The Democratic Socialist of America (DSA) has been sending its people to Havana to meet with Communist officials and asking American donors to foot the bill.
Ron DeSantis just found out.
Attorney General James Uthmeier dropped a subpoena on the Democratic Socialists of America Tuesday – and what he is demanding to see has the group scrambling.
What Uthmeier Is Actually Investigating
This is not a phishing expedition.
Uthmeier's office is targeting two specific things.
First: the trips.
The DSA's own International Committee publicly admitted it sent 40 members – including elected leaders – to Cuba in October 2025.
Second: the money.
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In January, DSA National Political Committee member Christian Araos announced the creation of the Venceremos Fund – a fundraising operation soliciting tens of thousands of dollars from Americans to pay for those trips.
Here is the problem.
"Floridians who give to organizations operating in our state have a right to know where that money comes from and how it is used," Uthmeier said.
The subpoena was issued under Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act – the statute that gives investigators authority to demand witnesses and financial records.
Translation: Uthmeier isn't asking politely.
The DSA Has Been Under a National Microscope Since 2021
This subpoena did not come out of nowhere.
The Network Contagion Research Institute released a report earlier this year accusing the DSA of acting as an unregistered foreign agent – meaning a group that takes direction and benefits from hostile governments without registering with the Justice Department as required by federal law.
The report documented six separate DSA delegations to Venezuela, Cuba, and China since 2021 – trips where, the report alleged, Communist host governments covered travel costs, housing, and provided direct access to senior officials.
Following a 2021 trip to China, the DSA's International Committee hosted an event titled "No Cold War: Opposing U.S. Escalation on China."
The DSA's positions on ICE, on U.S. sanctions, on Cuba – they match the propaganda priorities of Havana and Beijing almost word for word.
A Newsweek investigation documented DSA members building direct ties with Chinese Communist Party officials through visits to CCP political training schools.
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The Capital Research Center noted in 2023 that the DSA had formally joined the National Network on Cuba – a coalition federal investigators have scrutinized for coordinating pressure campaigns at the direction of a Cuban diplomat on U.S. soil.
Separately, the DOJ launched a grand jury probe into Marxist tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, whose money flows through organizations tied to the Chinese Communist Party – and into several of the same circles the DSA runs in.
Florida Is Done Waiting for Washington to Act
The FBI and DOJ have been circling this network for years without handcuffs.
Uthmeier's consumer protection statute gives him real teeth here – the same legal authority he used against Discord, OpenAI, and environmental nonprofits he suspected of deceptive fundraising.
The DSA is not a fringe club that meets in someone's basement.
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It has elected members to Congress and city councils across the country, and its Florida chapters actively solicited donations for the Cuba and China trips – which is exactly why Uthmeier has jurisdiction.
The question at the center of this investigation is simple: did Communist governments provide money, travel, lodging, or anything of value to an organization that then went to Florida donors and said "help us pay for this"?
If they did – and Florida donors were kept in the dark – that is consumer fraud under Florida law.
The DSA has been proudly public about its love for Cuba and China.
What Uthmeier wants to see is what they kept private.
Sources:
- Kennedy Owens, "Uthmeier subpoenas Democratic Socialists of America in foreign funding inquiry," Florida Voice News, November 10, 2026.
- Network Contagion Research Institute, "Democratic Socialists of America: Policy, Advocacy and Narrative Convergence with Hostile Foreign States," 2026.
- Asra Nomani, "How Cuba Is Covertly Boosting America's Radical Left," National Review, 2026.
- Fox News Digital, "DOJ, Treasury Investigate Nonprofits, Leaders Allegedly Coordinating Cuba Influence Campaign," Fox News, 2026.
- Capital Research Center, "Communism and the Democratic Socialists of America," 2023.
