Poor Joe Garcia. Maybe in another universe, the Florida congressman would just be a Democrat who praised communism.

Instead, Garcia is now that Democrat who praised communism and appeared to eat his own ear wax.

During a Google Hangout session, Garcia discussed the U.S.-Mexico border and said El Paso was the safest city in America, despite its proximity to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

“Two of the safest cities in America are on the border with Mexico,” he said. “Of course, the reason is we’ve proved that communism works. If you give everybody a good government job, there is no crime.”

Back in Florida, opponents seized on the house representative’s comments, the Sunshine State News reports.

“Congressman Joe Garcia has embarrassed South Florida families with his voter fraud scandal, his bad committee hearing hygiene and now he has the audacity to say communism works,” said Katie Prill, a spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

And by “bad committee hearing hygiene,” Prill is referring to an incident earlier this month where Garcia was seen, on camera, picking his ear and appearing to eat whatever juicy treasure he unearthed in there. In his defense, Garcia claimed it was a hang nail on Twitter.