MSNBC anchor Ali Velshi said on Sunday that universal health care is not a "socialist" or even "liberal concept," claiming instead it is "actually a conservative idea." 
A former political prisoner held by Cuba says that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders defended the communist country when he visited him in prison. 
Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) released a new advertisement Wednesday raising alarm about the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party, offering a preview of Republican messaging should Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) emerge as the party's presidential nominee. 
Nina Turner, the national co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) presidential campaign, quoted Shakespeare Thursday when asked about socialism's unpopularity with voters. 
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) on Wednesday said Congress is not doing its job of redistributing income in a fair way. 
Several socialist groups are planning to protest a pair of fundraisers to be held Friday in Seattle for former vice president Joe Biden. 
Florida representative Donna Shalala (D.) told constituents "you bet" that there are socialists in the Democratic Party's "big tent." She added that she doesn't apologize for reaching across the aisle to get bipartisan bills passed. 
One of the speakers at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting on Friday told the audience if free health care is labeled "socialism" by Republicans, then they must "compel them to acknowledge that the Bible must then promote socialism."
Virginia delegate Schuyler VanValkenburg expressed his identification as a socialist in a string of 2016 Facebook comments. 
New financial disclosures show that Julia Salazar, a New York state senator who campaigned as a democratic socialist, dipped deeply into her trust fund to fund her campaign. 