{
  "id": 2426534,
  "title": "Florida’s GOP Has a Very Short Playbook: Call Everyone a Socialist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/floridas-gop-has-a-very-short-playbook-call-everyone-a-socialist",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T19:19:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/florida-moody-donalds-nixon-senate-governor-gop-election-socialism/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody declared her Senate opponent, state Rep. Angie Nixon, a self-proclaimed socialist during Thursday's GOP \"Victory Rally.\" The rally served as the Republican Party's opening salvo for the upcoming November general election. Moody questioned the audience, \"If I told you last year that Florida would have a nominee to the United States Senate that was a self-declared socialist, would you believe me? This is not a joke. This is not a fictional TV series. This is reality.\" She went on to call Nixon's vision for the United States akin to Cuba. Democratic state lawmaker Nixon, a union organizer, narrowly defeated presumed frontrunner Alex Vindman in a primary Tuesday. She is championing causes such as affordability, Medicare for all, free childcare, paid family and sick leave, and a national rent freeze. Despite being a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, the organization did not endorse her. The rally highlighted how Republicans plan to push fears of socialism, particularly in a state with a significant Hispanic population, which includes Cubans and Venezuelans who immigrated from communist nations. Republican Blaise Ingoglia, running for his state's financial office, vowed to fight against what he called \"open borders, unaffordability, and the party of boys playing in girls' sports.\" Governor candidate Byron Donalds endorsed the concept, crediting President Trump for his support and pledging to \"DOGE every government agency in Florida.\" He dismissed his Democratic opponent, David Jolly, as a \"Trojan horse\" for the Democratic Socialists of America. The crowd enthusiastically supported Donalds' message, holding up signs that read \"Defending the Florida Dream.\" Donalds warned attendees against bending the knee to socialism, emphasizing the importance of common sense, sound economics, parental rights, and prioritizing hardworking Floridians.",
  "summary": "In a bright red power suit, Ashley Moody, the former Florida attorney general who nabbed the state’s GOP Senate nomination in Tuesday’s primary, strolled onto the stage of Florida Republicans’ “Victory Rally” on Thursday and did not waste time attacking her opponent, state Rep. Angie Nixon. “If I told you last year that Florida would […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}