Joe Concha slams Angie Nixon for Cuba comments: ‘Worst answer’ of the year

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Miller, B. (2026, October 28). Joe Concha slams Angie Nixon for Cuba comments: ‘Worst answer’ of the year. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4782552/joe-concha-slams-angie-nixon-comments-worst-answer-of-year/

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-10-28 · by Britta Miller

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Joe Concha, a Washington Examiner columnist, criticized Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon for her evasive response when asked about Cuba being a dictatorship. On Fox News's Fox & Friends First program, Concha called Nixon’s answer “the worst of the year,” suggesting it undermines her chances in the election.
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🔮 “The fact that she couldn’t even answer that question and then puts out a statement later that was written for her, again, she’s not winning this election,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First Wednesday.
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Cuba Democratic Florida Senate Washington Examiner

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Angie Nixon PERSON · 1× Concha PERSON · 1× Cuba GPE · 1× Democratic NORP · 1× Florida GPE · 1× Fox & Friends ORG · 1× Fox News’s ORG · 1× Joe Concha PERSON · 1× Senate ORG · 1× Washington Examiner ORG · 1×

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“The fact that she couldn’t even answer that question and then puts out a statement later that was written for her, again, she’s not winning this election,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First Wednesday.
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🔮 “The fact that she couldn’t even answer that question and then puts out a statement later that was written for her, again, she’s not winning this election,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First Wednesday.
2026-10-28 · Washington Examiner
Joe Concha slams Angie Nixon for Cuba comments: ‘Worst answer’ of the year · assertive framing

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Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha slammed Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon after she declined to directly call Cuba a dictatorship. asserted
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“The fact that she couldn’t even answer that question and then puts out a statement later that was written for her, again, she’s not winning this election,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First Wednesday. asserted
Concha → answer → Wednesday
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