JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 7 PM UPDATE: Rep. Angie Nixon issued the following statement after her arrest:<\/p>\n
My commitment has always been to the people of my district and to the Constitution I swore to uphold, not to any political party or agenda. I will continue to honor that commitment by fighting against injustice, defending our democracy, and demanding action on the issues that matter most to the people we serve.<\/p>\n
I will not allow our rights and representation to be taken away in silence. At a time when people need their leadership to step up and govern, Gov. DeSantis and the Republican-controlled legislature in Florida are playing politics with people\u2019s lives. I was arrested today along with outraged constituents demanding action instead of doing the job taxpayers send them to Tallahassee for. I am calling for the release of all the peaceful protesters arrested today and for this legislature to revisit the Constitution they claim to uphold so that we can have representative maps.<\/p>\n
Nikki Fried, Chairwoman of the Florida Democratic Party, released the following statement:<\/p>\n
Floridians have the right to peacefully protest when their communities are under attack and elected officials have a responsibility to stand with them.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re deeply concerned by reports that journalists covering the protests were removed from the Capitol. Freedom of the press is a fundamental part of democracy and any threat or limitation to that freedom weakens our country, state, and communities. Only wannabe dictators arrest their political opponents in the shadows.<\/p>\n
Florida Democrats will keep fighting to protect every voter\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n
END OF UPDATE<\/p>\n
A local Florida Representative was arrested Friday after staging a sit-in at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 office.<\/p>\n
Jason Weida, DeSantis\u2019 chief of staff, posted on X that Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, has been \u201creprimanded and now arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n This comes a day after Nixon was issued a formal reprimand by her colleagues.<\/p>\n The reprimand was in response to Nixon\u2019s protest on the House floor using a pink bullhorn during last month\u2019s vote to pass new congressional maps.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t have any regrets about what I did,\u201d Nixon told Action News Jax<\/a> ahead of the hearing.<\/p>\n Action News Jax is working to learn more details about Nixon\u2019s arrest. This story will be updated as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 7 PM UPDATE: Rep. Angie Nixon issued the following statement after her arrest: My commitment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[344,18523,116936,347,28,12337,30,29,116937,348,116,351,116938,349,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-273480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-action-news-jax","tag-angie-nixon","tag-angie-nixon-arrested","tag-cbs47","tag-florida","tag-florida-gov-ron-desantis","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-rep-angie-nixon","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jason-weida","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}