A racist tirade from right-wing activist Laura Loomer against Florida U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon has drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum, including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Loomer, who serves as an informal advisor to President Donald Trump, called Nixon a “ghetto black communist b****” on X and, when confronted over the remark, said she meant every word.
A Coordinated Attack on Black Women Leaders
Loomer's tirade wasn't limited to Nixon. According to the Advocate, she also targeted U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley, former Rep. Cori Bush, and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, describing the group of Black women as “ghetto, entitled, race-obsessed, destructive black BITCHES.” Nixon responded on social media by referencing a 2024 promotional video in which Loomer ate bison organ dog food on camera, quoting Queen Latifah's line, “Who you calling a bitch?” Loomer escalated from there, telling Nixon she needed her “leash” tugged and addressing her as “Shaniqua,” the outlet reports.
The exchange traces back to a Florida legislative fight from earlier this year. Loomer's attack specifically cited Nixon's floor debate against Florida House Bill 125 in February, a measure creating an annual state remembrance day for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk following his death in September 2025, according to Newsweek. Hoodline previously covered that debate in its report on the Tallahassee firestorm over the bill.
Maryland's Governor Steps Into a Florida Race
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore issued a public statement on X calling out Loomer over her comments toward Nixon, arguing that all sides should condemn her given her status as an advisor to Trump, as reported by WJLA. Moore said Loomer attacks and insults Black women because she believes peddling racism is good for her clicks and business model. Loomer holds no official government title, but she maintains close access to Trump.
Loomer, for her part, said she is free to say what she wants and suggested her comments could hurt Republican Sen. Ashley Moody, the incumbent Nixon is running against. Per the same WJLA report, Loomer has faced backlash from both sides of the aisle over the remarks.
Even a Former Trump Ally Draws a Line
The rebuke also came from within Trump's own political orbit. Former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress in January after a public rift with Trump, denounced Loomer's “nasty, hateful and racist comments,” according to the WJLA report. Greene said Trump and Republican Party leadership are responsible for keeping Loomer in their inner circle and argued that her rhetoric should not be tolerated. She added that she wants nothing to do with what she called Trump's new MAGA and Republican Party.
Greene was careful to note her criticism of Loomer isn't an endorsement of Nixon or the Democratic Party — she said she does not support either. The former Georgia representative and longtime Trump ally's comments illustrate a rare moment where Republican and Democratic officials are aligned in condemning the same remarks, even as they remain divided on nearly everything else.
The Stakes of Florida's Senate Race
Nixon, a state representative from Jacksonville, won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate on August 18 after pulling off a primary upset over Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council official who rose to national prominence during Trump's first impeachment, according to PBS. She now faces Sen. Ashley Moody, who was appointed to the seat by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2025 after Marco Rubio resigned to become Secretary of State. If elected, Nixon would become Florida's first Black U.S. senator.
The general election, set for November, poses a steep uphill climb for Nixon. Registered Republicans now outnumber Democrats by roughly 1.5 million voters statewide, a dramatic shift from 2020, when Democrats held the registration edge, per the Guardian. A Stetson University Center for Public Opinion Research poll conducted in spring 2026 had Moody leading statewide candidates by 13 points, 51% to 38%, Newsweek reported.
Nixon has built a reputation as an activist unafraid of direct confrontation with Florida's Republican leadership. In May, she was arrested after staging a five-hour sit-in outside DeSantis's Capitol office to protest rising housing costs, a demonstration Hoodline covered in its report on the Capitol sit-in and her arrest. That history of high-visibility clashes with state government has followed her into the national spotlight of the Senate race, now intensified by Loomer's attack and the bipartisan backlash it has triggered.
