Posted on 08/04/2026 1:28:53 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A deeply unpopular Republican president, high gas prices, a seemingly endless war against Iran that has little popular support. Many factors in the current U.S. political climate should be favorable to Democrats. Instead, the Democratic Party is left with much hand-wringing ahead of November's midterm elections and growing calls for the party's executive leader to step down.
One of the people voicing those calls is David Hogg, a gun violence prevention advocate who previously served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. He now runs Leaders We Deserve, a group to elect young progressive leaders to Congress and state legislatures.
"When you tell people not to believe what they're seeing or what they're feeling with the economy or the president or something like what is happening in Gaza, you're going to lose them," Hogg said.
"And I think that the establishment of the Democratic Party is going out there trying to offer voters basically a different shade of lipstick that they're putting on the pig and expecting voters to somehow buy that when the reality is they're sick and tired of that. They want fighters."
Speaking with Morning Edition host Michel Martin in a televised interview at NPR's headquarters, Hogg called for the ouster of DNC Chairman Ken Martin, who has not granted any major media appearances for months.
"We should hold our share of the lead opposition party to Donald Trump to a standard at least as high as we would hold a middle schooler," he said. "People want new leadership and they feel like they're not being properly represented."
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“A deeply unpopular Republican president”.
What a bunch of filthy liars.
(A deeply unpopular Republican president)
I stopped reading right there.
Then I saw that it’s NPR.
(Why are you posting NPR propaganda)
Excellent question.
There’s a whole lot of anti-President Trump
GARBAGE posted on FR of late 🤔🤔🤔.
(What a bunch of filthy liars.)
It’s what the Godless at NPR do
David Hogg is a brain dead assclown. Anybody still listening to anything he says has brain damage, or is a democrat (same thing, really).
CC
Previously served...?
Like, for 3 days
didn’t old snake head Carvel recommend hogg to run the dnc? something like that... I can’t wait for the ass clown to implode.
Ah, “President Hogg” keeps finding ways of extending those fifteen minutes. Is he still hiding in closets, I wonder, or has he come out yet? :P
But he’s so 2018.
What a bunch of filthy liars.
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He was co-vice chair of the DNC for about 4 months. He was so universally loathed that they kicked him out.
CC
And the grift goes on
And the grift goes on
Xiden was deeply unpopular to me but not to NPR
I despise this little creep.
Speaking with Morning Edition host Michel Martin ...
NPR went full commie, good to know
...When you tell people not to believe what they’re seeing or what they’re feeling with the economy or the president or something like what is happening in Gaza...
If nothing makes sense, change your paradigm.
Stop consuming fake news
FIFY
“A deeply unpopular Republican president”. I stopped reading right there. Trump is likely deeply unpopular among those in the NPR bubble and other communists, but not nation wide or internationally for that matter.
Such a respectful young man.
If I’m not mistaken, wasn’t he the poster child for bitch slapping?
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