David Hogg, a prominent anti-violence activist and survivor of the 2018 shooting at his Parkland, Florida, high school, has entered a bid to lead the Democratic prominent Committee.
The 24-year-old Hogg declared his intention to compete for vice chair of the Democratic National Committee on Monday, claiming he would concentrate on regaining the support of young voters who had defected from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. According to NBC News exit polling, that change occurred suddenly and dramatically in November when young people who had overwhelmingly supported President Joe Biden only four years prior voted Donald Trump in greater percentages than any other Republican presidential candidate since 2008.
In order to rebuild our coalition following the significant shift to the right among young people in this election, we need to put a fresh emphasis on our youth outreach in all states and territories going forward, Hogg said in a statement.
In addition to appealing to young voters, Hogg is advising the party to examine itself more closely in order to evaluate the defeats suffered by Democrats on November 5. He criticized Kamala Harris’ team, among others, claiming that they adopted a nearly indifferent demeanor following the vice president’s defeat, despite his repeated warnings about the threats that Trump would pose to democracy if reelected.
“You raised a ridiculous sum of money. We lost the race that we were trying to [win]. ‘Okay, what did we do wrong?’ is the time to truly pull back the veil. Rather than only safeguarding the consultants who initially got us here,” Hogg stated in an interview.
Hogg claimed to have already emailed each of the 448 current DNC members who will vote in the election and to be quickly scheduling follow-up meetings as part of his proactive approach to the battle for the position of vice chair.
Hogg was furious over what he said was the party’s ignorance in the months leading up to the election. According to Hogg, he questioned why the party wasn’t doing more to connect with young men at a brunch held before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August.
“Several consultants sent me messages that said, ‘Here you go, saying this stupid stuff again.'” As if they understand what young people are thinking, which is representative of the Democratic Party’s larger issue, which is that we would want to live in a fictional world that has been carefully selected by consultants,” Hogg remarked.
Following the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which claimed 17 lives, Hogg became well-known around the country. He took the initiative and organized marches calling for stricter gun control regulations with his peers.
Following the shooting, Hogg and his classmates started March For Our Lives, a gun safety organization that currently claims to have contributed to the passage of more than 250 gun control laws.
Hogg later founded the organization Leaders We Deserve, which works to elect youth to local and national public office.
Democrats aren’t taking those kinds of threats more seriously, especially after Hogg warned about them in the lead-up to the election, he said, adding that he believes Trump’s term could jeopardize some of the gun safety programs.
“People leaving the party after the election and the overall attitude being ‘oh, there’s nothing we could have done better’ is what kills me. Let’s raise our hands and head to corporate America to secure consulting positions. “I hope to see you all there,” Hogg remarked.
With the resignation of current DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, Hogg’s declaration is the most recent development toward new DNC leadership. Despite outspending Trump and boasting of greater organizational strength in the weeks before the election, the party is in shock after losing the White House to him.
Before the committee’s membership votes on February 1, candidates for the position of DNC chair will hold forums in January. Wisconsin party chair Ben Wikler, former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, New York state senator James Skoufis, and Minnesota party chair and DNC vice chair Ken Martin are among the contenders for DNC head that have been declared thus far.
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