{"id":2399494,"date":"2025-02-05T21:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T02:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-democrats-are-already-regretting-that-david-hogg-was-selected-as-dnc-vice-chair\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T21:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T02:40:16","slug":"some-democrats-are-already-regretting-that-david-hogg-was-selected-as-dnc-vice-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-democrats-are-already-regretting-that-david-hogg-was-selected-as-dnc-vice-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Democrats Are Already Regretting That David Hogg Was Selected as DNC Vice Chair"},"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%2Fsome-democrats-are-already-regretting-that-david-hogg-was-selected-as-dnc-vice-chair%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=2399494&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, a gun-control\u2063 activist \u2064and survivor of \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-again-introduce-legislation-for-universal-background-checks-on-gun-purchases-say-they-have-opportunity-to-act\/\" title=\"... Again Introduce Legislation For Universal Background Checks On Gun Purchases, Say They Have \u2018Opportunity to Act\u2019\">parkland school shooting<\/a>, was elected as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. At 24, he co-founded \u2062March for Our Lives, advocating for stricter gun laws. His election has raised concerns among some Democrats, who fear \u200bthat his strong leftist views\u2014such as defunding \u2063the police and abolishing \u200dICE\u2014could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-selects-minn-gov-tim-walz-as-2024-running-mate\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Selects Minn. Gov. Tim Walz As 2024 Running Mate\">alienate centrist voters<\/a> and\u2064 further \u200cdamage the party&#8217;s \u2064image. Critics argue that Hogg&#8217;s activist background may\u200b not align with the broader responsibilities of party leadership, possibly harming\u200c Democratic candidates \u200cin conservative states. Nonetheless,he \u200chas received endorsements from prominent Democrats as he \u2063aims to address the youth demographic shift towards Republicans. Hogg has expressed his\u2064 commitment\u2063 to listening to \u200ca diverse range of voters while\u200b dismissing criticism from Republican\u200c opponents.  <\/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>Gun-control activist David Hogg was elected last weekend as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, but some party members worry that his influence will harm the coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg, 24, a survivor of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, was co-founder of March for Our Lives, a gun-control entity.<\/p>\n<p>He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brain-breaking-turn-events-dnc-makes-david-hogg-party-leader-ken-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elected<\/a> Saturday to one of three vice-chair positions.<\/p>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/04\/david-hogg-dnc-election-00202496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> in a Tuesday report that Hogg, who occupies a position that usually carries minimal power and attracts little public attention, has already emerged as a foil for the Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the rival party have spotlighted his past rhetoric in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reportedly-planning-an-executive-order-on-firearms-right-out-of-the-gate-but-his-big-bold-changes-wont-stop-there\/\" title=\"Biden Reportedly Planning an Executive Order on Firearms Right Out of the Gate, But His \u2018Big, Bold Changes\u2019 Won\u2019t Stop There\">gun control<\/a>, defunding the police, abolishing ICE, and other leftist positions to which the public is broadly opposed.<\/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>Centrists within the Democratic Party vented to Politico that the 24-year-old could further injure the coalition&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heartbreaking-video-black-workers-shows-exactly-dems-lost-think-voted-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already suffering<\/a> brand image with the American people.<\/p>\n<p>Some think the election of Hogg may communicate to voters that the party still cares more about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">fringe social issues<\/a> than the core hardships everyday Americans face.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The most worrying thing is if he carries into this new job a belief that saying what he was saying, but louder, is the way to prevail in red states,&rdquo; Matt Bennett, co-founder of the group Third Way, told Politico.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because it isn&rsquo;t,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;If he believes that it is, that&rsquo;s going to be a real problem for our candidates in those places.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bennett observed that &ldquo;he came up as an activist, but now he is a party leader, and that&rsquo;s a very, very different role.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed Democratic strategist similarly warned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-creepy-david-hogg-interview-people-thought-crisis-actor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hogg<\/a> can &ldquo;go on TV as a vice chair for the DNC, speak on behalf of the Democratic Party, in a way that can do more harm than good.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another unnamed insider remarked that Hogg can &ldquo;either be the caricature of who he is on TV and online, or he can go deeper,&rdquo; adding that &ldquo;we don&rsquo;t know yet what to expect from him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hogg nevertheless earned several endorsements from prominent Democrats ahead of his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>His backers included recent vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-told-get-lawyer-msnbc-nazi-attack-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Walz<\/a>, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, and Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost, the first member of Congress from Generation Z.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg had marketed himself to party insiders as a solution to the Democrats&rsquo; youth problem, since the demographic shifted rapidly toward Republicans in November.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our party failed to connect with voters this year because they felt like we ignored them. We need to listen again and have the tough conversations with people from across the political spectrum &mdash; and I&rsquo;m committed to doing that work,&rdquo; Hogg told Politico.<\/p>\n<p>As for his Republican <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\">critics<\/a>, Hogg brushed them off.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m used to it, but I&rsquo;ve never let that right-wing propaganda stop me from showing up, uplifting young voices, and working to unify all corners of our party,&rdquo; he said.<\/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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At 24 years old, Hogg is a survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting and co-founded March for Our Lives, an organization focused on gun control. His election to one of three vice-chair positions has raised eyebrows, as Politico reported that he has quickly become a target for Republicans who highlight his past support for gun control and other progressive issues that many voters oppose. Centrists within the Democratic Party expressed worries to Politico that Hogg&#8217;s election could further damage the party&#8217;s image with American voters by suggesting it prioritizes fringe social issues over pressing everyday concerns. Matt Bennett from Third Way cautioned that if Hogg believes louder rhetoric will resonate in conservative areas, it could pose significant challenges for Democratic candidates there. An unnamed strategist echoed these sentiments, warning about potential harm from Hogg&#8217;s public statements as a DNC vice chair. Despite this criticism, Hogg received endorsements from notable Democrats like Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and AFT President Randi Weingarten ahead of his campaign. He positioned himself as a solution to the party\u2019s youth engagement issue after recent shifts toward Republicans among younger voters and emphasized the need for open dialogue across political divides while dismissing Republican critiques as &#8220;right-wing propaganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2399495,"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\/David-Hogg-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46257,3685,49904,35802,49905],"class_list":["post-2399494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-david-hogg","tag-democrats","tag-dnc-vice-chair","tag-party-politics","tag-political-regret"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/David-Hogg-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399494","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=2399494"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399498,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399494\/revisions\/2399498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}