Ro Khanna says Vance told a descendant of enslaved people to leave America
Ro KhannaU.S. representative from California, posting on X
Khanna writes that Vance told a Black woman who is a descendant of enslaved people to leave America, and that he did not believe Vance would go this low.
“Telling a Black woman who is a descendant of enslaved people to leave America, @JDVance.”
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JD Vance tells Angie Nixon to 'get the hell out of here' over her socialist label; Nixon says Florida is her home
At a campaign rally in Lakeland, Florida, on October 1, 2026, Vice President JD Vance said that when Angie Nixon, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Florida, calls herself a socialist, the right response is to say 'then get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America, if those are your views.' Nixon answered on X that Florida is her home and that her ancestors built the country. Rep. Ro Khanna wrote that Vance had told a Black woman descended from enslaved people to leave America, and Richard Grenell replied that Khanna's 'Victim Culture' should get out too.
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Rep. Ro Khanna posted this on X on October 1, 2026, quoting a post by Aaron Rupar that shared video of Vance's remark about Nixon.
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Florida Phoenix report by Mitch Perry, republished by WLRN, on Vance's October 1 rally in Lakeland. It quotes his remarks about Nixon and the written statement Nixon issued in response.
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At a rally in Lakeland, Vance said that when Angie Nixon calls herself a socialist, the right response is to tell her to get the hell out of here because she does not belong in America.
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In the same post, Khanna writes that he does not know what to say and adds, 'Even I didn't believe you would go this low.'
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The case concerns Vance's statement at the Lakeland rally that Nixon should 'get the hell out of here' and does not belong in America if she calls herself a socialist. Khanna describes the remark as telling a descendant of enslaved people to leave America and says he did not believe Vance would go this low, which condemns it.
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