A daughter of immigrants from the Soviet Union criticized Bernie Sanders for his socialism.

Bernie Sanders had to talk about his socialist ideals in response to difficult questions from a Harvard University student whose family had fled from Soviet Russia.

Samantha Frankel-Popell told Sanders about how socialism influenced her family’s life. She also asked how his version of democratic socialism would differ from the socialist regimes of other countries.

“My father's family fled Soviet Russia in 1979 to escape the same socialist policies that you seem to want to implement in this country,” the young girl said during the CNN event. “How do you imagine socialism, which failed in almost every country where it was introduced?”

Sanders smiled when Frankel-Poppel asked her a question. The crowd met it with mixed applause.

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“Thank you for asking this question,” Sanders said before answering it. — Do you think that I supported or believe in the authoritarian communism that existed in the Soviet Union? No. This has never happened and I am against it. I believe in active democracy."

Sanders continued his tirade against the country's billionaires, discussing the polarization of wealth in the country and advocating for government-funded social initiatives, such as universal health care and free public education.

“This is a radical idea,” he said. Maybe not everyone believes, but this is what I believe. We must have a government that represents working families, not just the one percent and powerful corporations.”

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In conclusion, he summarized the differences between his version of socialism and what the student’s family experienced in Russia decades ago.

“To me, democratic socialism means we expand Medicare, we provide educational opportunities to all Americans, we rebuild our infrastructure, which is in disrepair. In other words, government serves the needs of all people, not just the wealthy. That’s what it means to me,” he said.

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