1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Native Lampard is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 2: Welcome Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: Welcome home, y'all. This is a special solo pod. Normally, 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: you know, solo pods are on Tuesdays, but today, of course, 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: it is Friday, and I just could not resist getting 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: the opportunity to talk to this extraordinary leader. State Representative 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: Angie Nixon is running for the United States Senate in Florida, 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 1: and she recently had a run in simply trying to 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: protect voters who have worked so hard to ensure their 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: unfettered access to the ballot box in Florida in particular, 12 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: where maps were redrawn mid decade, just like so many 13 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: other states throughout the country, particularly in the South, to 14 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: help Donald Trump find the numbers to win elections that 15 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: he cannot win on his own. So Angie Nixon went 16 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: to challenge the governor on this and face an unbelievable consequence. 17 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: We're going to talk to her about that her upcoming 18 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: race primary and how people who are like minded, strong willed, 19 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: don't mind getting a little good trouble can help. And 20 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: I think what's important for us to understand in this 21 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: day and age is that we've got to send leaders 22 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: to our city councils, to our school boards, to the 23 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: mayor's office, to the governor's office, to the Attorney General's office, 24 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: to the state legislature, to the United States Senate, to 25 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:35,960 Speaker 1: the United States House representatives who have courage and are 26 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: not afraid to use that courage to advance the causes 27 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: of people who are the most vulnerable in the country 28 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: right now. That is what's most important, and so we're 29 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: going to make sure we continue to bring conversations like 30 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: this to your YouTube channel, to your podcast feed up 31 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: until the election and beyond, because one thing that we 32 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 1: also know is that black folks are generally treated as 33 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: a transaction around electoral power. It's about casting that one 34 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: ballot and then go away. You've done your duty. I 35 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: don't owe you anything. And we're not getting down that 36 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: way either. And it is clear from the way that 37 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: Angie Nixon has run her race and her office as 38 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: a member of the state State House of Representatives in Florida, 39 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,079 Speaker 1: and certainly is the way in the way that she's 40 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: running her campaign, and it's a people power campaign, and 41 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: we're going to talk to her about all of that now. 42 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: So I want to welcome to the podcast, Angie Nixon. 43 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: Welcome home. That's what we say on Native LAMDFID. It's 44 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: so good to see you. 45 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: Hey, I'm happy to be home. Thanks for having me Angela. 46 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 1: It's my highest honor and pleasure. So I want to 47 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: and I see you're stabb moving around like we got 48 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 1: stuff to do, so I want to jump right in. 49 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: What I want to talk to you about first is 50 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: what made you decide to run for the United States 51 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: Senate in Florida. I got some battles, marks and scars 52 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: from when Andrew ran in twenty eighteen, and like knowing, 53 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: I still believe that he won that race. What made 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: you say, you know, now is the time for us 55 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: to challenge this power and to say it's not just 56 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: establishment Democrats who have a chance here. I believe there 57 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: are more people who think like me and have alignment 58 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: or with our values than anybody else. Why now, Angie, Yeah, 59 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: for sure. 60 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 2: So I was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. So 61 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 2: I'm a Florida girl through and through. I was actually 62 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 2: a single mom for about twelve years and currently I'm 63 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 2: a mother of five. Me and my husband have a 64 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 2: blended family. And the fact remains that too many hard working, 65 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 2: every day Floridians are struggling. They're working harder, and they're 66 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 2: still struggling to get ahead. And so I often lie 67 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: awaken night wondering what type of world, what type of country, 68 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 2: what type of state I'm leaving my children. And so 69 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 2: I could not allow the people who are in Washington, 70 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 2: d C. Any longer, the corrupt politicians like Ashley Moody 71 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 2: to continue to only fight for corporations and big trillionaires 72 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: and billionaires, and so I wanted to run for the 73 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 2: United States Senate so that I can fight for hardworking people. 74 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: Well, that is a good reason. And I think the 75 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: other thing that you said that's so important is being 76 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 1: a mother of five. So you're saying I don't want 77 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: to leave this state as is to these young people, 78 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: is what do you want to leave them? 79 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 2: Yeah? I want to leave them in a state where hardworking, 80 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 2: everyday people get to shape what their communities look like 81 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 2: and what their economies look like. I want to help 82 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 2: lower the cost of childcare. Girl, I told you I 83 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 2: got five kids, so one of which is five right now, 84 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: and I'm paying over one thousand dollars a month for childcare, 85 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 2: and some people are paying a cost of a mortgage. 86 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 2: I also have been talking to Floridians all across the 87 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 2: state of Florida, and they are struggling with their prescription drugs. 88 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 2: Some are making decisions on whether or not they should 89 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 2: go to an emergency room or keep food on the table. 90 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 2: And I want to lower the cost of health care. Actually, 91 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: I want to make health care free by pushing for 92 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 2: Medicare for all. But these are some of the things 93 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 2: that Floridians are talking about, as well as the fact 94 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 2: that Florida is now the least affordable place to live 95 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 2: in eighteen percent over the national average when it comes 96 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: to renters, and then with people who own their own 97 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 2: homes over three hundred percent of the national average for 98 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 2: property insurance. These are things that could be changed if 99 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 2: we had elected officials who care more about people than 100 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 2: they do these big businesses. 101 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: There are some people that would say on the big 102 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: business point, I say this, I'm from Seattle, Washington, live 103 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: there now. There's recently produced a millionaire's tax and a 104 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: lot of the businesses are threatening to leave. I think 105 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: one practical thing that folks sometimes don't consider is when 106 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: you say we're going to go after these businesses and 107 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: try to shutter their doors, it ends up leaving gaps 108 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: around employment. What's the solution to ensure that people who 109 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: you may want to run out of there or at 110 00:06:07,279 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: least say pay your fair share, but they're like, okay, 111 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: we're going to leave if they lead. What's the solution 112 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: for the employees who work there, who are just trying 113 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: to make it as you're talking about. 114 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. So it's really important to note that 115 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: a budget is a moral document. What we spend our 116 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 2: money on illustrates our values, and we actually have money 117 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 2: to do it all. Number one, Right, Like, they're going 118 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 2: to say that we don't have money to take care 119 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 2: of people and to have things like access to universal 120 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 2: childcare or free college. But they're spending a billion dollars 121 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 2: on a ballroom we'll never get the cha cha slide in. 122 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 2: They're spending two billion dollars a day on a war 123 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 2: that we didn't ask for. These businesses continue to make 124 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 2: more money on top of more money. Over eighty eight 125 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:02,919 Speaker 2: companies last year made over one hundred and five billion dollars, 126 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 2: and they paid zero in federal taxes Meanwhile, I'm talking 127 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 2: to Floridians across the state who make sixty thousand dollars 128 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 2: a year and they're in a payment plan with the IRIS. 129 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 2: These businesses are going to have to pay. They can pay, 130 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 2: and we also need to make sure that these billionaires 131 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 2: pay as well, and it'll be okay. They are not 132 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: going like they were already moving to Florida. We're gonna 133 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: make them pay their fair share and we're going to 134 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 2: stop this from happening. 135 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:38,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to pivot to this redistricting battle because 136 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with you and you when it 137 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: came up in Texas last year, we saw kind of 138 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 1: a litmus test. They were like, let's see how far 139 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: we can go with this redistricting plan. And I think 140 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: even though the people fought back and they were arrested 141 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: and they were challenged and they were tried, and they 142 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: were threatened, like if they don't come back to work 143 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: the state legislation, if they don't come back to work, 144 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: the state marshals are wanting to get them. And it 145 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: really did feel reminiscent of the Jim Crow South and 146 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: the battle leading up to the Voting Rights Act of 147 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty five, and then we saw the onslaught. So 148 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: they said, we're going to give this a try. The 149 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: Supreme Court said we're going to rubber stamp this, and 150 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: all of the states, you know, particularly in the South, 151 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: said okay, now we feel safe. We don't have to 152 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: go through a preclearance process. We don't have to prove 153 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: that these maps are not racist or that these maps 154 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 1: are racist. We can just do whatever we want to do. 155 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,680 Speaker 1: And you were like, not on my watch, So talk 156 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: to me about what compelled you to push in the 157 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 1: way that you did. To say, I don't want to 158 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: talk to anybody else about this matter as a state 159 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 1: rep and as a Senate candidate, I want to talk 160 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: to the governor himself. Talk to me about how you 161 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: got to that place, and then what happened on the 162 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: other side of that for sure. 163 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 2: So on the same day that the Kalai ruling came 164 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 2: out and the Supreme Court decided to gut the Voting 165 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 2: Rights Act, Ron DeSantis and the Republicans here in the 166 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 2: state of Florida decided to unconstitutionally and illegally draw maps 167 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 2: that diminished black representation. And as I continually threw out 168 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 2: my legislative term. Looked across the room at Representative Yvonne Henson, 169 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 2: who is the oldest state lawmaker, and was reminded of 170 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 2: what she said in twenty twenty two when we peacefully 171 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: protested then when they were removing black congressional dishes, when 172 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 2: she said that she used to get spat on, dogs, 173 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,599 Speaker 2: sicked on her, and the threat of fire holes is 174 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 2: because she wanted to ensure that her mom had the 175 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 2: right to vote because she was a child with her. 176 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 2: I was not okay with republic looks deciding who their 177 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 2: voters are, as opposed to allowing the voters and people 178 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 2: to decide who represented them. And so then I went 179 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: to go talk to the governor who decided to rupper 180 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,239 Speaker 2: stamp this for Donald Trump, and he had me arrested. 181 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 2: This is authoritarianism, dictatorship, fascism all in one, and it's disrespectful. 182 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 1: But Angel, let me ask you this. He had you 183 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: arrested for what? What was the charge? 184 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 2: They said I was trespassing because I didn't leave. I 185 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 2: didn't leave after they shut down the offices and I waited. However, 186 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 2: I'm a state lawmaker and I paid taxes. That's my 187 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 2: office too, and so to tell me that you're gonna 188 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 2: like to arrest me now, and then they charged me 189 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 2: with resistance, resisting without violence. It's a slap in the face. 190 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 2: But we see this time and time again. We saw 191 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 2: this previously, like you alluded to it back in the day. 192 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 2: And so I have kids, I'm a black woman. I'm 193 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: always going to speak up for black issues and also 194 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 2: speak up to make sure that people's voices are heard. 195 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: And I guess that is the question. What I love 196 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,839 Speaker 1: about this interview. By the way, y'all is as we're 197 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: talking to Angie Nixon about being foreign with the people, 198 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: you hear people congregating in her office right now. I 199 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 1: don't know if y'all are about the canvas or what, 200 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: but this is really exciting and I think I hope 201 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: it inspires people to really consider more broadly and deeply 202 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: the kinds of people they want to vote for. As 203 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: a man back there, hold Angie nixons all right now, 204 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: I love it. Here's my thing. So you go to 205 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:49,559 Speaker 1: court to talk about this arrest, to figure out what 206 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: the charges are, and now you have to go to 207 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: court in September, like you have a trial in September 208 00:11:55,520 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: on trespassing at the governor's office and resisting nony the way, 209 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: but resisting no less. What do you think is going 210 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: to be the outcome of this trial. 211 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 2: I think we're going to win. I think we are 212 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 2: going to win, but we are going to take it 213 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 2: all the way. My attorney is very confident, and look, y'all, 214 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:22,920 Speaker 2: we cannot sit idly by as our democracy is being destroyed. 215 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 2: People like to say, oh my gosh, she liked decorm. 216 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 2: She shouldn't have done it that way. That's not professional 217 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 2: And what good is decorm and professionalism when they are 218 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 2: literally destroying our institutions and they're doing things that are 219 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 2: legal and unconstitutional. When do we get loud? And I 220 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 2: love my first lady, my forever first lady, and she said, 221 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 2: when they go low, we go high. I'm telling y'all, 222 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 2: when they go low, we go to when they go low. 223 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 2: We need to get loud, right, We need to get 224 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 2: super super loud. We need to organize harder and stronger 225 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 2: and get louder because that will show that there's more 226 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 2: of us than them. Right now people think there's more 227 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: of them than us, But no, there's a lot of 228 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 2: Republicans that aren't maga. But they think that because they're 229 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 2: the loudest, that they have to go along to get along. 230 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,800 Speaker 2: But I believe in people power, which is what we 231 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: are embarking on at this campaign and all these people 232 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 2: you see walking in behind me, I'm happy to announce 233 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 2: I'm gonna break it here on your show, Angela. Maxwell Frost, 234 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 2: Congressman Maxwell Frost is endorsing us today and so we 235 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 2: are going to go out and canvas later. But it 236 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 2: is great. We are super excited. We're building momentum. And 237 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 2: it's important to note that my campaign, there was an 238 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 2: independent poll that was recently done this week that was 239 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,840 Speaker 2: released that stated that my campaign has the better shot 240 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 2: of taking on Ashley Moody in the general election, and 241 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 2: that is even with being out fundraised. But that is 242 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: because I have people power from the people, for the 243 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 2: people and by the people, and we have people that 244 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:06,599 Speaker 2: are working with us. 245 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: You know, this is and this is my last question 246 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: because this is exciting, And tell Maxwell, I said, good job. 247 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: That's the exactly what we need to do. You know, 248 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: I want to know for people who saw what happened 249 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: to you and were like, not our sister, not on 250 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: our watch, what can people do I know that you 251 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: have a primary, talk about your primary date, Ena, but 252 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: also when we get on the other side of the primary, 253 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: people got to show up for you to make sure 254 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 1: they know you were not to be messed with. So 255 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 1: I want you to answer. We always in our shows 256 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: with a call to actions, calls to action. What are 257 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,600 Speaker 1: the two things they can do? One to support you 258 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 1: in your primary, around the date, around donating, around spreading 259 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: the word, and then also around the trial for sure. 260 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 2: So number one, I think it's important to highlight that 261 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 2: black women know what it's like to be dismissed by 262 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 2: other people, by the establishment and by other candidates. And 263 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 2: I want to uplift the fact that I'm being dismissed 264 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 2: by my primary opponent. He's refusing to debate, he's refusing 265 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 2: to show up and share the stage with me. They're 266 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 2: kind of acting as though we don't exist. But the 267 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 2: polling has shown otherwise, because we're leading in the polls 268 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 2: right and we're going to show him that we do 269 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 2: exist on election night when we win. But what people 270 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 2: can do is they can amplify my campaign, letting people 271 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 2: know that I am in this race, follow us on 272 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 2: social media. Angie for fl spread the message. Also, they 273 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 2: can make a donation to my campaign at Angie Nixon 274 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 2: dot com. We really need that assistance. And in regard 275 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 2: to my court case, we just need people to get 276 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 2: loud about it and let them know that if they 277 00:15:55,120 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: arrested a sitting lawmaker simply for fighting for democracy to 278 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 2: ensure that no one took away our voices, then they 279 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 2: can come after all of us. But I know one 280 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 2: thing is clear. They can't come for all of us 281 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 2: if we get loud and we get organized, and so 282 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 2: I am asking people to join organizations to push back 283 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 2: to support grassroots candidates like myself so that we can 284 00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: in fact win and build a Florida and in America 285 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 2: for all. 286 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: Angela, I love it well. August eighteenth is the primary date. Yes, 287 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: we want to make sure that you are getting out 288 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: into the streets, boots on the ground and knocking on 289 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: those doors as what matters. We will make sure we 290 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: put in our show notes ways that folks can support 291 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: you for the primary and also for the trial coming up. 292 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: But we are definitely sitting our love, our prayers, Thank 293 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: you and have a great canvassy event today. Thank you 294 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: so much. 295 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: We appreciate thank you so much. 296 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 1: Thank you well you are. It's so important that we 297 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: have goat like Angie Nixon on I think that she 298 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: shows us what you know, that we can still have 299 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: hope in our elected officials, especially in a heroin hour 300 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,800 Speaker 1: like the one we live in now. Somebody that understands 301 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: public service, who understands that public service sometimes meets activism 302 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: and all of that meets organization, and so we have 303 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: to ensure that we are fighting the good fight on 304 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: every side. And when somebody is willing to put their 305 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: bodies on the line, you know, strategy on the line, 306 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 1: in the way that Representative Nixon did, we have to 307 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: show her that we're with her. We can't demand courage 308 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: of our elected officials and then when they show up 309 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: courageously now we're quiet. That doesn't make sense. We can't 310 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: criticize and be yelling on the sidelines about everybody that's 311 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,840 Speaker 1: doing it wrong, and when somebody gets it right, we 312 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: don't stand with them and let the world know that 313 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: we stand with them. So I thought today would be 314 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: a great moment for you all to hear about her 315 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,919 Speaker 1: incredible story. Shout out to all the angelas out there 316 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: whose name means bringer up truth a little bias, but yeah, 317 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: she brought truth and she brought power and she's standing 318 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,880 Speaker 1: with the people. Growing up with my father, I went 319 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:12,959 Speaker 1: to so many protests, so many marches, and a common 320 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: refrain was the people united will never be defeated. And 321 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,199 Speaker 1: I pray that as we go into this weekend, we 322 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: remember exactly that the people of goodwill, willing to get 323 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: in good trouble, will never be defeated. So I asked 324 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: that you hold tight to that, that you hold fast 325 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: to joy, that you remember that power is on our 326 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: side and it belongs to us, especially if we're not 327 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 1: domineering or abusive of that power. So shout out to 328 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: you all. Welcome home, family, and we'll see you next week. 329 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: Native Lampard is a production of iHeartRadio and partnership with 330 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,919 Speaker 1: Reason Choice Media. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the 331 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your 332 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 1: favorite shows.