{"id":2217088,"date":"2024-04-10T03:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T07:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attention-hogg-blows-nearly-half-his-pacs-donor-dollars-on-nonsense-like-doordash-and-marc-elias\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T04:02:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T08:02:26","slug":"attention-hogg-blows-nearly-half-his-pacs-donor-dollars-on-nonsense-like-doordash-and-marc-elias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attention-hogg-blows-nearly-half-his-pacs-donor-dollars-on-nonsense-like-doordash-and-marc-elias\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogg Wastes Almost Half of PAC Donations on Frivolous Expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fattention-hogg-blows-nearly-half-his-pacs-donor-dollars-on-nonsense-like-doordash-and-marc-elias%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2217088&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>David Hogg, known\u2062 for leveraging tragedy for personal gain, is\u2064 scrutinized for overspending PAC funds on travel, consultants, and legal fees.\u2064 Despite claims to \u2064support young progressive candidates, the PAC&#8217;s focus seems skewed towards self-serving expenses,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-condemns-biden-for-comparing-lawmakers-to-nazis\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley condemns Biden for comparing lawmakers to Nazis\">raising questions<\/a> about its true intentions amidst a backdrop of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-minority-leader-mcconnell-infrastructure-plan-is-lumped-up-list-of-leftist-priorities\/\" title=\"Senate Minority Leader McConnell: Infrastructure plan is lumped up list of leftist priorities\">political controversies<\/a>. David Hogg is facing scrutiny for overspending PAC funds on\u200d travel, consultants, and legal \u200dfees, despite claims\u2062 to support young progressive candidates. The \u2063focus on self-serving expenses raises questions about the PAC&#8217;s true intentions amid political controversies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/politics\/2023\/08\/25\/david-hogg-talks-leaders-we-deserve-pac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Hogg<\/a> has built his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apbspeakers.com\/speaker\/david-hogg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fame and fortune <\/a>on the manipulation of tragedy. He turned surviving the devastating Parkland school shootings into an attention-soaked role as one of the left\u2019s more insufferable activists. <\/p>\n<p>So perhaps it\u2019s no surprise that the little prince of gun control has positioned himself at the center of another leftist organization and is now taking heat for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-sue-to-try-to-disqualify-3-gop-congressmen-from-2022-ballot\/\" title=\"Democrats Sue to Try to Disqualify 3 GOP Congressmen From 2022 Ballot\">political action committee\u2019<\/a>s spending binge. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1967157327\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9dac05a98e69c8f1dcadbdb5a992d0a1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-9dac05a98e69c8f1dcadbdb5a992d0a1\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/08\/exclusive-hogg-wild-filings-show-leftwing-gen-z-pac-blew-more-than-1m-on-travel-expenses-consultants-spent-little-on-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to Breitbart News<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/leaderswedeserve.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leaders We Deserve PAC <\/a>spent $1.4 million of the $3 million-plus it raked in last year on travel expenses, political consultants, and legal fees. Said expenditures include a fat check to none other than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/marc-elias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marc Elias<\/a>, former Clinton campaign general counsel and pusher of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/crime-and-justice\/commentary\/durhams-damning-report-assails-fbi-leadership-media-enabling-hillary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump-Russian hoax<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Hogg\u2019s \u201cnew initiative\u201d was ostensibly created to elect leftist Gen Z candidates. According to the PAC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/ads_ms_lwd_20230802_dd_gs_natl_launch?source=ads_ms_LWD_20230802-LWD-DD-GS-Natl-Launch_LaunchKeywords_a002-Launch-rst_b%3Aleaders%20we%20deserve%20pac&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=Cj0KCQjwztOwBhD7ARIsAPDKnkCG2LLZ5ePhrMBqk-8Io-uzAE3mi7Ir-3Y28ltCnBXzsXtTT8j3pCYaApTaEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Act Blue page:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>In 2018, young voters shattered turnout records. In 2020, we helped power Biden to victory. And in 2022, we were critical to holding off a Republican red wave. Now we\u2019re not just voting \u2014 we\u2019re running for office, and winning. We need to elect more young, fearless progressives to Congress and state legislatures \u2014 and Leaders We Deserve is here to make that happen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Breitbart reports, it appears the quest to elect \u201cyoung, fearless progressives\u201d is second to underwriting Hogg\u2019s travel itinerary and fattening Elias\u2019 wallet. The PAC spent just $263,000 on Generation Z\u00a0campaigns \u201ccombined with donations to other Democrat Party committees and groups \u2014 and instead spent more than $1.4 million on disbursements to themselves for payroll and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-department-buys-training-from-dem-consulting-firm\/\" title=\"Biden Education Department Buys Training From Dem Consulting Firm\">political consulting firms<\/a> and legal fees, in addition to travel and entertainment expenses like hotels, flights, and meals,\u201d according to its filings with the Federal Election Commission.  <\/p>\n<p>Hogg\u2019s group paid out more than $83,000 in legal fees to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/for-profit\/elias-law-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Elias Law Group<\/a>, according to Breitbart. Known in political circle as \u201cthe fixer\u201d of Democrat scandals, Elias served as a lawyer for Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee. He tapped <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/17\/blm-hires-clinton-aide-marc-elias-who-paid-for-steele-dossier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fusion GPS<\/a>, which compiled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/news-releases\/fbi-ignored-early-warnings-debunked-anti-trump-dossier-was-russian-disinformation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phony dossier<\/a> used by Democrats to falsely accuse then-President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign of colluding with Russian government operatives. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2a7e08d0dbd035a4cf33afeb389eae6d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2a7e08d0dbd035a4cf33afeb389eae6d\"><\/div>\n<p>Of course, corporate media gushed over (attention) Hogg\u2019s new blue youth movement. And the spotlight seeker delivered in requisite hatred for Republicans, particularly Donald Trump <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor every year of Trump\u2019s presidency, I think there was a new chapter of a social movement that was born,\u201d the 23-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/08\/09\/1191455776\/young-voters-david-hogg-pac-campaign-elections-genz-millennial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> NPR in August, \u201cwhether it was the Women\u2019s March, March for Our Lives, the environmental movement, or the movement for Black Lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hogg said his PAC is all about supporting candidates under 35 running for federal office, and those under 30 campaigning for state elected positions. He wants to help shape the next generation of Constitution-shredding, big government-defending lemmings. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We\u2019re] trying to pick them and say, you know, we would like to help you run for office, we\u2019ll supply you with all of the resources that you need and help basically coach you and hold your hand to get there, which is kind of the gap that\u2019s in the space right now, for at least young people at the state legislative level,\u201d Hogg told NPR. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-702523539ec1a4c2e78d6653d18137c1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-702523539ec1a4c2e78d6653d18137c1\"><\/div>\n<p>How\u2019s that all turning out? According to Breitbart, Leaders We Deserve PAC in 2023 committed a fragment of its donations to just four candidates, including Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., who is already in Congress. The PAC reportedly gave nearly $125,000 in a failed effort to elect transgender Democrat Sylvia Swayne to Alabama\u2019s House. Swayne, \u201cAlabama\u2019s First Openly Trans Candidate,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/sylvia-swayne-alabama-special-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hailed<\/a> Teen Vogue, <a href=\"https:\/\/1819news.com\/news\/item\/district-55-voters-reject-transgender-candidate-sylvia-swayne-hendrix-wins-runoff-for-open-house-seat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lost badly<\/a> in the special election runoff. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vast majority of the group\u2019s money, the FEC filings from 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00843110\/1750365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">show<\/a>, did not go to helping candidates at all \u2014 and much of it went to other political consultants at various firms, as well as to Hogg and Lata, with a lavish travel budget to boot,\u201d Breitbart reported, referring to Kevin Lata, Frost\u2019s campaign manager, who started the PAC with Hogg. <\/p>\n<p>In just the opening months of the group\u2019s creation, the payroll included nearly $40,000 for Hogg, with Lata taking in more than $50,000, FEC filings <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00843110\/1750365\/sb\/ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">show<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>According to Breitbart, most of the donors to Hogg\u2019s trough \u201cwere small-dollar donors giving less than $250 a pop.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As a Federalist colleague said, \u201cPeople who send twits like this money deserve to be fleeced.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The left is certainly getting the type of leader it deserves, the insufferable David Hogg.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3ca4eb4664b56249c8b2c412fd733c9d fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3ca4eb4664b56249c8b2c412fd733c9d\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Hogg rose to fame by exploiting tragedy, notably the Parkland school shootings, becoming a prominent left-wing activist. His involvement in leftist organizations aligns with his reputation as a gun control advocate who thrives on attention from such events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2217089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/David-Hogg-at-Westminster-Town-Hall-Forum.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/David-Hogg-at-Westminster-Town-Hall-Forum.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}