Nixon says what Schumer is looking into "is a question that you would have to have for Mr. Schumer"
Angie NixonDemocratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida and Florida state representative, interviewed on The Breakfast Club
On The Breakfast Club, asked what Schumer is looking into after telling her he would look into funding her race, Angie Nixon said that is a question to put to Schumer. She said she was all about agitation and that, whether or not he gives her money, she was depending on the people.
Responding to
Angie Nixon said in an MS NOW interview published September 24, 2026 that national Democratic leaders are reluctant to fund her Senate campaign, and attributed that reluctance to her progressive politics and to her race and gender.
“that is a question that you would have to have for Mr. Schumer ... whether or not he gives me money or not, I'm depending on the people.”
Interview
Where this statement fits
Are national Democrats holding back money from Angie Nixon's Florida Senate campaign because of her ideology and identity?
On September 24, 2026, Angie Nixon, the Democratic nominee for the Florida U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Sen. Ashley Moody, told MS NOW that national Democratic leaders are reluctant to fund her campaign and gave two explanations: her progressive politics, and her race and gender. A spokesperson for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) told MS NOW the committee monitors all races closely, including Florida. The committee's executive director, Devan Barber, has said additional investments require additional resources. Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings on record as of September 30, 2026 show a joint fundraising committee that includes the DSCC, a $5,000 contribution from a leadership PAC the FEC lists under Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and DSCC transfers totaling $24,000 to the Democratic Executive Committee of Florida in its July and August reports, but most of the period since the August 18 primary has not yet been reported. This case sets out what each side has said and what the filings show. It does not decide why national Democrats have spent what they have.
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Interview
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Video of Nixon's interview on Power 105.1 FM's The Breakfast Club, posted on the show's YouTube channel on September 25, 2026. The hosts ask about her call with Schumer, which they say they read about in an article.
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A host said she had read an article in which Nixon said she asked Schumer to help fund her race and he said he would look into it, and another host said Nixon was running a formidable race and that Schumer and establishment Democrats could benefit from her energy and should be standing behind her.
After the quotation
Nixon went on to ask listeners to join her people-powered campaign and said that if the establishment and billionaires do not want her, the people need to invest in her. Later in the interview a host asked about Bakari Sellers's remark that Democrats should not waste money on a difficult state like Florida, and Nixon said he was now helping to raise money for her.
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Why this label?
The case asks whether Nixon's ideology and identity are why national Democrats have not committed major spending to her campaign. Asked what Schumer is looking into, after a host said Schumer and establishment Democrats should be standing behind her, Nixon said that is a question for Schumer and did not give a reason. We labeled it Explicitly stayed out because she declined to speak for Schumer's decision.
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