{"id":2425819,"date":"2025-04-21T14:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-pushes-back-on-hoggs-call-to-prop-up-democratic-challengers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:35:38","slug":"jeffries-pushes-back-on-hoggs-call-to-prop-up-democratic-challengers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-pushes-back-on-hoggs-call-to-prop-up-democratic-challengers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries pushes back on Hogg&#8217;s call to prop up Democratic challengers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fjeffries-pushes-back-on-hoggs-call-to-prop-up-democratic-challengers-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=2425819&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 a statement responding to David Hogg&#8217;s comments regarding Democratic challengers, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries expressed that his main focus for the upcoming 2026 midterm elections is to target Republican incumbents rather than established Democrats. He emphasized the importance of regaining control of the House of Representatives to combat what he describes as the far-right extremism affecting the nation. Hogg, a DNC Vice Chairman, plans to utilize his association, Leaders We Deserve, to invest $20 million in supporting younger Democratic candidates running against incumbents in solid blue districts, hoping to encourage older incumbents to refrain from running again. Hogg&#8217;s initiative comes amid concerns over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-sinatra-ill-never-forgive-trump-voters\/\" title=\"Nancy Sinatra: \u2018I\u2019ll Never Forgive\u2019 Trump Voters\">low approval rating<\/a> for Democratic leadership, which recently dropped to 25%. Additionally, former DNC Chairwoman donna Brazile cautioned that Hogg\u2019s strategy coudl endanger the representation of women and minorities in previously secure districts.  <\/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\">Jeffries pushes back on David Hogg&rsquo;s call to prop up Democratic incumbent challengers<\/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_2039514\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>In response to DNC Vice Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/david-hogg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">David Hogg&rsquo;s<\/a> latest comments, House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) said his focus remains on targeting Republican incumbents, not established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> in the 2026 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the thing,&rdquo; Jeffries told Jonathan Karl on ABC&rsquo;s <em>This Week<\/em>. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m gonna really focus on trying to defeat Republican incumbents so we can take back control of the House of Representatives and begin the process of ending this national nightmare that&rsquo;s being visited upon us by far-right extremism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3384518\/ken-paxton-texas-ethics-laws-senate-campaign-launch\/\">Ken Paxton may have run afoul of Texas ethics laws with Senate campaign launch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3385647\/jeffries-sanders-aoc-fight-oligarchy-tour-right-versus-wrong\/\">Jeffries claims Sanders and AOC&#8217;s &#8216;Fight Oligarchy&#8217; tour is about &#8216;right versus wrong&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3385440\/michigan-set-up-battleground-future-of-democratic-party\/\">Michigan set up to be battleground for future of Democratic party<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jeffries&rsquo;s comment comes as Hogg shared he intends to use his organization, Leaders We Deserve, to spend $20 million to fund younger Democratic candidates running against incumbents in safe blue districts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through this effort, Hogg said he intends to encourage older incumbents to decide not to run for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t want to pick unnecessary fights, but we&rsquo;re willing to do that if our approval rating continues to be at this rate,&rdquo; Hogg told CNN&rsquo;s Jake Tapper. &ldquo;We are here to find the most effective young people in our country, truly generational leaders, and replace people that are failing to meet the moment right now, that we hope step aside.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A recent Gallup poll reflects that Democratic leadership possesses the lowest approval rating in decades, as 25% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-not-optimistic-key-issues-will-improve-this-year\/\" title=\"Americans Not Optimistic Key Issues Will Improve This Year\">respondents expressed confidence<\/a> in the Democratic Party&rsquo;s leadership, which lacks a clear leader.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220326\/five-democrats-prime-position-face-party-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>THE DEMOCRATS IN PRIME POSITION TO BE FACE OF THE PARTY IN 2028<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile warned Hogg that his decision to fund challengers in safe blue states could knock off minority and women leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My position is many of these so<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-called safe blue seats<\/a>, and I can get in trouble, many of them are seats that women and minorities finally had an opportunity to come and sit in because there were no seats at the table for us,&rdquo; Brazile said. &ldquo;So before you start wiping clean the menu and the plates and the seats, be very careful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2039514\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2039514\"}});<\/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>Jeffries counters Hogg&#8217;s push for supporting Democratic challengers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2425820,"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\/2024\/07\/AP24179722570549.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36299,5350,50470,32504,32076],"class_list":["post-2425819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-challengers","tag-hogg","tag-jeffries-2","tag-political-strategy","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24179722570549.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425819","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425819"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425823,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425819\/revisions\/2425823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}