Florida Senate nominee Angie Nixon says 'I don't know' when asked if she's capitalist or socialist
Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon struggled to identify whether she was a capitalist or socialist during an interview on Friday — drawing sharp criticism from Republican Sen.Ashley Moody's campaign as the candidates entered the final week of Florida's Senate race.Politico's Dasha Burns confronted the nominee over her membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), noting that she had previously identified herself as a capitalist despite joining the socialist organization.
When Burns pressed Nixon to explain how she personally identified, the Jacksonville Democrat repeatedly expressed uncertainty."I don't know.I don't know.
Like, I don't know," Nixon said on "The Conversation.""I identify as Angie Nixon, as a Black woman who was a former single mom, who wants to make sure that no one has to struggle the way I struggled when I was a single mom," she added. Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon struggled to identify whether she was a capitalist or socialist during an interview with Politico's Dasha Burns.(Joe Raedle/Getty Images)LA MAYORAL HOPEFUL NITHYA RAMAN CALLS HERSELF BOTH A 'CAPITALIST' AND 'DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST'Cameron Gambini, a spokesperson for Moody, criticized Nixon's response in a statement to Fox News Digital, questioning her ideological commitments and referencing a separate controversy surrounding her recent comments about Cuba."Angie Nixon voluntarily signed up to be a member of the Democrat Socialists," he said.
"Now she's clearly regretting letting her true colors shine.And just yesterday, she refused to say Cuba was a dictatorship.
Socialist Angie is a radical lunatic who will never step foot on the Senate floor.Case-closed."When asked directly during an interview on Monday with CBS News whether Nixon considered Cuba a dictatorship, she said, "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 subsequently challenged CBS News' characterizati...