In a recent interview with CBS News Miami’s “Facing South Florida with Jim DeFede,” Angie Nixon, the Democratic nominee for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, asserted that she does not fully agree with the Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) policy agenda.
“I think it’s really important to know that I don’t believe in everything the DSA believes in,” Nixon said. “I joined that organization in addition to the Working Families Party; in addition to becoming a lifelong member of the NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]; and that is because they are fighting hard to ensure the power is in the hands of the people.”
Nixon Says She Wants to See Ashley Moody in Prison
Nixon gave one example of a policy agenda the DSA believes in that she doesn’t – abolishing prisons.
“They have stated they wanted to abolish prisons; I don’t want to abolish prisons, because I want Ashley Moody in one of them,” Nixon said. “She actually stole $10 million from sick kids and used that money to divert it to two political PACs [Political Action Committees].”
$10 Million Hope Florida Scandal
The $10 million Nixon is referring to stems from the recent Hope Florida Charity Scandal in which a state grand jury found the DeSantis Administration “misappropriated” a Medicaid settlement.
In the sealed grand jury report, the jury concluded that Sen. Moody (R-Fla.), who was Florida's attorney general at the time, was aware of the scheme and complicit in the matter.
“After consulting AG Moody, she authorized Mr. Guard to sign the settlement in its final form,” the report states.
John Guard, Moody’s former Chief Deputy Attorney General, reportedly raised concerns with AG Moody about the settlement before receiving her authorization – both political and about a lack of direction on how the money would be spent.
Those concerns, however, were absolved once the settlement agreement became the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration’s (AHCA) problem rather than the Attorney General’s office.
