communists, didn't you? >> senator, are you referring to my membership in the youth communist organization when i was growing up in the soviet union? >> i want to ask you that question. >> senator, i was born and group up in the soviet union. >> yes, ma'am, were you a member of that -- >> every member in that country was a member of the communist youth organization. >> so you were a member? >> that was a part of normal progress in school. >> i don't mean any disrespect. i don't know whether to call you professor or comrade. >> oh, my goodness. >> senator, i'm not a communist. i do not subscribe to that ideology. i could not choose where i was born. i did not -- i do not remember