Socialist Sanders To Barnstorm Key Red States Ahead Of Midterms

Sen. Bernie Sanders is set to barnstorm two key red states in a campaign blitz aimed at boosting Democratic enthusiasm ahead of the midterms.

Over the next week, the Vermont socialist will campaign in Florida and Texas as part of his ongoing “Fighting Oligarchy Tour.” Beginning Saturday, Sanders will make stops in Tampa, Melbourne, Gainesville, and Tallahassee.

In Florida, he will be joined by far-left state Rep. Angie Nixon, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, who has called for the punishment and imprisonment of incumbent Republican Sen. Ashley Moody.

During a viral CNN interview, Nixon pushed back on claims that she supports abolishing prisons, arguing that she could not possibly support doing so because she wants her opponent, Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL), thrown behind bars.

“They are spreading, like, a lot of disinformation and lies on commercials about me, of saying things like, I want to abolish prisons, and I want to defund the police,” Nixon claimed, as the CNN anchor sat beside her with a straight face. “Why would I want to do that when I want her [Moody] locked up and punished in jail for what she has done?”

Nixon also spent months attacking slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, calling his supporters tools of “white supremacy” and comparing a bill honoring the Turning Point USA founder to something “brought straight by the KKK,” as The Daily Wire previously reported.

Nixon’s embrace of Sanders on the campaign trail could prove politically risky in a conservative state where many voters, including immigrants who fled repressive communist and socialist regimes, have backed Republicans in recent elections.

In a recent advertisement, Moody painted Nixon as a far-left radical and leaned into anti-socialist messaging.

“She quotes cop killers, attacks law enforcement, and signed up for a socialist platform to abolish prisons and defund the police,” Moody said. “I approve this message because it’s freedom or socialism, and that’s not complicated,” she added.

After Florida, Sanders will take his left-wing populist message to Texas, where Democrat James Talarico and Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton are locked in a tight race. He will be in Amarillo, El Paso, and Houston. But unlike Nixon, Talarico will not join Sanders on the campaign trail as he seeks to turn Texas blue for the first time in decades.

Instead, former Texas Democratic star Beto O’Rourke will join Sanders on the campaign trail. O’Rourke previously failed to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz in 2018 and Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022.

The Daily Wire previously reported how Talarico flip-flopped on numerous issues from border security to his beliefs about God during a CNN town hall Wednesday as he continues to run from his radical past. 

“I am not running for the U.S. Senate to represent New York or California. I’m not running for the U.S. Senate to represent the Democratic Party,” Talarico claimed during the town hall. “I am running for Senate to represent all 31 million Texans, and I will always do what’s best for Texas.” 

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