Florida Democrat arrested after sit-in outside DeSantis's office
A Florida state representative was arrested on Friday for holding a sit-in protest outside Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R-FL) office against the state’s newly drawn congressional map.
TL;DR
- State Rep. Angie Nixon, a Democrat, was arrested for holding a sit-in protest outside Gov. Ron DeSantis's office.
- The protest was against Florida's newly drawn congressional map, which Nixon claims DeSantis rigged.
- Nixon urged DeSantis to call a special session to 'unrig the maps' and demanded a conversation about his political games.
- DeSantis's chief of staff and the governor himself commented on the arrest, with DeSantis calling the protest 'performative nonsense' and stating the arrest was deserved.
- Nixon had previously been reprimanded by the Florida House Rules and Ethics Committee for protesting the map on the state House floor.
- The new map, signed by DeSantis, is projected to give Republicans a 24-4 advantage in the state's congressional delegation.
- A lawsuit challenging the new map was filed by Florida Democratic voters and a voting rights group shortly after DeSantis signed it.