{"id":2462366,"date":"2025-07-16T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoops-david-hoggs-first-pac-backed-primary-candidate-goes-down-in-flames\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:49:51","slug":"whoops-david-hoggs-first-pac-backed-primary-candidate-goes-down-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoops-david-hoggs-first-pac-backed-primary-candidate-goes-down-in-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoops: David Hogg\u2019s First PAC-Backed Primary Candidate Goes Down in Flames"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwhoops-david-hoggs-first-pac-backed-primary-candidate-goes-down-in-flames%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=2462366&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>The summary of the text is:<\/p>\n<p>David Hogg,former Democratic National Committee Vice Chair,attempted to influence the Democratic primaries by backing young,far-left activist Deja Foxx in a special election in Arizona&#8217;s 7th Congressional District. Despite Hogg&#8217;s endorsement and a $20 million plan to challenge established Democrats, Foxx lost decisively to Adelita Grijalva, the politically experienced daughter of the late Arizona Rep. Ra\u00fal Grijalva. Foxx, a Gen Z <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sephora-cuts-ties-with-beauty-influencer-for-being-a-conservative-says-republicans-arent-aligned-with-their-values\/\" title=\"Sephora Cuts Ties With Beauty Influencer for Being a Conservative, Says Republicans \u2018Aren\u2019t Aligned\u2019 With Their Values\">social media activist<\/a> known mainly for her abortion rights advocacy, failed to gain enough support, highlighting the challenges of replacing seasoned politicians with influencer-style candidates. The outcome suggests that Hogg&#8217;s efforts to reshape the party by promoting younger,activist candidates with little political experience backfired,damaging his credibility and casting doubt on the strategy.  <\/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>Tuesday gave us a preview of ex-Democratic National Committee Vice Chair David Hogg&rsquo;s plan to meddle in the party&rsquo;s primaries to get more young, far-left activists involved.<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR: If early returns are any indication, this wasn&rsquo;t worth ruining his DNC gig over.<\/p>\n<p>With 77 percent of the vote counted as of Wednesday morning, Adelita Grijalva &mdash; the daughter of the Arizona Rep. Ra&uacute;l Grijalva, whose death sparked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hogg-still-bucking-democratic-party-endorses-gen-z-influencer-in-race-to-fill-open-house-seat\/\" title=\"Hogg, Still Bucking Democratic ..., Endorses &#039;Gen Z Influencer&#039; in Race to Fill Open House Seat\">special election &#038;mdash<\/a>; had 62 percent of the vote, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/07\/15\/us\/elections\/results-arizona-us-house-7-special.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> figures.<\/p>\n<p>Deja Foxx, the Gen Z influencer that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hogg-still-bucking-democratic-party-endorses-gen-z-influencer-race-fill-open-house-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hogg&rsquo;s Leaders We Deserve PAC was backing<\/a>, was a beyond-distant second with 21 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Arizona&rsquo;s 7th Congressional District is as deep blue as they come, the September general election is merely a formality.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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the Post noted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But the antiestablishment message that Mamdani deployed in New York was harder for Grijalva&rsquo;s opponents to replicate given her support from many of the same liberal groups and leaders who backed Mamdani, and the fact that she had not <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >held prior federal office<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Foxx&rsquo;s main qualification came from being a hashtag activist on Instagram, particularly when it came to the right to abort babies; she&rsquo;d gone viral in her teens for confronting then-Arizona Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-supremacist-richard-spencer-rino-jeff-flake-endorse-joe-biden-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Flake<\/a> and has never given up the spotlight on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-gives-kamala-harris-a-painful-reality-check-as-her-campaign-gets-underway\/\" title=\"New Poll Gives Kamala Harris a Painful Reality Check as Her Campaign Gets Underway\">left-bubble social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This was enough to convince <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/david-hogg-becomes-victim-dei-delightful-firing-since-trump-booted-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hogg<\/a> &mdash; whose plan to spend $20 million to primary older establishment Democrats in blue seats is suspected by many to be the reason why the DNC chose to oust him on procedural grounds &mdash; to back the 25-year-old Foxx in what seemed to be a pilot run.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Deja Foxx has been holding Republicans&rsquo; and career politicians&rsquo; feet to the fire since she was 15 years old. She&rsquo;s an organizer who has carved her own path after experiencing homelessness and working at a gas station &mdash; and she is ready to fight for [Tucson], her hometown,&rdquo; Hogg said in his endorsement earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Deja knows people like her haven&rsquo;t been seen in politics, and she has translated her story to represent a new vision of generational change that speaks truth to Trump&rsquo;s cruel policies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And Foxx, meanwhile, was touting polling that showed her within striking distance of Grijalva &mdash; who, it&rsquo;s worth noting, not only has name recognition but actual governing experience as a former Pima County supervisor:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is momentum! We have just 2 weeks left to make history and elect the first woman of our generation to Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HvhIL17FAn\">pic.twitter.com\/HvhIL17FAn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Deja Foxx (@Deja_Foxx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Deja_Foxx\/status\/1940073812382425207?\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not. Even. Close.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear whether Hogg sealed Foxx&rsquo;s fate, or whether it was the other way around. Hogg&rsquo;s brand is more toxic than a Superfund site after his exit from the DNC, and while his endorsement was supposed to add momentum to the influencer&rsquo;s campaign, it might have scared people willing to give her a chance off due to the damage Hogg has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leaked-audio-david-hogg-nearly-makes-dnc-chair-cry-almost-broke-twice-dramatic-video-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">already managed to wreak in the party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, tying this brilliant proposal to inject new blood into the Democratic Party with a 25-year-old &ldquo;Gen Z influencer&rdquo; &mdash; which is seriously the only three words on her CV &mdash; was a very preventable mistake that Hogg apparently couldn&rsquo;t be disabused of.<\/p>\n<p>What other warning signs did he need? The fact the dead politician&rsquo;s own daughter, who has political experience, was running for the seat? Or that she had picked up endorsements from people who usually side with Hogg&rsquo;s apoplectic twaddle, like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Or simply the still-undefeated maxim that the internet is not real life?<\/p>\n<p>This is a preview of what David Hogg basically ruined his career in legitimate political activism to pursue. Nice work. Now, if you&rsquo;ll excuse me, I have to make a gift purchase of the book &ldquo;When Bad Things Happen to Horrible People&rdquo; from Amazon for a certain someone. 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