DSA ideas are ‘embarrassing’ and sound like they come from ‘high college students’: Sarah Bedford

Published August 20, 2026 10:07am ET



Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford criticized socialists and the Democratic Socialists of America platform for posing unrealistic solutions to issues such as healthcare affordability, for which Democrats don’t have answers.

“Healthcare affordability is a really big problem, so that goes to the DSA candidates who are able to identify what is driving voters and come up with these specific answers to the voters,” Bedford said on The Hugh Hewitt Show on Wednesday.

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