DSA-affiliated Senate nominee sparks bipartisan uproar with comments on communist dictatorship

Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon is facing a wave of criticism over her response to a seemingly straightforward question about whether Cuba is a dictatorship, months after joining the Democratic Socialists of America as she campaigns for statewide office in a state shaped by generations of Cuban exiles.

"You know, that is what people have told me. I have never been to Cuba, and so I will have to take their word for it," Nixon told CBS News when asked directly whether she considers Cuba a dictatorship.