Politics · United States · 3 hrs ago
Angie Nixon says Byron Donalds does not support Black people
Florida Democrat Angie Nixon accused Republican Byron Donalds of not supporting Black people in an interview set to debut Monday.
Donalds is running for governor, while Nixon is seeking a Florida Senate seat against Republican incumbent Ashley Moody.
Nixon said Donalds had claimed Black people were better off during the Jim Crow era, a period of racial segregation and discrimination in the United States.
The contests are drawing attention as Democrats show unexpected strength in a state that voted for Donald Trump by 13 points two years ago and has not elected a Democratic governor since 1994.
Donalds has sought Black voters’ support, but the story says he has struggled to win backing from large numbers of them.
The races are entering their final two weeks, and Nixon says she believes she can win.
Her interview is part of a show examining political divisions and changing alignments across Southern states.
Angie Nixon said Republican Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds “doesn’t support Black people.”
Nixon said Donalds had claimed Black people were better off during the Jim Crow era.
Donalds has sought support from Black voters, including at Florida A&M, but the article says he has struggled to win large numbers of them.
The comments appear in an upcoming episode of Crooked Media’s YouTube show Long Play, which is set to debut Monday.
The Florida race is described as contentious, with Democrat David Jolly running close to Donalds in two of three recent polls.
- Who
- Florida legislator and Democrat Angie Nixon criticized Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds.
- What
- Nixon said Donalds does not support Black people and said he had argued Black people were better off during the Jim Crow era.
- When
- In an upcoming episode of Long Play, set to debut Monday. The article was published October 17, 2026.
- Where
- Florida; Nixon made the comments on Crooked Media’s YouTube show Long Play.
- Why
- Nixon said Donalds’s reported statement about the Jim Crow era showed why she believes he would bring back the worst parts of the country’s history.
Angie Nixon
Byron Donalds
Support for Black people
Angie Nixon
Nixon said Donalds does not support Black people and cited his reported claim about the Jim Crow era.
Byron Donalds
Donalds has sought Black voters’ support and asked an audience at Florida A&M whether Democrats had been faithful to them.
Political appeal to Black voters
Angie Nixon
Nixon criticized Donalds’s record and views.
Byron Donalds
Donalds has sought to persuade Black voters to reconsider their support for the Democratic Party.
Donalds lost 17 counties in the primary to white opponents.
David Jolly ran neck-and-neck with Donalds in two of three recent polls for governor.
The Long Play episode featuring Nixon’s comments is scheduled to debut.
- Nixon’s claim
- She said Donalds “doesn’t support Black people.
- Donalds’s reported statement
- Nixon said he had claimed Black people were better off during the Jim Crow era.
- Show
- Long Play, a Crooked Media YouTube show.
- Polls
- Jolly ran close to Donalds in two of three recent polls.
- Primary
- Donalds lost 17 counties to white opponents in August.
What people are saying
Byron Donalds doesn’t support Black people
I mean, he is someone who said that Black people were better off during the Jim Crow era.
Get the hell out of here, you don’t belong in America.
You’ve been faithful to that [Democratic] party, have they been faithful to you?