how these ads have no ties to reality. And there's no stipulation that they have to be factual. Our whole political system is just a mess!!!