Showing posts with label Florida Senate Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida Senate Election. Show all posts

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Why the Caribbean Diaspora Must Rally Behind Angie Nixon in Florida's Senate Race

"The upcoming 2026 U.S. Senate special election in Florida is not just an American political contest; it is a critical battleground for the survival, dignity, and sovereignty of the Caribbean diaspora and Black American people." — Norris R. McDonald

Angie Nixon is bring change to America!
By Norris R. McDonald

Norris R. McDonald, Author, Jamaica Gleaner Columnist, Poet & Human Rights Activist

Sulfabittas Caribbean Political Analysis, Miami, Florida, (Updated) October 30,2029, 

The upcoming 2026 U.S. Senate special election in Florida is not just an American political contest; it is a critical battleground for the survival, dignity, and sovereignty of the Caribbean diaspora and Black American people.

This must be seen as a broad Pan-African struggle in which those in the diaspora can take a firm stand against years of racism and economic injustice.

Democratic State Representative Angie Nixon has now emerged as a forceful political leader and U.S. Senate candidate. If she helps to flip the U.S. Senate, it will go a long way towards helping make life better for poor people and the middle class.

For the hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans, Haitians, and other Caribbean Americans who call Florida home, the stakes are very high.

THE EMPIRE TREMBLES: JD VANCE RACIST ATTACK ON NIXON

JD Vance racist attack on Angie Nixon exposes raw fear!

My friends, let us not think that those desperately clinging to power do not also recognize this. The desperation and visceral fear gripping MAGA Republicans --- are what is left of it --- was recently exposed on the campaign trail.  Vice President JD Vance launched a vicious, racist attack that targeted Angie Nixon.

There he was telling a Black lawmaker whose family came across on the Anglo-Saxon slave ships to "get the hell out” of America.

Here we have an entitled White Americans trying to belittle a strong Black woman.

This xenophobic and racist rant is a calculated tactic to distract American voters from the systemic failures of the Trump regime.

This includes the disastrous war on Iran, that led to the closure of the vital Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route. And the shutting out of Venezuelan oil and gas from global markets following the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Nixon countered brilliantly to Vance’s racist. She pointed out the people like Vice President JD Vance “are enjoying their comfort in buildings, built by her slave ancestors. “

TRUMP’S ICE DEPORTATION HURT CARIBBEAN FAMILIES

The stakes are very high my friends. The Caribbean diaspora, like many other foreigners, have borne the brunt of Trump’s cold-blooded mass deportation campaign.

Trump's Cruel immigration policy creates mass voter anger and public backlash!

Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement borders on lawlessness in which immigrants are hunted down, shacked, and imprisoned without any due process of law and basic human rights.

Florida's infamous Alligator Alley was one of the many hellholes where several Jamaicans were sent before deportation.

The cruel, calculated termination of TemporaryProtected Status (TPS) for our Haitian brothers and sisters is a blatant, malicious attempt to fracture the historic bond of Pan-African and Caribbean solidarity.

Even the domestic agricultural sectors and rural white farmers are facing financial ruin as crops rot in the fields.   Immigrant labor enriched America. And it has taken Trump’s irrationality policies to remind his own rich supporters who are now facing bankruptcy of this important fact. 

The Caribbean governments who are empowering the U.S. inhumane policy of forced deportation must stop seeking to curry-favor with Donald Trump.

Meanwhile, the stakes of this election ripple far beyond the borders of Broward, Orange, and Miami-Dade counties; they strike at the economic heart of the islands.

And again, Donald Trump’s reckless wars and crazy tariffs have driven U.S. diesel prices to a record-breaking $6.53 per gallon. This has sharply impact the the cost of groceries, utilities, and basic survival across the board and is driving the anger that people have already started to show at the polls with record-shattering early voting.

TRUMP’S ‘BIG UGLY BILL’ DESTROYED HEALTHCARE

Angie Nixon’s opponent is the incumbent Republican Senator Ashley Moody. She has been part of a regime under whose rule Florida has plunged to a dismal 41st in national healthcare costs and general quality of life.

Moody helped Trump pass his "Big Ugly Bill," which stripped $911 billion from the budget. She supported a budget that funded imperialist wars; fund tax cuts for the billionaires while hurting millions of vulnerable souls who lost vital healthcare programs.


The human cost has been staggering. Over 1,100 counties across the United States have closed maternity hospitals and clinics. In many communities Black pregnant and nursing mothers have to travel miles for basic maternity care.

In Florida alone, 13 counties completely lack maternity clinics. This is part of the general ‘For-Profit Healthcare system’ controlled by billionaires, that have emerged under Trump.

In contrast, Angie Nixon’s offers a "Medicare for All" platform that treats healthcare as a fundamental human right. In her healthcare plan she said that private premiums, deductibles, and co-pays ought to be eliminated. Let mega-corporations and billionaires finally pay taxes and contribute fairly to America.

PAN-AFRICAN SOLIDARITY: A CALL TO ACTION

My dear friends, this special election represents an earth-shattering opportunity to elect Angie Nixon who can be a strong voice on issues that matters to our people. Her Afro-Caribbean coalition is drawing strong support from the over 300,000 Jamaicans and 530,000 Haitians in Florida.


Angie Nixon has also been endorsed by progressive icons like Barack Obama and major labour unions.

A definitive victory for Nixon will flip control of the U.S. Senate and instantly defang the right-wing deportation machine.

Angie Nixon senate campaign connects to the rebellious spirit in our people.  In challenging the dominant billionaire class and the Republican enablers.  She has also shown that she is a force for positive changes to American society, especially in the area of having good low-cost healthcare.

This is what our people needed. A strong Black voice seeking justice for the downtrodden.

This Florida Senate Special election, therefore, give a chance to payback Trump and his MAGA Republicans for their callous indifference to human lives.  

The Caribbean-American community must rally behind Angie Nixon.

Our community must work hard to make her a U.S. Florida Senator who is willing to fight to uplift our people.

We must organize, mobilize, and march to the polls in support of her candidacy.  

The struggle continues. The Caribbean-American community’s destiny is tied to Angie Nixon victory.