Gov. DeSantis Has Democrat Lawmaker ARRESTED for Staging “Sit-In” Over New Congressional Map

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn’t mess around!

Today, he had Democrat state Rep. Angie Nixon arrested after she staged an illegal “sit-in” (all by herself) outside of his office to protest the state’s new, fair Congressional map.

News4Jax reported:

Rep. Angie Nixon, D-Jacksonville, was arrested Friday evening by Capitol Police after about five hours of staging a sit-in outside Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office.

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She began her protest around noon, hoping to speak with a DeSantis staff member to discuss affordability in Florida. Nixon said two protesters who were with her at the time were arrested. At the time of her arrest, five supporters and a group of media members were told to leave the Capitol.

“I’m here because we have continually failed to do the business of the people in this legislative body, in this governor’s office,” she told the News Service of Florida before her arrest. “I’m here because they, instead of addressing the rising costs and the fact that people can no longer to afford to be alive, to stay in Florida … they instead want to rid maps in support of what Donald Trump wants.

At the time of her arrest it was unclear what charges she would face or where should would be taken.

If Rep. Nixon’s name sounds familiar, it’s probably because this is the same lawmaker who pulled out a pink bullhorn and started shouting at people when the map passed in the Florida House.

Check it out:

🚨 NOW: Gov. Ron DeSantis just had ghetto Rep. Angie Nixon (D) ARRESTED after she did an illegal "SIT-IN" at his office because of the 2026 Florida House map that adds +4 GOP seats

She melted down, and FAFO'd!

LMAO!! Florida is the best 🤣

DeSantis plays no games 🔥

This is… pic.twitter.com/9E0hH2GdUS

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 15, 2026

NOW: Gov. Ron DeSantis just had ghetto Rep. Angie Nixon (D) ARRESTED after she did an illegal “SIT-IN” at his office because of the 2026 Florida House map that adds +4 GOP seats

She melted down, and FAFO’d!

LMAO!! Florida is the best 🤣

DeSantis plays no games 🔥

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This is the SAME Rep. who stormed the House aisle with a bullhorn as the map passed.

Leftist psychos ENDLESSLY LOSE in our state ☀️

DeSantis’ chief of staff confirmed it: “Arrested.”

Here’s the original video of Rep. Nixon’s “protest”:

"I would love for the governor to come holla at ya girl"

Rep. @AngieNixon (D), recently reprimanded in the FL House for using a bullhorn during the vote on new congressional map, is staging a sit-in at @GovRonDeSantis’ office. Says she's here until she gets a chat with gov. pic.twitter.com/GU3tQjE1dh

— Forrest Saunders (@FBSaunders) May 15, 2026

I could be wrong, but don’t “sit-ins” usually require more than just a couple people to make any sort of impact?

This just comes across as extremely pathetic.

Gov. DeSantis’ Chief of Staff Jason Weida confirmed that she was later arrested over this little stunt:

Reprimanded and now arrested. https://t.co/SL8GrOqwd8

— Jason Weida (@JasonWeidaFL) May 15, 2026

Here’s another clip from the scene:

Rep. Angie Nixon, a Jacksonville Democrat, is doing a sit in at Gov. Ron DeSantis office in protest of the state’s new U.S. House map that creates more GOP-leaning districts.

Nixon was given a warning but is refusing to leave.

The press got escorted out, so we can’t see what’s… pic.twitter.com/iUJjrQIW2k

— Douglas Soule (@DouglasSoule) May 15, 2026

Rep. Angie Nixon is currently running for the U.S. Senate (good luck with that!)

This isn’t the first time she has gotten into trouble recently.

On Thursday, she was formally reprimanded by the House Rules and Ethics Committee over her megaphone incident on the House floor when the map passed.

First Coast News via Yahoo News has more:

The House Rules and Ethics Committee voted to formally reprimand Nixon following her use of a megaphone on the House floor while lawmakers were voting on new congressional district maps. Nixon called the redistricting a ‘slap in the face’ to minority communities and defended her actions at the time.

“They want to talk about I was lacking decorum, but what good is decorum if democracy is falling and they’re violating the Constitution and passing illegal maps,” Nixon previously told First Coast News.

Thursday’s meeting lasted less than 15 minutes with little debate among committee members. Fleming Island Republican and committee chair Rep. Sam Garrison called the reprimand a ‘serious’ and ‘measured’ action.

“I believe a reprimand is both appropriate and necessary. No one should take pleasure in reprimanding a fellow member. It stinks. I hate it. But when the choice is protecting the house and doing something unpleasant that I’d rather not deal with, my responsibility as chair is to protect the house,” Garrison explained.

The reprimand states Nixon specifically violated three House rules related to addressing the House, using props, and disrupting official legislative business. Nixon was not allowed to speak before the committee, though she did provide a written statement.

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