Gun safety activist bidding for a DNC vice-chair post says party defends institutions when it needs to reform them

Summary

Parkland shooting survivor and activist David Hogg is running for a vice-chair position on the Democratic National Committee, advocating for bolder leadership to reconnect with young voters and working Americans.

Citing frustration with Democratic losses, Hogg argues the party must move away from establishment politics and address pressing issues like healthcare and economic struggles.

He highlights declining youth support as a crisis and criticizes party leaders for ignoring voter concerns.

Hogg aims to bring fresh perspectives to the DNC as the party prepares to counter a resurgent Donald Trump and GOP-controlled Congress.

  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    If it’s gonna be done in 4 then we should probably glom onto an existing party. Hogg apparently thinks so too, but i disagree with him that the DNC can be “saved”.

    Like he’s not wrong to try but there’s lots of examples of the DNC working against Dem reps who aren’t neoliberal enough. We should recall the ruling in 2017 against Sanders, essentially:

    “the DNC is a private entity and is this not required to have a Democratic process. It can select any candidate for the general it wants”

    So i wish this guy the best but he (and we) would be better off trying to join a smaller yet already existing party like the Greens or PSL. Hell even if ya didn’t agree with one a them party’s whole platform, it’s still a better idea, a more likely chance to join them and change them from within… The Ds and Rs would be a much more difficult battle.