{"id":293455,"date":"2025-10-11T01:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T01:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/293455\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T01:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T01:57:10","slug":"local-state-rep-calls-for-duval-school-board-member-to-resign-over-controversial-social-media-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/293455\/","title":{"rendered":"Local state rep calls for Duval school board member to resign over controversial social media comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong> \u2013 A state representative is demanding the resignation of a Duval County School Board member after a controversial comment on a social media post that targeted people with liberal politics, who were accused of spreading hate.<\/p>\n

The post, shared by a page called \u201cLibsofDuval,\u201d featured a Duval County parent speaking during public comment at this week\u2019s school board meeting. The page also called out other Jacksonville leaders with liberal views.<\/p>\n

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News4JAX was sent a screenshot showing April Carney, Vice Chair of the Duval County School Board, commenting under the post. Carney tagged a conservative page called \u201cLibsofTikTok.\u201d <\/p>\n

The comment has since been deleted.<\/p>\n

The \u201cLibsofDuval\u201d page later posted a video of parent advocate Yasmina White\u2019s public comment from the meeting. White compared board members wearing pink shirts that read \u201cThis Is the Turning Point\u201d to wearing white hoods.<\/p>\n

State Representative Angie Nixon is now calling on Carney to step down. Nixon says she has received calls from parents and teachers who have been threatened because of the situation. <\/p>\n

She spoke with News4JAX over Zoom.<\/p>\n

\u201cApril Carney is in a leadership position, and she needs to get thick skin,\u201d Nixon said. \u201cI have been called out by name. I have been talked down to but, you know, I am not going to target a constituent. If someone harasses me to the point where they are threatening me with violence, then I\u2019ll alert the sergeant of arms, or FDLE, or the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office. But you cannot weaponize your office simply because you\u2019re upset that you got called out.\u201d<\/p>\n

News4JAX reached out to Carney for comment, who denied any affiliation with the account and said the claims have no basis.<\/p>\n

In a statement posted on X,<\/a> Carney said she doesn\u2019t care what Nixon thinks. She added, \u201cWhile I called for unity at our hostile board meetings to heal, Angie fuels false narratives with her divisive rhetoric to harm.\u201d <\/p>\n

Carney also called Nixon a bully who slanders anyone who disagrees with her.<\/p>\n

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I frankly don\u2019t give a damn what @AngieNixon<\/a> thinks. <\/p>\n

While I am focused on school improvement and student safety, Angie Nixon wears the title of \u201cMost Inconsequential State Legislator\u201d with pride and has done nothing for Jacksonville. While I called for unity at our hostile\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/o3fXETkMaM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 april arena carney (@carney0134) October 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Parental advocate Yasmina White provided a statement to News4JAX on the matter, saying: <\/p>\n

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I am deeply disturbed by School Board Member April Carney\u2019s actions. I had entrusted her to work professionally and in good faith for the benefit of all children in our school district. Instead, she chose to engage a social media account notorious for targeting and endangering private citizens by tagging it in a post that singled out parents like me.<\/p>\n

As a parent advocate, my work has always centered on strengthening family engagement and holding elected officials accountable to their commitment to build a school system that serves every child and every need. April Carney\u2019s actions betray that commitment and place a target on my back, and on my children, putting our safety and livelihood in harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

This is not about political disagreement; for me it is about accountability, and the basic expectation that elected officials must protect the families they serve, not endanger them.<\/p>\n

Yasmina White<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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