After meeting his moderate message with boos from a California crowd at the state’s Democratic party convention in San Francisco earlier this month, one of Sanders’ most critical opponents in the race so far, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney, released a statement saying socialism won’t fix the economy.

“I believe he is wrong,” Delaney wrote. “Socialism -- or any new name Senator Sanders has for it -- is the wrong answer; the right answer is to make capitalism more just and inclusive.”

Sanders addressed some of the expected criticism during his remarks in Washington, explaining that it was to be expected and that there would be \"those who attempt to use the word socialism as a slur.\"

\"But I should also tell you, that I have faced and overcome these attacks for decades,\" he said. \"And I am not the only one.\"

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