{"id":2377121,"date":"2024-12-06T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-hogg-says-hes-considering-a-run-for-dnc-chair-its-great-news-for-trump\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T11:56:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T16:56:44","slug":"david-hogg-says-hes-considering-a-run-for-dnc-chair-its-great-news-for-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-hogg-says-hes-considering-a-run-for-dnc-chair-its-great-news-for-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hogg Says He&#8217;s Considering a Run for DNC Chair: It&#8217;s Great News for Trump"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fdavid-hogg-says-hes-considering-a-run-for-dnc-chair-its-great-news-for-trump%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=2377121&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>In \u2064a\u2064 recent\u200d interview with CNN&#8217;s Kasie Hunt, David Hogg, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-nras-strategy-to-escape-disaster\/\" title=\"Inside the NRA\u2019s Strategy to Escape Disaster\">anti-gun<\/a> activist<\/a> and\u2062 survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, discussed his potential candidacy\u2064 for chair of the \u2062Democratic National\u2063 Committee.Hogg criticized the\u2062 Democratic Party leadership for living in\u2064 a &#8220;comfortable delusion&#8221; \u2064and lacking accountability,\u200c particularly \u200bin light of the party&#8217;s recent election \u2064outcomes. He expressed concern that party leaders often dismiss electoral failures, attributing them to external factors rather than taking \u2064obligation. Hogg emphasized \u200bthe \u200bneed for the party to\u2064 connect more\u200b with &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus\/\" title=\"Factbox-Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus\">everyday people<\/a>&#8221; and adopt \u200da more approachable\u2063 rhetoric, as \u2062he believes they\u200b currently come \u200dacross \u2062as elitist and out \u200cof touch. Though, his suggestions have sparked skepticism, as critics argue that Hogg himself embodies the very issues he critiques. The article notes that the Democrats have distanced themselves\u200b from\u200c their\u2062 moderate wing, which could have been vital for revitalizing the\u2063 party. while Hogg&#8217;s observations may resonate \u2062with some, \u2062they also highlight underlying divisions \u200cwithin the party.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Believe it order not, the Democrat party&rsquo;s leadership might <em>actually<\/em> get worse.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-gun activist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/david-hogg-tells-thomas-massie-read-history-book-quickly-discovers-one-needs-lesson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Hogg<\/a> &mdash; a survivor of the Majorie Stoneman Douglas shooting in 2019 in Parkland, Florida &mdash; appeared on &ldquo;CNN This Morning&rdquo; to speak to host Kasie Hunt on Thursday about the possibility of running for chair of the Democratic National Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg posted the relevant clip to his X account this same day where he offered thoughts on last month&rsquo;s election and what the party needs to change going forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Democratic Party needs to open its eyes and take its fingers out of its ears. While it wasn&rsquo;t a landslide, the American people still rejected us in favor of a convicted felon. I&rsquo;m sick and tired of hearing party leaders say &lsquo;they tried&rsquo; without taking any accountability. We&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PwFMdXLRdq\">pic.twitter.com\/PwFMdXLRdq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Hogg &#128999; (@davidhogg111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidhogg111\/status\/1864756688764703107?\">December 5, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Hogg believes the party lives in a &ldquo;comfortable delusion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When asked for clarification by Hunt, he said, &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s [the delusion] that we can just surround ourselves with people that agree with us a lot of the time in terms of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/weakness-bidens-government-literally-cant-remove-chinese-spies-caught-red-handed-ransacking-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">party leadership<\/a> and also within the party itself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hogg described the Democrats&rsquo; problem as a &ldquo;condescending tone&rdquo; while Americans view them as &ldquo;elitist&rdquo; and &ldquo;out of touch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His plan for the future involves getting more &ldquo;everyday people&rdquo; to run as Democrats for office.<\/p>\n<p>At this point in the interview, Hogg is already way off course in formulating a winning strategy as his example of an individual who fits the aforementioned bill is &mdash; hilariously &mdash; Minnesota Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/finally-free-tim-walzs-children-describe-life-election-kamala-may-not-like-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Walz<\/a> as if his presence was somehow the light showing through in an otherwise embarrassingly awful campaign for failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg also stated that the party has a &ldquo;lack of accountability&rdquo; problem.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The hardest part of this time period since the election has been the general sense of a lack of accountability that I&rsquo;ve heard,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the lead up to the election, we heard people [Democrats] say over and over again, &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-won-just-election-completely-ruined-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> is the greatest threat to American democracy. He&rsquo;s a fascist. We need to stop him. We need to stop him. We need to stop him,&#8217;&rdquo; Hogg described it.<\/p>\n<p>He then mentioned that, post-election, the Democratic sentiment was, &ldquo;Oh, we tried our best.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hogg summed it up in saying Democrats have a &ldquo;loser&rsquo;s mentality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re conservative, you should love Hogg&rsquo;s idea.<\/p>\n<p>In total fairness, most of what he is saying is accurate; Democrats absolutely are condescending elitists who lack accountability. That being said, Hogg might literally be the worst person to help them address that.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg embodies the very problems he called out, given that he&rsquo;s an anti-gun, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harvard-pollster-trumps-brilliant-campaign-strategy-devastate-democrats-years-come\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard<\/a> elitist far-leftist. Everyday people won&rsquo;t flock to a party run by a skinny 24-year-old authoritarian whose political career is built on attacking constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats lost their more moderate wing &mdash; people like former Rep Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F Kennedy Jr. &mdash; that could actually rescue this party.<\/p>\n<p>If Republican leadership is worried about future Democrats reviving a more formidable 2026 and 2028, have them watch this Hogg clip.<\/p>\n<p>They&rsquo;ll sleep soundly afterwards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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David Hogg, an anti-gun activist and survivor of the 2019 Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland, Florida, appeared on &#8220;CNN This Morning&#8221; with host Kasie Hunt to discuss his interest in running for chair of the Democratic National Committee. He shared a clip on his X account that day, reflecting on last month&#8217;s election and suggesting necessary changes for the party&#8217;s future. Hogg emphasized that Democrats need to acknowledge their shortcomings instead of making excuses. He criticized the party for living in a &#8220;comfortable delusion,&#8221; where they surround themselves with like-minded individuals and come across as elitist and out of touch with everyday Americans. His vision includes encouraging more ordinary people to run for office as Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Hogg mistakenly cited Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as an example of someone who represents this new direction despite Walz&#8217;s association with Kamala Harris&#8217;s unsuccessful presidential campaign. He also pointed out a significant issue within the party: a lack of accountability following their electoral losses. Hogg expressed frustration over how Democrats previously labeled Donald Trump as a major threat but then downplayed their own failures post-election.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by stating that Democrats have developed a &#8220;loser&#8217;s mentality.&#8221; While much of what he says rings true\u2014acknowledging that many Democrats are indeed condescending elitists lacking accountability\u2014Hogg himself may not be well-suited to lead this change due to his far-left views and anti-gun stance. The party has lost its moderate members who could help revitalize it; if Republican leaders are concerned about future elections, they should take note of Hogg\u2019s comments\u2014they might find them reassuring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2377122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hogg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46257,45913,32603,3634],"class_list":["post-2377121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-david-hogg","tag-dnc-chair","tag-political-news","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/hogg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377121","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377125,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377121\/revisions\/2377125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}