Florida socialist Angie Nixon says she doesn’t ‘really know’ Hasan Piker

Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon declined to embrace the prospect of campaigning with far-left streamer Hasan Piker on Wednesday during an appearance on "CBS Mornings," telling co-host Gayle King she was not personally familiar with him.

"I don't really know who Mr.

Piker is," Nixon told King.

"I've heard about him." When pressed, Nixon told King she didn't know who he was "personally, or anything like that." Democratic strategist and former Biden White House Press Office Chief of Staff Yemisi Egbewole told Fox News Digital Wednesday the approach was politically astute.

" Piker has already said he’s staying away from her campaign to avoid being a distraction, and she clearly isn’t begging him to join," Egbewole said.

"If a Dem wants any shot of winning a state like Florida, they should be careful, and it’s clear she’s using a different playbook than other DSA members.

Smart!" WHO IS ANGIE NIXON? BULLHORN-WIELDING SOCIALIST UPSETS ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITE IN SUNSHINE STATE STUNNER The Republican National Committee offered a sharply different assessment of Democrats’ embrace of socialist candidates.

RNC press secretary Natalie Baldassarre told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that the party’s ideological direction would prove damaging in the general election.

"Their embrace of this poisonous ideology is political suicide, and it will be their downfall in November," Baldassarre said.

King's question came one day after Nixon upset former National Security Council official Alexander Vindman, a whistleblower who became a key witness in President Donald Trump 's first impeachment inquiry, in Florida's Democratic Senate primary.

King apologized after Nixon denied knowing Piker personally, then asked whether she would want him to campaign with her.

"I am actually focused on Florida and making sure that I’m talking to voters here to uplift their needs and their concerns.

So that’s what my focus is going to be over the next 76 days," Nixon said.

PIKER DEMANDS DEMOCRATS DEFEND HIM FROM ATTACKS, CLAIMS HE’S NO ‘TOXIC RADICAL FORCE' Nixon acknowledged that she had heard about Piker but did not answer yes or no when asked whether she would accept him as a campaign surrogate.