Bakari Sellers on U.S. Politics

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Statement history

1 statement on this page. Dates: September 3, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: September 3, 2026

2 published statements. Dates: August 19, 2026 to September 3, 2026

Challenged the characterization

1 published statement. Dates: September 3, 2026

1 statement on this page. Dates: September 3, 2026

Bakari Sellers

Role at the time: CNN political commentator and co-host of Native Land Pod

September 3, 2026Challenged the characterization

Response to this claim

Bakari Sellers said on CNN on August 19, 2026 that Democrats will not be wasting money in Florida now because it is a Senate seat Democrats were not going to win, and that the money will go instead to states such as North Carolina, Ohio and possibly Iowa.

“Florida is not a state that is a primary target if we're going to take the United States Senate back.”

Read the original text

Bakari Responds to Criticism Over His Angie Nixon Comments (Native Land Pod, episode 147)Transcript, about 40:13 to 42:30 (Sellers replays and explains his August 19 CNN remarks) and 43:05 to 46:50 (responses from Nikki Free and Angela Rye)

iHeartRadio episode page with the platform's transcript, which is machine-generated and misspells some names. Sellers replays his CNN remarks and explains them, with guest Nikki Free and co-host Angela Rye responding. The episode is dated September 3, 2026.

Why we used this label

Sellers disputes the reading of his remarks as a judgment on Nixon and restates the competitiveness reason: Florida is not a primary target whoever the nominee is. He does not address whether Nixon's ideology or identity affect funding decisions. We labeled it Challenges the characterization because it disputes how his earlier statement was characterized and attributes the limit to Florida's standing as a target.

Read statement Are national Democrats holding back money from Angie Nixon's Florida Senate campaign because of her ideology and identity?