JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 7 PM UPDATE: <\/b>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<\/b><\/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 <<<<\/b><\/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: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t have any regrets about what I did,\u201d Nixon told Action News Jax<\/b><\/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: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/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":3,"featured_media":803728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[7320,5229,32233,327189,7323,3188,723,250776,327190,7324,7310,7327,327191,7325,7326,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7322,7321],"class_list":{"0":"post-803727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-angie-nixon","11":"tag-angie-nixon-arrested","12":"tag-cbs47","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-florida","15":"tag-florida-gov-ron-desantis","16":"tag-florida-rep-angie-nixon","17":"tag-fox30","18":"tag-jacksonville","19":"tag-jacksonville-fl","20":"tag-jason-weida","21":"tag-northeast-florida","22":"tag-southeast-georgia","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-united-states-of-america","25":"tag-unitedstates","26":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","27":"tag-us","28":"tag-usa","29":"tag-wfox","30":"tag-wjax"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}