Vice Chair of the DNC David Hogg: I'm Really Fighting for the Great Progressive Cause So If You See Some Sick Scandalous Claims Made Against Me, That's Just My Enemies Trying to Stop My Crusade for Justice

Shyeah, okay.

What did you do, David? What did you do?

I know everyone wants to say "He's a gay!" but that's not a scandal in the Democrat Party. They throw parades for that.

And how dare you bigots even think such a slander.

So close to Pride Month. So close to Pride Month.

Hogg is doing something that will earn him some enemies -- targeting Democrats he considers insufficiently zealous for primary challenges.

David Hogg, a controversial Democratic National Committee vice chair, is pledging to upend Democratic primaries by funding candidates who will challenge "ineffective, asleep-at-the-wheel" Democrats.

The move puts Hogg, the now 25-year-old who first gained national stature as an outspoken survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, on a collision course with his own party and some Democratic House members.

Leaders We Deserve, which Hogg co-founded in 2023, announced plans on Tuesday to spend $20 million in safe-blue Democratic primaries against sitting House members by supporting younger opponents. In an interview with POLITICO, Hogg said the group will not back primary challenges in battleground districts because "I want us to win the majority," nor will it target members solely based on their age.

"We have a culture of seniority politics that has created a litmus test of who deserves to be here," Hogg said. "We need people, regardless of their age, that are here to fight."

It's an unprecedented, and controversial, move from a national officer within the Democratic Party that will enrage some insiders. Democratic Party committees, like the DNC, have traditionally not opposed incumbents in their own party, focusing instead on attacking Republicans, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is explicitly set up to protect incumbent members by providing resources, fundraising and strategy.

This is the sort of thing Republican agitators should be doing. Clear out the dead wood. Elect new wood. Increase our number of wood.

That wasn't the greatest analogy I've ever made. I'd say it's "David Hogg Level."

Some people are wondering about the collapse of David Hogg's gun control group. Someone claimed the group paid him a six-figure salary.

posted by Ace at 02:26 PM

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