{"id":2398022,"date":"2025-02-02T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-brain-breaking-turn-of-events-dnc-makes-david-hogg-party-leader-under-ken-martin\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T15:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T20:13:19","slug":"in-brain-breaking-turn-of-events-dnc-makes-david-hogg-party-leader-under-ken-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-brain-breaking-turn-of-events-dnc-makes-david-hogg-party-leader-under-ken-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"In Brain-Breaking Turn of Events, DNC Makes David Hogg Party Leader Under Ken Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fin-brain-breaking-turn-of-events-dnc-makes-david-hogg-party-leader-under-ken-martin%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=2398022&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>on Saturday, David Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor and prominent anti-gun activist, was\u200c elected \u200dvice chair of \u200bthe Democratic National\u2064 Committee (DNC). Ken Martin from Minnesota was elected as the DNC chair. The elections were met with disappointment from some DNC members, who expressed concerns about the lack of depiction for women and people \u2064of color, \u2064noting that the frontrunners were predominantly white men. <\/p>\n<p>Quintessa Hathaway, a Black candidate, received no votes, highlighting ongoing issues of representation in top \u200cleadership positions within the party. Former DNC staff member\u200d Marilyn Davis\u2063 emphasized \u200dthe importance of Black women in the \u2062party. \u200bAmidst\u2062 this, Hogg, elected alongside other diverse vice chairs, gave an impassioned acceptance speech, urging \u200bthe \u2064party to engage younger voters and take concrete \u200cactions on gun violence instead of just offering thoughts and prayers.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting who became an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whose-children-are-they\/\" title=\"Whose Children Are They?\">anti-gun zealot<\/a>, was elected vice chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Martin, the chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-told-get-lawyer-msnbc-nazi-attack-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota<\/a> Democratic Party, was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/02\/01\/us\/dnc-chair-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The election was &ldquo;a deflating outcome for some DNC members who lamented that the voices of women and people of color might fade in the party,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/01\/dnc-chair-election-takeaways-ken-martin-00201948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Politico noted that the front runners for the top spot were white males.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/marianne-williamson-says-love-extended-trump-even-dark-psychic-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marianne Williamson<\/a>, the self-help author who once ran for president, expressed interest in the job but dropped out and backed Martin.<\/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>Quintessa Hathaway, who is black, ran for the spot but received no votes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really wish that we would have had a &hellip; bigger name female run,&rdquo; Trish Ruiz, a delegate from New Mexico, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Black women have always been the backbone of our party. We show up our communities, our party and our party in every election,&rdquo; Marilyn Davis, a former DNC staff member who lost her bid to become party secretary to incumbent Jason Rae.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;m watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNC?\">@DNC<\/a> Vice Chair candidate speeches live right now so you don&rsquo;t have to and I&rsquo;m laughing so hard. Every other words is about race, gender and sexuality &#129315;&#129315; They&rsquo;ve learned absolutely NOTHING. Every single speech is like this lmaoooo &#128071; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1yT14Da2H\">pic.twitter.com\/k1yT14Da2H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jaimee Michell (@thegaywhostrayd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thegaywhostrayd\/status\/1885841718487998956?\">February 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yet time and time again, we are overlooked when it comes to the top leadership positions in our party,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-gun-control-activist-david-hogg-torched-ccp-survivor-go-china-see-gun-control-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hogg<\/a> was elected as one of three DNC vice chairs, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-members-elect-new-slate-of-dnc-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elected along with Hogg were Pennsylvania state Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/cfdocs\/legis\/home\/member_information\/house_bio.cfm?id=1860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malcolm Kenyatta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artieblanco.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Artie Blanco<\/a>, a Hispanic woman from Nevada who was the DNC&rsquo;s Southwest Political Director.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reynawaltersmorgan.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reyna Walters-Morgan<\/a> was elected Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">David Hogg&rsquo;s acceptance speech after being elected DNC Vice Chair: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q77PikgUyz\">pic.twitter.com\/Q77PikgUyz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1885904796319719845?\">February 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who&rsquo;s ready to take the fight to the Republicans and win this thing? Are you guys ready to fight?&rdquo; Hogg said in his victory speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a long day, but guess what? We have a long road ahead. Let&rsquo;s go and kick some a**,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s go win our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-links-carjacking-surge-to-remote-learning-pure-boredom\/\" title=\"VIDEO ... Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Links Carjacking Surge to Remote Learning: &#039;Pure Boredom&#039;\">young people back<\/a>, and let&rsquo;s stop sending just our thoughts and prayers to address gun violence, and do something. Are you ready to do that? Because together, we can <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">make school shooter drills history<\/a>, and not headlines. 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Ken Martin, chair of the Minnesota Democratic Party, was chosen as the DNC chairman, as reported by The New York Times. This election left some DNC members feeling disheartened, fearing that women&#8217;s and people of color&#8217;s voices might diminish within the party, according to Politico. The leading candidates for the position were predominantly white males. Marianne Williamson, a self-help author who previously ran for president, showed interest in the role but later withdrew and supported Martin. Quintessa Hathaway, an African American candidate for vice chair, received no votes. Trish Ruiz from New Mexico expressed disappointment over a lack of prominent female candidates while Marilyn Davis highlighted that Black women have consistently been vital to the party&#8217;s support base but are often overlooked in leadership roles. Hogg was one of three new DNC vice chairs elected alongside Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta and Artie Blanco from Nevada. Reyna Walters-Morgan was also elected Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation.<\/p>\n<p>In his acceptance speech after being elected DNC Vice Chair, Hogg rallied supporters by asking if they were ready to challenge Republicans and make meaningful changes regarding gun violence instead of just offering thoughts and prayers: &#8220;Together we can make school shooter drills history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2398023,"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\/2025\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-2025-02-02T104704.619.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46257,7705,45303,45393,5894],"class_list":["post-2398022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-david-hogg","tag-dnc","tag-ken-martin","tag-party-leadership","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-2025-02-02T104704.619.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398022","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=2398022"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398026,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398022\/revisions\/2398026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}