Rep. Maxwell Frost presses Sen. Ashley Moody to condemn Loomer's remarks
Maxwell Alejandro FrostU.S. Representative (D-Fla.)
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) told The Kicker with Ashlee Banks that Sen. Ashley Moody had been silent on Laura Loomer's remarks about Black women in politics and asked whether she condemns them.
“We’ve heard silence from her, and I think all Black people in Florida deserve to know Ashley Moody, where are you at on this? You condemn this? Are you okay with it?”
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Laura Loomer’s remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics
Laura Loomer described Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon and four other prominent Black women using the word “ghetto” and a gendered slur, said the stereotype exists, and later defended the wording as an accurate description of Nixon’s conduct, race, and ideology. Nixon and political figures and commentators across party lines called the remarks racist, sexist, degrading, offensive, or vile. The dispute concerns whether Loomer’s stated political criticism can be separated from the racial and gender stereotypes used in the original and follow-up statements.
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Substack newsletter and video report by Ashlee Banks on Loomer's remarks about Black women in politics, with on-the-record comments from Frost, Rep. Yvette Clarke, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove and Rep. Jonathan Jackson.
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HuffPost report on lawmakers' reactions to Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women. It says Frost demanded Moody condemn the remarks; it does not quote him.
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The Kicker reported that Loomer posted attacks on X against Angie Nixon, the Democratic Senate nominee in Florida, and four other Black women in public life, describing them as "ghetto," "entitled" and "unfit for the power they hold." Moody is the Republican senator Nixon is running against.
After the quotation
HuffPost reported on August 31 that a spokesperson for Moody's campaign had not immediately responded to its request for comment. The Kicker's report also quoted Rep. Yvette Clarke, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove criticizing Loomer's comments.
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The case's reference point is Loomer's remarks about Angie Nixon and other Black women in politics. Frost says Sen. Ashley Moody has been silent, asks whether she condemns the comments and Loomer, and asks whether she is okay with them. He treats the remarks as something that should be condemned, so we labeled it Condemned.
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