{"id":2647318,"date":"2026-08-20T10:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-ideas-sound-like-they-come-from-high-college-students-sarah-bedford\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:54:13","slug":"dsa-ideas-sound-like-they-come-from-high-college-students-sarah-bedford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dsa-ideas-sound-like-they-come-from-high-college-students-sarah-bedford\/","title":{"rendered":"DSA ideas sound like they come from \u2018high college students\u2019: Sarah Bedford"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdsa-ideas-sound-like-they-come-from-high-college-students-sarah-bedford%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2647318&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sarah Bedford, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deutsche-bank-whistleblower-found-dead-in-los-angeles\/\" title=\"Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Found Dead in Los Angeles\">investigations editor<\/a> at the Washington Examiner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-by-one-cities-will-fall-from-socialism-joe-concha\/\" title=\"&#039;One by one, cities will fall&#039; from socialism: Joe Concha\">criticized socialists<\/a> and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) platform for proposing unrealistic solutions to issues like healthcare affordability, which Democrats currently lack clear answers for.Bedford highlighted that DSA candidates are appealing to voters concerned about healthcare costs by advocating for worldwide healthcare at no cost to individuals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-kentucky-hold-gubernatorial-elections-tuesday\/\" title=\"Mississippi, Kentucky to hold governor elections on Tuesday.\">expanding healthcare access<\/a>, and making medical education free-part of their \u201cWorkers Deserve More\u201d platform. She contrasted these proposals wiht more radical ideas like abolishing the Senate, granting amnesty to all immigrants, defunding the military, and replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote.<\/p>\n<p>bedford argued that the DSA&#8217;s healthcare platform masks a more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-donald-trump-does-tomahawk-chop-with-braves-fans-at-world-series\/\" title=\"WATCH: Donald Trump Does &#039;Tomahawk Chop&#039; with Braves Fans at World Series\">radical agenda aimed<\/a> at dismantling the American system and criticized establishment Democrats for failing to provide a compelling counter-vision or address these issues effectively. She dismissed the DSA&#8217;s ideas as extreme and out of touch, comparing their discourse to that of naive college students. Bedford noted that Republican focus on international issues like the Iran war distracts from the healthcare crisis but believed swing voters might still reject DSA candidates.she viewed the DSA\u2019s explanations and proposals as embarrassingly far outside mainstream politics, suggesting they are a surprisingly potent but radical political force in the U.S. today.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> investigations editor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sarah-bedford\/\">Sarah Bedford<\/a> criticized <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\">socialists<\/a> and the Democratic Socialists of America platform for posing unrealistic solutions to issues such as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\/\">healthcare<\/a> affordability, for which <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> don\u2019t have answers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHealthcare affordability is a really big problem, so that goes to the DSA candidates who are able to identify what is driving <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\">voters<\/a> and come up with these specific answers to the voters,\u201d Bedford said on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9LVKhGF2SJU\"><em>The Hugh Hewitt Show<\/em><\/a>  on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4694275\/dsa-embarrassing-high-college-students-sarah-bedford\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DSA ideas are \u2018embarrassing\u2019 and sound like they come from \u2018high college students\u2019: Sarah Bedford<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4694219\/airplane-pilot-killed-collision-pennsylvania-police-helicopter\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             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are appealing to voters who identify healthcare affordability as a major issue in the midterm <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\">elections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the DSA platform, called \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/program.dsausa.org\/\">Workers Deserve More<\/a>,\u201d includes what it calls \u201chealthcare for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9LVKhGF2SJU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGuarantee universal healthcare at no cost to individuals, including complete access to reproductive and gender-affirming care. Expand healthcare access and quality by investing in new public hospitals and clinics. Make all medical education and training public and free,\u201d the website says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bedford said the DSA\u2019s healthcare plan is one of its \u201cmore sane proposals\u201d when compared with eliminating the U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a>, granting amnesty for all <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\">immigrants<\/a>, defunding the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\/\">War Department<\/a>, and replacing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electoral-college\/\">Electoral College<\/a> with a national popular vote for president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bedford highlighted that the platform\u2019s healthcare campaign is masking \u201cthe far more radical ideology behind it, which is dismantling the entire American project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bedford criticized establishment Democrats for not having \u201cany answer for what it is that the DSA candidates are selling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEstablishment Democrats haven\u2019t really come up with a way to talk about those same <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\">economic<\/a> issues or offering any kind of competing vision,\u201d Bedford said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4691311\/dsa-dc-chapter-riots-and-uprisings-reading-club\/\"><strong>DSA CHAPTER PLANS \u2018RIOTS AND UPRISINGS\u2019 READING CLUB TO STUDY \u2018HOW PEOPLE STRUGGLED\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bedford said the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> war has distracted <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\">Republicans<\/a> from coming up with an answer to the affordability crisis, but maintained that they may see voters in swing states still reject DSA candidates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think every time that you see these DSA leaders get national exposure of any kind, even friendly podcasts, it\u2019s really embarrassing for them because their ideas are so far outside the mainstream, and it just sounds like what \u2026 high college students would be talking about in a dormitory late at night. It\u2019s just shocking that it\u2019s a potent political party in today\u2019s America,\u201d Bedford said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Bedford criticizes DSA&#8217;s unrealistic healthcare solutions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2647319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25071751684814.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37234,74849,5152,10498,32964],"class_list":["post-2647318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-college-students","tag-dsa","tag-education","tag-ideas","tag-sarah-bedford"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25071751684814.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647326,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647318\/revisions\/2647326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}