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David Hogg launches $20M effort to primary safe House Democrats
The Hill ^ | 4/16/25 | Julia Manchester

Posted on 04/17/2025 1:23:16 AM PDT by Libloather

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg’s group, Leaders We Deserve, launched a $20 million initiative on Monday aimed at launching primary challenges against House Democrats in safe seats in the hopes of electing a new generation of leaders.

“We’re not only focused on targeting Democratic incumbents when necessary,” Hogg told The Hill in a Wednesday interview. “We are here to elect young people who are running in open seats. We’re here to elect young people that are running open, competitive seats as well, and support them when they align with our values.”

Hogg noted that his group is not blindly seeking to elect young Democrats, but rather seeking to elect young Democrats “who are ready to meet the moment.”

“Earlier somebody said to me, ‘Oh, you’re here to replace the old with new.’ I would say we’re here to replace the ineffective with the new and effective,” he said.

Leaders We Deserve endorses candidates for state House seats who are 30 years old and younger, and candidates who are 35 years old and younger for federal races. The group spent $12 million in the 2024 general election cycle.

Hogg argued that the status quo in leadership in the U.S. has given way to issues like the threat of school shootings, climate change, the lack of affordable housing and student debt, which he said have all had a particular impact on young people.

“That is a democratic society that has enabled that to happen,” he said. “What we have to do in our party is show how we are standing up against special interests to fight for everyday people and deliver for Americans across the country.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: davidhogg; democrats; house; primary
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To: daniel1212
Re: "No GOP farm development system for young Conservative candidates."

David Hogg probably got his $20 million grant in one transaction from a Soros Group or a Soros Clone.

Or, from lightly camouflaged tax payer funding.

21 posted on 04/17/2025 2:49:34 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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To: George J. Jetso

I like it.;-)


22 posted on 04/17/2025 2:52:04 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: Equine1952

I love it; he is helping to destroy his own party.


23 posted on 04/17/2025 2:54:15 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: zeestephen

David has his place at the trough now. He will quickly become exceedingly wealthy funneling other people’s money into his own pockets.


24 posted on 04/17/2025 2:55:22 AM PDT by Rlsau1
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To: Libloather
David Hogg: America’s most punchable face.


25 posted on 04/17/2025 2:59:03 AM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: rarestia

You go Hogg !

Incumbents rarely lose, so any success you have replacing them enhances MAGA’s odds-—especially in this environment with voters of all stripes running from the Donks to MAGA and Indie.


26 posted on 04/17/2025 3:09:12 AM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: Libloather

David Hogg? Give me a break. The guy’s a drama queen.


27 posted on 04/17/2025 3:11:54 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

He was admitted to one college, Cal-Irvine, until the media and Harvard kissed his ass.


28 posted on 04/17/2025 3:14:01 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: nuke_road_warrior

👍👍👍 😃😄🤣🤣🤣😆


29 posted on 04/17/2025 3:18:53 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Libloather

That mean faced guy with pencil thin arms gets in the White House..

You might as well start packing up all your rifles, pistols and auto-shotguns. they will be going to the crusher.


30 posted on 04/17/2025 3:21:45 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: chiller

It would be nice to have conservatives organised enough to run candidates in Dem primaries. Hang a few Dinos on the poxy malcontents!


31 posted on 04/17/2025 3:22:18 AM PDT by Kudsman (Democrats' brand is FRAUD. Elections, biology, climate, journalism, auto pen, peace, life and God. )
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To: Equine1952
Can you spell asshole????

g.r.i.f.t.e.r...

Hey if the demoncraps want to eat themselves, let 'em.

32 posted on 04/17/2025 3:22:20 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Phoenix8
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33 posted on 04/17/2025 3:24:51 AM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: Apparatchik

Reminds me of King Joffrey in Game of Thrones...


34 posted on 04/17/2025 3:25:28 AM PDT by Does so ("The guilty flee when no man pursueth"....🇺🇦...Dem☭¢rat... ∅ ™ ¿ ¡ ☞≣ ½¼)
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To: Libloather

Isn’t party purity a beautiful thing :)

Goebbels would be so proud.


35 posted on 04/17/2025 3:29:19 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: Skwor

There are States that do not have closed primaries or that do have RCV. Would a concerted effort to back the lesser of two evils in a Dem primary, in said locations, have any ROI? Even one or two “unpure” Dems elected would be a sharp stick in their eye. We see how the left plays the game. Are we going to get in the gwme or just bitch when they hand us another Rino. Thoughts?


36 posted on 04/17/2025 3:49:32 AM PDT by Kudsman (Democrats' brand is FRAUD. Elections, biology, climate, journalism, auto pen, peace, life and God. )
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To: nuke_road_warrior

We could have used a Hogg from the right to cull the herd from serving as the senior Senator from Kentucky for far too long, for example.


37 posted on 04/17/2025 3:51:46 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Libloather

Watch the net worth of the school shooting “survivor” (we all are, BTW) shoot into 7 or 8 figures in the next few years.


38 posted on 04/17/2025 3:59:04 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Kudsman

Can’t control state mechanisms, as much as many would like this is our system.

All we can do is try to ensure the party brand has not been corrupted or subverted with bad actors.

I think the bigger problem is just that, bad actors like rinos trying to subvert the will of the represented electorate at the state level.


39 posted on 04/17/2025 4:04:15 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: Recovering_Democrat

(I love it; he (David Hogg) is helping to destroy his own (Democratic) party.)

He’s doing a GREAT job!!!


40 posted on 04/17/2025 4:11:07 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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