to the gop? because we are not stupid. because we know, we know. >> reporter: running in florida's 27th district, the centerpiece of congress woman marita laesa in a community. >> socialism is a really bad dirty word for people that speak and sound like me. why? because we have lifted. and you know, it's beautiful in theory. it's miserable in practice. >> reporter: the daughter of cuban refugees says her party has made recent gained with latino voters because the gop is defending them from what they call radical policies put forward by democrats. >> unfortunately, the democratic party, leadership has been infiltrated and it's been hijacked by radical forces that are neomarxists. no one has to misinform them.