As the DNC eyes a vote to oust Vice Chair David Hogg, the 25-year-old Parkland shooting survivor has thrown his support behind a progressive candidate in an upcoming special election in Virginia.
As the DNC eyes a vote to oust Vice Chair David Hogg, the 25-year-old Parkland shooting survivor has thrown his support behind a progressive candidate in an upcoming special election in Virginia.
The DNC continues to be the most dysfunctional organization in politics. While Hogg doesn't need to be out there as a party officer promoting candidates not backed by the DNC, he doesn't need to be ousted for this. He's young and there's a learning curve.
Democrats are resistant to ever doing anything that will win elections.
If you blame the Dems for why Trump won the last election, do you realize that you are saying that they are responsible for why the Trump regime is doing all these horrific things including what's been happening in LA this week?
The Democrats planned the menu and set the table for the feast that trumpanzees are now eating. At any time after 2001, they could have dismantled Bush's fascist governance machinery. They failed to do so. Who is to blame for those failures, if not the Democrats?
Yes, and they are partly responsible. When a child dies because its parent doesn’t feed it or take it to the doctor the parent is charged with neglect and goes to jail. This is no different.
And there's even evidence that the Supreme Court is more to blame for this mess. They were the reason to why the J6 trial didn't happen. If it did, it would've damaged Trump's campaign.
I mean, polls in late 2023/early 2024 showed Biden ahead when asked who they'd support if Trump got convicted in those crimes. Like, why are you turning a blind eye to the evidence that proves that SCOTUS is more to blame even?
If that is true then why didn’t Obama force his garland pick and ensure sick (Ginsburg) to step down while Dems were in office? This would be a different scenario if democrats had only done those things right?
There is no use in spending emotional energy getting upset that a rabid dog bites, you simply put it down. However when my dog won’t let me administer the vaccine, that hurts. Idc if scotus or the GOP are categorically evil, they never pretended to be otherwise.
But in this case, the Dems didn't want any of this to happen and even tried to warn us, so it doesn't make sense that you would hold them responsible for why this is all happening.
Except they ran Kamala Harris instead of anyone remotely competent and electable.
So, for that reason, you believe that the Dems are responsible for why the Trump regime is doing these horrific things as well? If so, why are you also turning a blind eye to the evidence that proves that SCOTUS is more to blame for this?
Because A: the SCOTUS is not composed of elected officials, so the average person has no influence over them; and B: it’s the Dems fault that it’s a 6-3 court (and Ginsberg’s) for not forcing her to step down when Obama was president.
Just because the SCOTUS members aren't elected and have a 6-3 conservative majority doesn't mean we can excuse them for their role. Had the J6 trial happened, Trump would not be back in the WH right now and SCOTUS was the reason for why the trial didn't happen.
And Karen Henderson from the DC Appeals Court is also conservative, but she ruled against Trump in the immunity case. If Henderson could rule against Trump, then the conservatives on SCOTUS could've as well, but they didn't.
So you think democrats literally have 0 responsibility for this
Democrats helped elect Donald Trump. Twice. Yes, I blame them.
And there's even crystal clear evidence that the Supreme Court is far more to blame. They blocked the J6 trial which would've damaged Trump's campaign. Polls from late 2023/early 2024 prove this. Why are you turning a blind eye to that even?
SCOTUS has their own problems, but they didn't make the Democrats feckless. I'm not turning a blind eye to anything. I'm just not willing to defend a party that is part of the problem.
But like I told Jillian, do you realize that by blaming the Dems, you are saying that they are responsible for why the Trump regime is doing these awful things including sending the military to LA. I mean, the Dems not only didn't want any of this, but they tried to warn us?
The Democrats tried to warn us by not doing anything effectively about it. So I don't take them seriously, for the most part. So yes, I still blame the Democrats. It didn't have to be like this, but they are still cozy with the donor class.
Yes they share responsibility. Why would they not? Dems had the chance to run better candidates and not fuck it up. But they don’t care. GOP never said they were good so nobody is shocked or upset when they aren’t. They could have listened to voters before 2012, 2016, and 2020 and now.
As I told others on here, not only they didn't want this and tried to warn us, but the evidence is crystal clear that SCOTUS is more to blame. They blocked the J6 trial. I can't understand how you're turning a blind eye to that as well.
They're owned by the 1%, that's why...
Well, Repubs are too, and they win elections. So I guess what you're saying is that Democrats agree to be owned by the 1% AND be losers. 🤣 Got it.
They’re merely following orders
The DNC leaders are cowards as usual. They sabotage Hogg, AOC, and Crockett so often that one might start to think it's their purpose to play defense for MAGA.
The removal of Hogg is just wrong, we need his voice and advocacy in the party.
We need the younger generation to have a voice in the party, and a chance to take over in Congress and the presidency.
The DNC is going to go down in flames! If the progressives don't take over the party after this nightmare, they're never going to win another election ever!! They lost the easiest election to win in history because they funded genocide and lost 6 million voters!! Unless progressives win, it's over!!
We're so fck'd.
They are working to oust the wrong person. Look higher, to the seat in that oval room on Pennsylvania Ave. THAT is the one that needs to be out!!!!
Nope. Hogg is sexist and needs to be out of politics www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjptvbEA/
Hogg should hold strong
Weak leadership trying to drown out a strong progressive voice!
He was not a parkland shooting survivor, he is the epitome of a parasite
He should have our support. We can’t keep doing the same things and expecting different results.
Bro the chairman, Martin was literally crying in one of the meeting about hating his job, ok then, how about you leave and Hogg stays.
Fuck no. You just think he's going to get you laid, you mediocre white dude. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjptvbEA/
NAH, I’m more pissed that somehow Hogg is the bigger threat when you got Trump occupying American cities with the fucking military to the democratic leadership. If you think that you can fuck right off.
Haha a clip from Bill fucking Maher? Jesus Christ on a cracker, that's embarrassing 😅
He still said it and meant it Eat shit
Haha ok sport. Have a one 👍
We are doomed, young people have no clue what is really needed and the old folks are too stuck in the mud. There no one close to being an electable candidate on a national basis. Face that fact! It sucks but that is where we are. We have lost most chances to win Senate seats let alone the Presidency
They never learn.
This is why democrats are not the opposition party, they're the other party.
You're owned by a conservative asshole. We don't trust you anymore, Politico.
I think Hogg has a level head. Pay attention to why he endorses.
If only they had found a Bernie clone to primary Manchin and take the Senate seat in West Virginia.
Their approval rating is in the gutter but they're still trying to alienate Progressives. They never learn. Replace Martin with Hogg. Martin has given up already. He said he doesn't know if he wants to do this anymore. We need someone with a track record for standing up.
They could have had Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler.
Yep. Someone who has actually accomplished something.
I was surprised he didn’t get it…maybe it’s not too late
If we aren't fighting forward we're being pushed back. Progressive policies are ACTUAL pro Life policies... It shouldn't be that hard. Except both parties really are, at their core, rotten because 1%. That's why we need progressive candidates & NEW people.
Way to go Dems. Let’s get another 85 year old in charge. The Dem Party is a pathetic joke. Democracy has been taken from the people while you have meetings, draft laughable letter as responses, or hide in your offices. U should be as embarrassed as the fucking GOP! FUCKING DO SOMETHING FFS!
If Dems. rid of DHogg,i rid my registration as Dem.;going bck to regis’rg as Indep. D’s of status quo mentality,fore generation &stamina, sans only
2. handful in Sen.,will cost US election again,if there is even a ‘free & fair’ election. @democrats.org @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @davidhogg.bsky.social @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @jbpritzker.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov
DNC is losing all credibility. Instead of leaning into the people who are popular and upcoming, it just relies on the status quo.
Out with the entrenched! You allowed djt to win.
Too bad, he is a great candidate!
Attention: the DNC is fundraising. Not policy or messaging. If you have a problem with Dem establishment leave it there. In case you haven’t noticed we need to fight Trump not other Dems.
Here they go again….trying to appease Republicans and former Republicans with a nothing agenda. This is how we lose. I’m sick of it. What is extreme about equal rights, gun safety, healthcare for all, family leave and a good education? Keep pandering to the dumbasses and keep losing.
David Hogg is the kind of influence that is turning people away from the Democratic party.
What is that influence exactly? This man witnessed his friends killed in school. The current Sec. Of State promised as a Senator to stop gun violence and he never did, thanks to the NRA. Personally, I survived several stray bullets from drive-by shootings as a kid. What have you gone through?
What I have gone through is pretty irrelevant.
David embodies the "I'm right, and if you don't agree with me you're evil / stupid" messaging that wins Democratic primaries, and loses general elections. That messaging needs to go away, if any of the policies he advocates are ever going to see the light of day.
Nah. That would be Ken Martin
The DNC just simply doesn’t get it.
Or he's a dumb sexist who doesn't want to earn votes but wants postings given to his buddies. Only mine is true. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjptvbEA/
Oh they get it, Third Way and the donors are under threat.
Doesn't the Democrat party have more important things to work on?
You have to wonder, exactly, how the DNC will restructure, and / or if it is savvy enough to restructure at all: AOC, Bernie, Pete, and more heavy hitters have taken the populace by storm, which is as it should be under the circumstances, you know?
Trying to oust David Hogg is Exhibit 437 why Democrats are failing the most important test in history.
DNC cowards wonder why folks are disillusioned. I think they missed the memo that the MAGA crowd threw out the polite rules book.
His problem is he doesn't understand the job descript. He's trying to change the job instead of changing his choice of jobs. Many jobs require neutrality. Court judges. Psychologists. Financial advisors & pundits. Othr jobs require advocacy. Lawyers. Legislators. Doctors. PACs. Hogg needs to choose.
The DNC is shooting themselves in the foot here.
Again.
DNC being stupid and shooting themselves in the foot.
Why are the Dems not happy about young Progressives? WTF?
Because they're geriatric conservatives for the most part. The party that is, not the voters
Get rid of Davis Hogg
fuck politico, boot licking turd polishing magats.
If he starts his own thing, I’ll follow him. The DNC is completely hopeless.
Who's Pelosi running against him? Connolly's ghost? GTFO Corp dems
Democrats are now Republican light. Even having control of all three branches and nothing changed. Because old white guys are in charge. And it’s not going to change until the entire structure changes. AOC being denied committee chair due to pelvis is a perfect example.
Can they remove Ken Martin instead
I don't know much about this kid but the DNC needs new blood. The old guard isn't doing shit and hasn't expressed a tiny bit of remorse or contrition for last year's drubbing... Recently got an email from Raskin about school visits. We're at war! Do something! Fight! It's not business as usual! WTF?
Not his - he's sexist and thinks elected positions don't need to be worked for; he's just another entitled mediocre white dude www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjptvbEA/
Yes. Let's continue demonizing young white men and offering them not a single thing from "our" government then scratch our heads when they vote for Trump. Democrats have not spoken to this group in any way. It's all about trans athletes and student debt relief and nothing for uneducated white males.
David Hogg should be ousted.
And this is why the dems are screwed. Unless you’re above 60 and committed to doing sweet FA you’re not allowed in.
The leadership of the Democratic Party should collectively resign, they are an utter disgrace. Cowards and panderers.
Ah yes, the “my way or the highway” folks are ‘in charge’ and once Hogg shuts up and sits down, they’ll be able to “lead” or something. Note to Dem “leadership” — You’re creating a YOUNG Bernie & if you want the youth vote, you’ll find a way to cut the BS and work TOGETHER.
Can’t have new ideas or change within the ranks. Democratic Party is dead.
Here comes more inner fighting. Counterproductive. Solid leaders do not have this issue. They work on solutions. Stop whining, figure it out and stop airing dirty laundry in public. We need to win & win big. The sparing continues while democracy is dying. We can’t fight for our rights w/ pettiness.
I forget. What was he election has he ever won? City council right? No ok State Senate in Fl that’s it. No? Ummm
Isn't the head of the DNC supposed to support all of the people who run as democrats and not specific ones they want elected?
The head of the DNC, Ken Martin, is too busy thinking about which billionaire to blow and doesn't have time for anyone rocking the boat. Here he is talking about it:
That is not an answer. The head of the DNC does not endorse candidates in the primaries.
Bullshit. Besides, the head of the DNC is a voting American. Right? I'll reference Pelosi's argument for why sitting congress critters should be allowed to trade stocks.
BTW, I have not said anything about who should "go" and who shouldn't. That is not my question.
That's a what about question and does not address the duties of the position he holds. You take a job, you are not just acting as a voting American. So, it's bullshit.
Now that Ken Martin has exposed that he is so weak that he can't work with someone half his age, he's the one that should be removed. David Hogg was elected to that position, end of story. How can Ken Martin deal with Republicans if he can't deal with Hogg?
Yes he seems very unable to meet the moment.
Yes he seems very unable to meet the moment.
Exactly. Ken Martin is a small, slimy man.
Guess we need younger people
This shows what is obnoxious about the Democratic Party apparatus. Change is needed and rather than make the change, the party attacks Hogg
The DNC is why I’m switching my party affiliation from Democrat to Unaffiliated. They played a big role in the current fascist mess we find ourselves in, and they clearly refuse to learn from any of their many mistakes.
We need to woo the young white dudes back. Simply put.
No
Ok, so let’s leave this totally impressionable sector of our society there to watch Joe Rogan and get mad about not getting laid. They are FESTERING but young enough that they can be turned around. Otherwise, we are stuck with another generation of brainwashed bigots.
You’re forgetting that those white boys that voted for Trump was due to the fact that they are just like them!
Are you the same person you were at 22 that you are now? I think you’re missing my point that they AREN’T necessarily bad people, just young people making make decisions that WILL turn them into Trump. It’s a saveable demographic. Or we can just let them fester and become the leaders of tomorrow.
Yes, let's throw minorities and women by the wayside to cater to white men. Who cares about the lack of reproductive healthcare, am I right? I'm sure that any additional white men will compensate for the loss of other, overlooked demographics. /s
Not cater but break their weird ass brainwashing. Don’t get me wrong: if we don’t get them back, we will keep on keeping on.
Validating their beliefs is not breaking them.
You do that with left wing populism. A lot of the genz trump voters are former Bernie supporters. Give them someone like Bernie and some of them will come back
Yawn. Maybe he should concentrate on cleaning up Florida.
Pretty bold and forward thinking move, to make Dems the party of disenfranchisement. Super well played. Maybe they can find some octogenarian white guy whose, like, literally on his death bed.
He stands on business and cares more about saving this country than he does about saving his own job. Thats the difference between him and the old guard.
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The DNC is just desperate to continue losing elections. Why don’t they just switch to being republicans if they don’t want to represent their voters?
The dnc sure knows how to lose elections. Glad I am no longer a dem. Their leadership is shit
Sure, vote for Jill Stein. That will show them!
Universal coverage Low-cost tuition Inflation Those are the issues that Dems need to run on. Stop fighting amongst yourselves, retire the geriatrics that run the DNC & run on a platform that ONLY focuses on these issues. No fringe groups, pronouns or illegals. Those 3 issues listed above or STFU
@davidhogg.bsky.social is about the last reason I give a shred of support to the DNC.
Dems better cut that out!! He’s amazing!
Hogg and his Leaders group can endorse who they want. This is a separate PAC. DNC can stay neutral. I just don’t understand what the big deal is. 4 Dems have died in office since Nov while we have a 3 seat gap. In VA - the gop gov sets the date of special elections.
We will be down a member until Sept at least. This is NOT good. We need every Dem member to be in the house voting and in the committees debating, obstructing.
Politico is not presenting the whole story. This has nothing the do with Hogg but an inner complaint of how DNC VC candidate elections were held. This affects Malcolm Kenyatta as well and not just Hogg. So the elections are being held again.
Your country will not be able to save itself with corporate politicians. Its time that the boomers like me leave the table.
Some self awareness. Thank fuck!!
Things I've learned about David Hogg by reading comments on Bluesky. A) Trust Fund kid. B) Power Hungry. C) He's doing this off of the back of his dead classmates. D) He's a homophobe. E) He's a transphobe. F) He's a mysogynist. G) He's too young. H) etc. etc. etc. I) 🙄
It’s time for the old thinking members of the party to let go.
Kick his entitled, ageist, lying ass to the curb. Keep Kenyatta. Malcolm Kenyatta pushes back against claims made by David Hogg - CBS Pittsburgh share.google/To8yyhY6T4Rv...
I love Malcolm the K
Love Malcolm, he's from my state. You miss the point with what Hogg is doing. He is going after young white males. You know the biggest voting block that the Dems lost in the election. I don't like everything he says, but he is focused on bringing them back. Malcolm can't do that.
Democrats, the party of old men, and the status quo. We need to win elections in order to govern. I guess that's how Obama won with his message that everything is good. there's no need to change.
Any Dem who has a problem with him is the reason we lose.
The reason they lose is because the left hate their own party more than they hate the right.
Hogwash. The left regularly wishes for the literal death of the right wing. I've never read them saying they want Pelosi dead.
Wut?
But absolute props for using "hogwash" and the giving a literally example of it
The "left" does not regularly wish death on anyone. Some idiots on the left say stupid shit.
Leave David alone. The dems need his voice.
What has he done?
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... Politico Owner CEO Mathias Döpfner Told Execs to Pray for Trump: Report
Thanks for this. Explains a lot of what articles I’ve seen posted lately ….sigh
The right wing has moved to take over so much media.
Something about that name makes me assume, I kudda guessed.
Politico has been compromised for awhile. It’s trash.
Which shows that he does need to be oust because he is a flip flopper and is chasing a chair
Oh good. The DNC is determined to make another mistake. No wonder they lost to that idiot Trump.
📣
I guess ‘Stronger Together’ is right OUT🎭🫡
Democrats will win Connelly's district without spending a dime.
Sure, get rid of Hogg and hang on to the status quo. That’s worked so well…not.
Old demorcats are frustrated by the in-fighting he’s caused. You know what’s frustrating? Losing elections with tone-deaf campaigns and rolling over like babies after we lose. In with the new, out with the old losers who got us here.
We need to pass the torch to the younger generation and the old white haired folks should retire!
Hogg is progressive.. I like him and Kenyatta..I hope both stay...we need Gen Y & Z to take up mantle and yes, the Dems in seats longer than 20 yrs and not doing nothing needs to go.
Democrats are doing everything they can to cling to a status quo that created this fascism to begin with. They want to continue to run on this fear campaign of “democracy is at stake” and then continue to feed their oligarchs. The DNC is going to fall into the ash heap of history like the Wigs.
This will be another failure of DNC leadership and their Billionaire backers.
DNC would be shooting itself in the foot, so to speak, by trying to oust Hogg. The Party desperately needs the voices and enthusiasm of the younger generation. They are the future. They worked tirelessly for multiple candidates in 2024. Establishment Ds are being ungrateful and foolish.
Party insiders care about one thing: Keeping corporate money flowing freely. Hogg poses a threat to their gravy train, so they're dead set on getting rid of him regardless of the consequences.
I really believe, in an alternate timeline, Hogg would have unseated Marco Rubio as Senator, given what the Senator said about the Pulse Nightclub and Parkland massacres.
Is this comment section full of people who didn’t see this little shithead on Maher? Yes we need younger reps. Hogg is not the one.
Corporate democrats fear liberal democrats? No doubt.
Why is he being ousted?
The party needs to embrace Hogg, but the mainline power and leaders are more afraid of generational power change than of fascism. I hope the DNC turns this around, but they won’t. Our only hope is to transform the party through actively voting for progressives in every primary and general.
No embracing Hogg. Too entitled. Too dishonest. Too ageist. Too divisive.
No. He's sexist and thinks elected positions are just handed out and not by way of getting to know communities like an entitled mediocre white dude. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjptvbEA/
You can't lead those you have contempt for, period.
I believe you mistake incompetence and blindness for contempt. Most Democrat leaders have great intentions and are not fascists themselves. I believe they simply cannot fathom the correct way to go and are falling back on old stupid and outdated ideas and tactics. We, as voters, must change them.
We changed to a dictatorship, it's not what they were trained to operate under. We don't live under the same constitution as we did prior to 2024. What is the "correct way to go" for democratically elected Democrats serving under a dictatorship? Where is the handbook, where is the precedent?
Difference between progressives & liberals is that all progressives do is state how different we are (even though we want 95% of the same things) & continually sabotage every election we have w/whining & protests. I will vote for someone who self identifies as progressive because they're a liberal
Why would I embrace someone I don’t like?
Then don’t. 🤷♂️
Yes, democrat bleatership, keep the octogenarians in charge of our party and continue to help republicans win every election
I, FOR ONE, FULLY SUPPORT DAVID HOGG!!
Me too!
Same here.
Will this end his hopes of becoming a career politician and his hopes of being president someday? I guess only time will tell. 🤷♂️
The Democrats will stop at nothing to show the base how much they detest them!
As republican fascism takes hold in America, Politico does the hard hitting reporting on Democrats in disarray
David Hogg is 1000% right the DNC’s silence now is complict we need as much change as quickly as we can i am 69 y/o and am sick & tired of the D ‘establishment’
God dam it leave the young people alone and get rid of the gerontocracy
We need a new party. Dems arent worth it. We need to get over them
Good luck with that my friend in the meantime vote for the Dems
When the DNC removes Hogg we'll know just how completely beholden the entire Dem party is to the donor class. There will no longer be any reason to support ANY dem candidate at that point. I hope AOC wakes up then and declares herself an independent ahead of the 2028 election.
Hope David stays but if they oust him, he will survive. David Hogg is the future of our democracy, he's a much needed voice.
As long as he doesn’t continue to blame Gen Z women for not sleeping with Gen Z men as the reason those young men flocked to Trump. The Dems don’t need AlphaBros too.
No idea what you're talking about.
www.aol.com/david-hogg-t...
Thank you for the information. He is not blaming women for anything or looking for alpha males. He is a fighter with new ideas and energy. We need that now, the old ways and seniority concepts are not what we need for a new future. Thanks for getting back to me.
The current leaders of the Dems are so old that they can't stand up to meet the moment.
It looks like the DNC are winding up to make another decision that their donors don't support.
Martin follows a line of time served ineffective nonentities like Harrison and Perez. He is the problem, along with the geriatric bed blockers in Congress. The Democratic Party needs to move on to a new generation of leaders who can motivate and inspire. David Hogg exemplifies that ideal.
They best want to keep him. He knows things us olders don't know or understand.
There was a time when the national party stayed out of endorsing candidates before a primary or caucus. With his position as vice chair this is problematic at best for Mr. Hogg...
No it isn't. Trump did it for 10 years now. It worked very well with the working class stupid. It will work with the democrats that are tired of dusty husks deciding their fates.
This is why the Democrats will always lose.
HR2039
dems shooting themselves in the foot again.
DNC better figure out real quick that the old white guy ain't working for us. Get the hell out of the way!! I have never seen a bigger bunch of Do Nothings in my life. Only a handful are making any noise and the rest of them need to be voted out!!!
Once they abandoned the great Joe, I became an Independent.
Keep Warren, AOC, and Sanders. Dump Schumer, Nadler, Durbin. Toss every dimocrat (not a typo) voted for any Trump appointment or policy. That includes you Amy Klobuchar. Primary them if up for reelection. Stop listening to Carville. Support Hogg. Easy peasy. The incompetence is simply overwhelming.
To be clear, the GOP has enjoyed unfettered access to unanimous consent the entire session. "Every Democrat who voted for any Trump appointment or policy" includes every single one of them. #primaryeverydemocrat
Don't forget Crockett
Voters gave the democrats no power.
That's literally not true, though. The Senate enshrines minority rights very strongly, and they just haven't bothered to use any of their tools to obstruct.
Not always. The current spending bill only requires 50 GOP votes since its in reconciliation. Supreme Court nominees only require 50 votes. The VP breaks a 50-50 tie. MAGA voters and left winger idiots who didn't vote for dems own it all, They gave us trump!
We're talking about two different things. You're talking about voting against something, which is not obstruction. I'm talking about using procedural obstruction, the delay tactics the Senate is known for. Dems have not bothered to do it. If you don't know what I mean, ask.
Just roll over and play dead. The opossum is their mascot. They have a bully pulpit. Why aren’t they using it loudly every day? Durbin threatens to block Trump’s judicial nominations. Why hasn’t he just done it or did I miss it? No patience here.
I am just quoting math. The far left=maga
Oh, you don't want to be taken seriously.
I need to know, why is David Hogg being thrown out of the DNC??
Noooo! Hogg is saving the democrat party! They need to keep him around as long as possible! Matter of fact the DNC need to adopt more self-destructive people and policies!
This is why the DNC can’t win. We either start supporting these young voices or we loose.
Just wrote to DNC again. 61, supporter and worker for Dems since age 12. We need Hogg; we need progressives. We need no more candidates decided by DNC instead of voters.
Cannot believe some of the pathetic responses on here. They’ve clearly not read WHY he was pushing back and why they refused to listen. Think people fail to understand how old school they are. Talk to people who ran and had to deal w/them. THEY are the reason the GOP wins. Pathetic.
David HOGG is young, he's not going anywhere, survive this to go again in a year or two DAVID
Well said, for those who think that the DNC ousting him would kill the party for good, I can't understand how they're turning a blind eye to the fact that the VA primary is only a week later. If Irene Shin wins, it proves that Hogg is still a strong force despite what the DNC did to him.
That's assuming the DNC does oust him which I see happening sadly as many are turned off by the audio leak from this weekend. Even Michael Kapp, who was one of Hogg's big supporters is reconsidering his vote now.
Too Bad bc I like Hogg. He said a lot of what we are thinking in those videos. DNC stands for Done National Convention. That said Shin as State Rep was very establishment cooperative so who knows.
Me too, I DO think that dems are finally waking up. STOP RUNNING extreme candidates wo we can take back the House the Senate and the WH. I like Buttigieg too but he has NO chance of winning. Sadly.
He can campaign well though.
He can't WIN. This is the problem with dems they pick someone that the FAR FAR left would vote for. THEY NEED someone EVERBODY will vote for.
Meanwhile that crybaby pussy in charge of the DNC is safe in his little cope cage. At this point, if true fighters want to run for office, go independent and post your funding links on Bluesky.
We need broader participation and activism in the DNC from the next gen to change the structural system of the party today for the better
When if ever will the DNC be able to get over its fears of progressives?
Such an excellent question. The old guard like a helicopter parent thinks we’re not ready. A lot of us, beg to differ
Or fear if anyone more than ten years younger
Byeeee Felicia 👋 Reason is starting to prevail in Democratic Party!
He doesn’t live there, doesn’t know the district, and should focus on the shit show in his own state. Good riddance drama boy.
lmao yeah he should focus on florida, a state that the DNC famously gives a fuck about
Yeah. Do something in Florida kid, then we’ll talk…
What needs to happen is that every self-identified "progressive" (code for socialist / communist) needs to be purged from the DNC so that actual Democrats can lead and win....
What exactly is an "actual Democrat"? What do they stand for that is incompatible with progressive? Do you have any understanding of the political spectrum, and that "socialist/communist" are neither the same thing, or pertinent to Hogg?
An "actual Democrat" is a person that stands up for the working man (and woman) and understands that the "welfare class" is not the backbone of America.
you should be thankful we're willing to share a table with you fucking dead-ender parasites
Go start your own party....oh, thats right...the Socialist Party of America sucks ass....
We really need a centrist party in this country. The extremes are killing our democracy.
Not a chance
I agree. We need a solid center party between progressive democratic socialists and hard line communists.
Yeah, one side wants free healthcare, the other is actively seeking fascism, the two extremes
Ok, and who on that side actually wants to implement the free healthcare? I promise it's not the corporatists
lol correct, hence why arguing for “centrism” (going further right) is bad.
My point is that saying one side wants free healthcare is false advertising to the people who would cast their vote along that issue - there are few in the Democratic camp at the federal level incentivized to implement free healthcare in any meaningful way Though I agree, boo centrists
The original comment referenced “extremes”, so I pointed out the false equivalence. On the left, ‘free healthcare’ is considered a radical idea while the right has freedom to be openly fascist and be considered more moderate
Fair enough, I see what you're saying now
We need a working class party. No more identity politics, this is about class
LMAO no we don't. One, the Overton window is so far shifted right, a 'centrist' party really is just GOP-lite. We have no centrists.
The DNC is so out of touch....
I’ll take an intelligent 25 year old over a these grandpas any day. Huge mistake and sends a terrible message to that younger demographic
Democrats
He wasn't even in the building, just been coffin surfing his way to far left leadership.
This guy needs to wait his turn. He’s 55 years too young.
You're kidding right? 🙄 Signed, a 64 year old.
Of course.
Why are they wanting to oust David Hogg for ??
WTF? David is future of DNC… who are the assholes who wants to “vote him out”?
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He's not a Dem. Ask Saikat and Peter Thiel about the Justice Dems.
He’s a gifted communicator with strong convictions and one hell of a story. DNC needs more Hogg not less.
DNC is a corp in search of corp donors. The Hoggs of the world and other bearers of inconvenient truths no longer welcome. Which is why Democrats punch hard left and soft right. They’ve been in lock step with republicans for decades militarizing America’s socially-diseased public safety policies.
Someone said the liberals need more rural radio stations to counter the Fox brainwashing narrative and it seems like a practical way to get started again. Fair broadcast is not supported now. If rural people don’t hear us we will continue to lose.
Welcome to Iowa.
My employer has 2 battery plants there. The main campus is in PA. A young coworker says he doesn’t trust news or politicians bc they’re all the same. His trusted non news source is Charlie Kirk. It explains why I was sure he was listening to Fox and like sources. Need a centrist radio host.
The DNC is addicted to losing. If they oust Hogg, they’ll just be doubling down on the same disastrous strategies that got us trump 1.0 and 2.0. Nothing new under the sun.
bunch of old men and women trying to hold on to their power of doing nothing
We need his voice!!!
If Hogg starts his own party, I'll join it.
They are going to have another election that fits with their procedures. They aren’t kicking him out. What a rage baiting headline.
so important to remember that Nixon won 46 or so states by appealing to the "silent majority" and getting them to hate their own college kids; Reagan won 49 by firing Union workers and using "Voodoo economics". This country's only hope is to crawl back to the center, then make small gains.
I do agree with this. But the party needs some energy ffs. America is in a fight for its very existence and only a handful of democrats are even raising their voices. They need youth and energy. There’s no fight in this crew.
You've been trying that for literally decades and it hasn't worked.
If your complaint is that you can’t be an effectual leader of the DNC with Hogg in the room, then YOU’RE NOT A LEADER. Step down for the good of the party and the good of the people. The DNC needs more Hogg’s and fewer Pelosi’s.
He’s literally pointing out why Your getting clobbered in elections. He’s not the problem.. The dead weight in the party just collecting political financial handouts IS !!
Hey DNC! READ. THE. ROOM.
He is too young and inexperienced. Instead of trying to elect young people as DNC Vice Chair he started a new organization. Will he run his organization while serving in the DNC? Why not help the DNC elect young people? He is too self serving. leaderswedeserve.com
This is very sad for the Democratic Party. David Hogg is a real asset to Democrats and it is disappointing to see the senior leadership try to oust him instead of guiding his energy, ideas, and intelligence.
About 10 years in predicted the Republican party would go "fascism or disappear." With how effing stupid the DNC is and their "seniority losing strategy," I feel both parties are done... Or it's the fascism thing. What will it be, old Dems?
I’m with David and I’m 67. He cares and is willing to fight for us.
Same.
I'm 54 and David is the future of the DNC.
A lot of people have been telling me he is sexist. All of the white women I live surrounded by voted for Trump every time. They just vote against abortion and LGBTQ people’s rights. They will never change. Their beliefs are codified by their Evangelical, Baptist, and Catholic preachers and priests.
Me too 64
Hey assholes; at a time like this, you want to divide Democrats even more? Get over yourselves; all of you!
Progressives should threaten to bolt and make their own party. Problem is Republicans would win for the rest of our lifetime.
Let them. I think it's a great idea. When they realize it takes commitment, effort, money and sacrifice, they'll give up and hopefully shut up.
So you want Republicans to win in 2 years? In 4 years, just "own progressives?"
Keep misinterpreting what's actually being said that will make you very popular.
I don't need to be popular. I stand by what I said. People need to acknowledge when they need to step down. Unfortunately, many don't.
Yeah that problem is why it won't happen
DNC officers should not be interjecting themselves in primaries.
Exactly. It's a neutral job requirement. Look what happened to Debbie W and Donna Brazille.
He should not be removed. So he has a different point of view. Suck it up and listen!
They won't just be ousting David, they'll be ousting me and David.
GOOD.
The left just eats its own. No one is pure enough. It sounds like Hogg understands the power of the idiotic manosphere, and wants to appeal to them. If the left is to survive, they MUST appeal to uneducated people with zero critical thinking skills somehow. The unbrainwashing will not be easy.
I’m just glad the DNC is staying on top of this, the clearly most immediate and threatening danger to freedom and democracy in this country. And for the record - I don’t know shit about Hogg except what is in the OP, but unless he’s literally shooting protesters in LA as we speak, table it.
What removal? The DNC chair cried and quit.
For a gun-control party, Dems do have perfect aim at their own feet.
They need to find an octogenarian who is adept at writing angry letters to replace him.
You oust DAVID and Act Blue along with other Dem fundraiser organizations get NO FUCKING MONEY FROM ME. SCHUMER AND THE MODERATE DEM DINOSAURS MUST BE PRIMARIED
The DNC is a limp 🍆 in the middle of an orgy. You’re not helping anyone, and it’s weird you keep watching. David Hogg challenges the status quo I fully believe that’s the main reason there’s been bad press on him recently
Hogg sucks
He’d be happier elsewhere
Would somebody PLEASE listen to this guy? (~);} www.dekleptocracy.org
Absolutely fucking pathetic.
Got too high on his own supply...
What an ignorant idiotic statement
trigger much...
Only alt-right incels think being triggered is a bad thing.
bro im far from right...but that kid got up over his ski...for democrats to succeed you have to be part of the big tent...its a balance were all portions of your party have to agree on things...David was pushing too hard and he got spanked..doesn't make him a bad guy.just a young inexperienced guy
Regardless, he’s not “getting spanked.” They’re having another election due to procedural reasons. Not political. He could still be elected right back where he is.
Then why do you use the language of the far right 4chan forums?
If hogg is forced out he should not stop his political career. Dems today are spinless cowards who have enabled this administration. Almost all of them need to be primaried. I am utterly disgusted and fed up with the senior democrats. Feckless cowards.
Force Hogg out of his position will backfire on them spectacularly. He's out to win, he's creating a community and he's all in. By being crappy to him, all they're doing is making him into an "outsider insider" which will make his position in any election way stronger
I fuckin hope so dude cuz hes spittin.
Time for the old guard in the DNC to hand off leadership to the younger generation and to help the younger generation become strong members of Congress and perhaps the Presidency.
Nothing like Centrist Dems, aka Republican light to completely miss the plot, yet again.
He needs to go so the rest of the DNC can concentrate on what’s important. He needs to grow up.
The future is now, peepaw
The Dems need to get their head out of their asses. This is the fight they’re picking? Fml.
“Oh you vote to oust me? Fuck you.”
The DNC is rotten.
Get rid of anyone over 65
I don’t think we should “get rid of anyone over 65. But I would support anyone over 70 voluntarily, stepping down from committees and mentoring younger leaders. Maybe after 80 voluntarily retiring.
Age is just a number. So if you can work till you are 98 then great.
I agree with that if the job is wood working, or writing a book, or a greeter at Walmart. But for many high stakes jobs you need to think long term. If RBG had retired in her 70’s she could have gone to teach new lawyers and passed on that knowledge and we wouldn’t have the current Supreme Court
If they can show they perform at the very top of their game for one of the most vigorous jobs on the planet, sure. Bernie is. Most are not.
I don’t know if Bernie is. His messaging (not the message) has gotten stale. I do like that he has been partnering with younger Dem’s to help keep the message alive.
He sent out a clear strong message just a few minutes ago. I can count on one hand the Dems who are even close to his passion, travel (he’s everywhere), message & support of younger voices.
I think Bernie is still rocking a 90% average which is far better than most. But given his age that can crash quick and the odds of him suddenly passing away are much higher than someone in thier 50’s. Dems have lost 3or4 votes in the house from people dying of old age.
It's a betrayal to your generation to live past 30. Die young and leave a good looking corpse.
Ageism. How about we vote for those who really do represent us and stand up for us at all cost, regardless of age.
Maxine Waters is 86 years old and facing off with ICE in LA while our lives depend on her and more like her who are MIA. We need that 86 yo right now!
But even she has to consider what her plan is. Statistics suggest she won't live long past age 90.
Where do you get your statistics? They’re so rosy.
My money is on Maxine.
Exactly. She has always stood up! Reclaimed her time. I love Maxine Waters and I wish other representatives and senators would follow her lead.
She’s too old and not up to doing what needs to be done! 86 ! Thats ridiculous! We need term limits!!
Term limits are different from saying everyone at age 65 becomes useless and unfit for public office. I can get on board with term limits. And, are any of us up to the task at hand? We don’t know. We haven’t done this before. But at least Maxine Waters is doing something.
We absolutely need term limits! I feel like the Senators in particular stay forever and just get richer and richer off the back of the working class.
If we can't trust old people to drive cars, we can't trust them to drive the country. It's that simple.
Can't trust young people to drive cars either.
It's not because their brains are slowly dying, though. Young people can always improve at driving with more experience.
I sympathize but your statement "If we can't trust old people to drive cars, we can't trust them to drive the country." is fallacious. It's an ad hominem argument. A person's ability to drive has nothing to do with their ability to govern.
When someone gets old enough that cognitive decline happens. It absolutely affects their ability to govern. There's a reason that the general retirement age is 65. The body and brain start to go downhill after that.
Gabe, my mother-in-law is 90 years old and has no problem driving. I do know the DMV does give drivers test to those over a certain age and I think that's a good idea. But just because someone is older doesn't mean they can't do things. I think the problem has more to do with term limits.
Just because they can do something doesn't mean they can do it well. I think the baby boomer politicians have done more than enough damage to this country. The first generation of Americans to leave the economy worse off for the future should probably step aside right now.
Ageists suck.
Nah, get rid of anyone not fighting like hell
Hogg is trying to raise money to support real candidates. Find him on ActBlue.
Works for me.
Leave him alone wtf
If they kick him out, the democrats will lose every major election the next 8 years. Good call there, DNC.
Hogg is demanding accountable democracy. They brought him in to control him. If they oust him now, the DNC loses its last thread of legitimacy.
I hate the Democratic Party if they win anything in the midterms it will be because of Donald Trump
Mark my words Democrats: I will not vote for any party of geriatric sociopaths.
Then run for office because you clearly have a message, motivation, and a vision of how it could be better. Don't just take your ball and go home. If you won't do that, then vote. The left sucks, sure, but it doesn't even chart compared to the evil currently in charge.
When I see people post stuff like this, I assume one of two things trust fund kid or a trust fund kid
I won't judge them for their upbringing, but I will judge harshly attitudes suggesting that if they don't get everything they want from an election, they're willing to burn the house down so no one gets anything and it all gets worse as a result.
Are you kidding me? I’m fucking jealous. I wish I was a trust fund kid lol. But yes, I agree with your sentiment.
DNC leadership just doesn't know how NOT to fuck things up.
Let Hogg run his PAC primarying elected Democrats outside the DNC and let the DNC support Democrats who've won their primary. Hogg needs to grow up and pick a damn lane.
Or a 3rd separate lane: he should run for a county commission or state seat. He doesn't understand govt: checks and balances and hard silo boundaries... for heavy ethics reasons.
That would be a good way to begin forging useful alliances.
Ooh yes, it would. All those local associations...