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Dem Senate hopeful dished out thousands to radical staffer who glorified Hamas: 'Freedom fighters'

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Briceno, L. (2026, September 24). Dem Senate hopeful dished out thousands to radical staffer who glorified Hamas: 'Freedom fighters'. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senate-hopeful-dished-out-thousands-radical-staffer-glorified-hamas-freedom-fighters

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Sara Mahmoud, a social media manager for Florida Senate hopeful Angie Nixon, posted on multiple accounts glorifying Hamas and expressing anti-Semitic sentiments. For instance, she referred to Hamas fighters as "freedom fighters" and wished Zionists would die. Despite these controversial posts dating back to 2015, Mahmoud was employed by the Nixon campaign from June and received at least $8,400 in payments according to FEC filings. The article highlights the connection between support for far-left political groups like DSA and opposition to Israel.
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Sara Mahmoud, who served as a social media manager for Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Senate candidate in Florida, has been criticized for her past social media posts. These posts included wishing that supporters of Israel would "die" and glorifying Hamas, the terrorist organization responsible for the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel which killed roughly 1,200 people. On November 18, 2018, Mahmoud referred to Hamas as "freedom fighters," expressing support for their actions during rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza. These controversial posts have been documented by the antisemitism watchdog group Canary Mission, raising concerns about her involvement with Nixon's campaign and potential ties to radical ideologies.

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🔮 The timing means roughly 58,000 voters may have made their choices before learning of the reported effort that critics say was intended to create confusion with a same-name candidate.
🔮 In both states, the tight margins are a welcome sign for Democrats as they try to unseat a pair of Republican incumbents: Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, and Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C. Should both races go their way, Democrats would find themselves within striking distance of eliminating the current 53-seat Republican majority in the Senate.
🔮 The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a conservative government watchdog, filed a complaint on Monday against Angie Nixon, a state legislator and candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), alleging that she may have violated "a number of Florida and federal laws."
🔮 Thank you for telling us who you really are and what you really think… keep my name out of your mouth while you’re at it." Talarico, for his part, described the wording as a mischaracterization, stating that he "described Congressman Allred’s method of campaigning as mediocre" and that he would "never attack him on the basis of race."
🔮 A senator who helps Donald Trump hurt Maine then tells us how concerned she is, or somebody who will stand up against him before another family in Maine has to pay the price.
🔮 "Annie Trannie is not, in particular, as it pertains to representing the Values of the Great People of South Carolina — She is in favor of Transgender for Everyone, Open Borders, Defunding the Police, High Taxes, a Weak Military, and will absolutely fight to take your guns away —
🔮 The comments also raise questions about what El-Sayed’s ideals for the Democratic Party would have looked like in 2012, highlighting his past satisfaction with one of the Democratic Party's most prominent figures.
🔮 The remark came during a podcast interview in which Talarico discussed how Texas might balance its budget amid COVID-related shortfalls.
🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to combat antisemitism indirectly furthers funding to an Arab-American group critical of U.S. – Israel relations.
🔮 Although the DSA has not officially endorsed El-Sayed in his Senate bid or affirmed his platform, the DSA’s local support for him may raise questions of increased overlap between his platform and the DSA's official stances.
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Those comments, and dozens of others like them were cataloged by antisemitism watchdog Canary Mission, outlined Mahmoud’s thinking as she worked with Angie Nixon, a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), in pursuit of a U.S. Senate seat.
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🔮 Sara Mahmoud, who served as a social media manager for the far-left Senate nominee in Florida, has a digital footprint spanning multiple accounts with different aliases that include wishing that Zionists, supporters of the state of Israel, would "die.

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Sara Mahmoud, who served as a social media manager for the far-left Senate nominee in Florida, has a digital footprint spanning multiple accounts with different aliases that include wishing that Zionists, supporters of the state of Israel, would "die. asserted
Zionists → serve → Israel
" "Can Zionists die already?" Mahmoud said in one post to X from an account that was recently deleted. asserted
that → die → account
She also made posts that expressed support for Hamas, the terror organization that launched the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that left roughly 1,200 people dead. asserted
that → make → people
Praying for their safety and success," Mahmoud posted on Nov. 18, 2018 — the same day Hamas fired as many as 400 rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel. asserted
Hamas → pray → Israel
Later that same year, she also re-posted a celebration of the organization's 31st anniversary since its founding in 1987. asserted
she → re → 1987
"Palestine is the land of the Arab Palestinian people, from it they originate, to it they adhere and belong, and about it they reach out and communicate. asserted
they → originate → it
#Hamas31 #WhatsHamas," the post read. asserted
post → read → ?
Those comments, and dozens of others like them were cataloged by antisemitism watchdog Canary Mission, outlined Mahmoud’s thinking as she worked with Angie Nixon, a candidate backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), in pursuit of a U.S. Senate seat. asserted
she → catalog → seat
The posts also further illustrate the overlap between support for DSA and opposition to Israel. asserted
posts → illustrate → Israel
In addition to posting about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, many of Mahmoud’s posts are directed at White Jews, especially those supporting the Israeli state. asserted
many → post → state
"Wow, white Jews are so entitled lmfaoooo please die," Mahmoud said in a 2016 post. asserted
Mahmoud → die → post
I’m really sick of seeing folks contesting this fact. asserted
folks → ’m → fact
Folks who try arguing either a.) conflate Zionism and Judaism or b.) employ race science to define ‘white’ and ‘whiteness,’" she wrote in a separate post. asserted
she → try → post
"Zionism = white supremacy. asserted
Zionism → = → ?
PLZ get this! asserted
PLZ → get → this
Zionism wasn’t made for all Jewish people and doesn’t represent all Jewish people! asserted
Zionism → make → people
" "Twitter banned me for saying zios [sic] should ch*ke but here’s my cute a-- nails," Mahmoud wrote in 2017. asserted
Mahmoud → ban → 2017
Despite the comments, some dating back to 2015, Mahmoud was brought on as a social media manager for the Nixon campaign as recently as June. asserted
Mahmoud → date → June
According to the latest FEC filing, Mahmoud has received at least $8,400 for her services between June and July. uncertain
Mahmoud → accord → June
Fox News Digital could not confirm if there were additional payments in the 3rd quarter filings that will be released next month. uncertain
that → confirm → filings
Mahmoud is no longer employed by the Nixon campaign. asserted
Mahmoud → employ → campaign
A campaign spokesperson did not say whether it was aware of the posts when it hired Mahmoud and declined to comment on whether the campaign thought they were appropriate. asserted
they → say → Mahmoud
They also noted that Mahmoud is no longer working for Nixon, stating that she had found another employment opportunity. asserted
she → note → opportunity
Like Mahmoud, Nixon has also expressed alarm at the U.S. partnership with Israel but has couched her criticisms as strictly limited to the Israeli government. asserted
Nixon → express → government
"Caring about thousands of innocent lives lost does not make anyone antisemitic. asserted
anyone → care → lives
You can turn your backs on me because I am on the right side of history because I don’t’ want the babies to die," Nixon said in a speech before the Florida Legislature. asserted
Nixon → turn → Legislature
Nixon has supported reducing U.S. aid to Israel and reevaluating the partnership between the two countries, citing humanitarian concerns over its war with Gaza — views that align with the DSA. asserted
that → support → DSA
But on its website, the DSA goes further. asserted
DSA → go → website
Among its other party platforms, like abolishing the U.S. Senate and government-subsidized housing, it states that it supports autonomy for the Palestinian people. asserted
it → abolish → people
"[We] recognize the rights of the Palestinian people, including the right of return, the right to resist military occupation and the right to self-determination in a free Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital," the DSA website states. asserted
website → recognize → capital
Mahmoud, for her part, agreed in a post to X in 2018. asserted
Mahmoud → agree → 2018
"Any means used by Palestinians to liberate ourselves from white supremacist Israeli colonizers is just. asserted
means → use → colonizers
We will return. asserted
We → return → ?
Wait on it," Mahmoud wrote. asserted
Mahmoud → wait → it
Even before the 2023 conflict with Gaza, which prompted international debate about its protections for civilian casualties, Mahmoud had asserted that Israel was carrying out a systematic elimination of Palestinians. asserted
Israel → prompt → Palestinians
"You’re doing exactly what Hitler did. asserted
Hitler → do → what
It’s a mass genocide and ethnic cleansing that Israel is conducting," Mahmoud wrote of Israel in 2015. asserted
Mahmoud → ’ → 2015
"’I’m embracing my Israeli side.’ asserted
I → embrace → side
B--ch, so you embracing imperialism and racism? asserted
you → embrace → imperialism
OK," she posted in 2016. asserted
she → post → 2016
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