{"id":2424204,"date":"2025-04-16T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-vice-chairman-david-hogg-rolls-out-20-million-initiative-to-boost-younger-primary-candidates-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:26:04","slug":"dnc-vice-chairman-david-hogg-rolls-out-20-million-initiative-to-boost-younger-primary-candidates-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dnc-vice-chairman-david-hogg-rolls-out-20-million-initiative-to-boost-younger-primary-candidates-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Vice Chairman David Hogg rolls out $20 million initiative to boost younger primary candidates &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fdnc-vice-chairman-david-hogg-rolls-out-20-million-initiative-to-boost-younger-primary-candidates-washington-examiner%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=2424204&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, the Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), has launched a $20 million initiative aimed at supporting younger candidates in Democratic primaries. Despite his position within the party, Hogg&#8217;s institution, Leaders We Deserve, is actively working to replace incumbent Democrats with fresh, aggressive voices, particularly those who are focused on opposing former President Donald Trump. This initiative stems from his belief that the current party leadership is inadequate and out of touch.Hogg has notably refrained from signing a neutrality policy adopted by other DNC officials, which he views as a barrier to genuine change. He argues that many within the party seek change only if it does not threaten their power. As the Democratic Party grapples with recent electoral defeats, Hogg&#8217;s push is seen as part of a broader struggle for the party&#8217;s direction moving forward.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DNC Vice Chairman David Hogg rolls out $20 million initiative to boost younger primary candidates<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2096304\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"David Hogg\">Democratic National Committee<\/a> Vice Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-hogg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"David Hogg\">David Hogg<\/a> is funding efforts to oust Democratic incumbents in primaries despite being part of party leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg, a Democratic Party activist who gained prominence after the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3307825\/david-hogg-wins-election-vice-chair-dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"elected\">elected<\/a> to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economists-push-for-another-round-of-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"Economists Push for Another Round of Stimulus Checks\">vice chairman<\/a> of the DNC in February, but he is still powering forward with efforts from his other organization, Leaders We Deserve. The group is planning to intervene in Democratic primaries with $20 million aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">electing younger politicians<\/a> who will be more aggressive toward President Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/15\/us\/politics\/david-hogg-dnc-leaders-we-deserve.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3381451\/former-trump-voter-kyle-sweetser-tuberville-alabama\/\">Former Trump voter pushing to unseat Tuberville appeals to Alabama: &#8216;It&#8217;s OK to be a Democrat&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3381015\/aoc-raises-nearly-10-million-first-quarter-smashing-record\/\">AOC raises nearly $10 million in first quarter, smashing record&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3381008\/freedom-caucus-andrew-clyde-challenger-sam-couvillon-outraises-first-quarter\/\">Freedom Caucus member Andrew Clyde&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-raises-nearly-10-million-in-first-quarter-smashing-record-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"AOC raises nearly ... in first ..., smashing record - Washington Examiner\">primary challenger outraises<\/a> him in first quarter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3381841\/democratic-party-troubles-mount-as-more-voters-turn-right-give-gop-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>DEMOCRATIC PARTY TROUBLES MOUNT AS MORE VOTERS TURN RIGHT, GIVE GOP EDGE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People say they want change in the Democratic Party, but really they want change so long as it doesn&rsquo;t potentially endanger their position of power,&rdquo; Hogg said in an interview. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not actually wanting change. That&rsquo;s selfishness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report also said that at a DNC private meeting last month, each of the party&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-and-iran-in-havana-meeting-vow-to-confront-yankee-imperialism\/\" title=\"Cuba and Iran unite in Havana, pledge to confront ...Yankee imperialism....\">top officials signed<\/a> a &ldquo;neutrality policy&rdquo; that would cover both their official and personal capacity regarding Democratic primaries. Hogg was the only official not to sign the policy.<\/p>\n<p>Hogg defended his group&rsquo;s plans and said the media would &ldquo;aim to destroy my reputation&rdquo; with stories about them in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidhogg111\/status\/1912345054590489077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"post\">post<\/a> on X Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone in our party says they want to start winning again, and they do&mdash;but that simply will not be possible with our current set of leaders, too many of which are asleep at the wheel, out-of-touch, and ineffective. As a result there are likely going to be stories in the next&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Hogg &#128999; (@davidhogg111) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidhogg111\/status\/1912345054590489077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone in our party says they want to start winning again, and they do &mdash; but that simply will not be possible with our current set of leaders, too many of which are asleep at the wheel, out-of-touch, and ineffective. As a result, there are likely going to be stories in the next few days and weeks about me and Leaders We Deserve that will aim to destroy my reputation in order to weaken this effort,&rdquo; Hogg said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many of them will be lies. Many of them will be contortions of the truth because people want to maintain the status quo even though it is not working. We can not afford to do that. We&rsquo;re not going to let that happen,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3380540\/biden-searches-for-new-relevance-in-second-trump-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"BIDEN SEARCHES FOR NEW RELEVANCE IN SECOND TRUMP ERA\">BIDEN SEARCHES FOR NEW RELEVANCE IN SECOND TRUMP ERA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After defeats in the 2024 elections, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3363162\/progressives-leadership-vacuum-biden-2024-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats have been searching for a leader<\/a> and path forward for the 2026 and 2028 elections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3307825\/david-hogg-wins-election-vice-chair-dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hogg was part <\/a>of a new slate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3306711\/fractured-democratic-coalition-cusp-electing-dnc-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">leadership elected at the DNC<\/a> in February following the 2024 losses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2096304\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2096304\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Vice Chair David Hogg launches $20M initiative for younger candidates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2424205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/david-hogg-washington-dc-2023.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46257,7705,42741,53566,53565],"class_list":["post-2424204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-david-hogg","tag-dnc","tag-political-fundraising","tag-primary-candidates","tag-youth-initiatives"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/david-hogg-washington-dc-2023.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424204","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424208,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424204\/revisions\/2424208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}