Florida lawmaker reprimanded over megaphone protest of new congressional map

Democratic State Rep. Angie Nixon, of Jacksonville, speaks into a megaphone in protest of Florida’s newly drawn congressional map on April 29, 2026. Lawrence Mower Tampa Bay Times

By Gray Rohrer News Service of Florida

Rep. Angie Nixon was reprimanded by the House Rules and Ethics Committee on Thursday for her loud protest on the House floor last month that disrupted a vote on new congressional district maps.

Nixon, a Jacksonville Democrat, was not given an opportunity to speak before the panel before it approved the formal reprimand on a voice vote, but she did issue a statement to the committee.

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