{"id":2636636,"date":"2026-07-28T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-who-once-called-david-hogg-twerp-now-says-he-should-take-over-entire-dnc\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:51:05","slug":"james-carville-who-once-called-david-hogg-twerp-now-says-he-should-take-over-entire-dnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-who-once-called-david-hogg-twerp-now-says-he-should-take-over-entire-dnc\/","title":{"rendered":"James Carville, Who Once Called David Hogg &#8216;Twerp,&#8217; Now Says He Should Take Over Entire DNC"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fjames-carville-who-once-called-david-hogg-twerp-now-says-he-should-take-over-entire-dnc%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=2636636&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 content discusses internal struggles within the Democratic National Committee (DNC), highlighting financial issues, leadership stress, and factional disagreements. The DNC is reported to be $2 million in debt, with its chairman ken Martin experiencing paranoia, agitation, and emotional instability, as evidenced by incidents like throwing a phone and making dark jokes about his job security. Simultaneously occurring, James Carville criticizes the party&#8217;s leadership and strategic direction, suggesting that the focus on young activists like David Hogg-who has pledged to fund primary challenges against older Democrats-reflects desperation. Hogg&#8217;s dramatic rise within the party ranks, from being dismissed as a disruptive critic to being appointed as a DNC vice chair and later chosen as the party\u2019s representative, signals ongoing ideological shifts. The article portrays a party in turmoil, with some figures advocating for radical changes and questioning the competency of current leadership, hinting at a future dominated by more progressive and unconventional figures.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans of political infighting schadenfreude are no doubt having a blast this week, at least if they\u2019re conservative.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, sure, we have our own problems, as partisans of any party that controls the White House and both branches of Congress will have in a midterm election year. However, watching the Democratic National Committee\u2019s money problems and the implosion of DNC Chair Ken Martin is a truly beautiful thing.<\/p>\n<p>The cherry on top? James Carville, the longtime Democratic strategist-turned-media pundit, has seen enough. His solution: Maybe it\u2019s time to replace Martin as the head of the DNC with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/david-hogg-becomes-victim-dei-delightful-firing-since-trump-booted-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Hogg<\/a>, the strident political activist he once called a \u201ccontemptible little twerp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mind you, he didn\u2019t call Hogg a \u201ccontemptible little twerp\u201d back in 2019 or so. He called him that <em>last year<\/em>. That\u2019s how desperate things are getting.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s back up a bit and then back up some more. Let\u2019s hit up this Sunday, when The New York Times published a story about Martin\u2019s rocky tenure at the DNC titled, \u201cInside the Phone-Throwing Drama at the Troubled, Broke Democratic Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR: The party is $2 million in debt while the Republican National Committee has $130 million in cash, Martin has become paranoid and agitated to the point of forcing people to sign non-disclosure agreements before meetings regarding the party\u2019s cash-flow issues, and Martin is forcing vendors to bill after the midterms to make the DNC look better than it is.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/26\/us\/politics\/ken-martin-dnc-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>At the center is Ken Martin, the 53-year-old party chairman, who has found himself increasingly isolated, gripped by the fear that he will lose his job and relying on a vanishingly small circle of people he trusts, according to interviews with more than two dozen Democrats, including current and former D.N.C. officials and members. Most of them spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the party\u2019s troubled state of affairs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mr. Martin\u2019s fraying nerves are showing. In a pique of frustration in early July, he threw his phone at the desk of a junior aide while upbraiding the person. The phone-tossing incident resulted in a formal complaint to the D.N.C.\u2019s human resources department\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>  Around the office and beyond, Mr. Martin has taken to making macabre jokes to colleagues about how long he will remain in his post, even though his term does not end until 2029. He is frustrated with the tarnished public image of a party that he plainly loves and has devoted his life to \u2014 and that remains bullish about November given President Trump\u2019s low approval ratings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Martin\u2019s emotional lability isn\u2019t necessarily a new story, which is where Hogg comes into the picture. Hogg, the Parkland school shooting activist turned gun-grabbing fanatic and far-left firebrand, was picked as a DNC vice chair as part of a youth movement after the 2024 election debacle. Then he promised to spend $20 million from his own PAC primarying geriatric Democrats, which led to him being thrown out of the DNC on what the committee insisted were procedural grounds \u2014 but not before audio of him almost making <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\">Martin break down in<\/a> tears got leaked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cNo one knows me\ud83d\ude2d\u201d; DNC chair Martin Leaked Call Crying<br \/> Crying that David Hogg is making his job harder. \ud83d\ude44 Leaked audio reveals DNC chair crying amid party struggles\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Leaked Audio Exposes DNC Chair\u2019s Emotional Struggles Amid Party Tensions<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013 June 8, 2025A\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zcPBdueN3J\">pic.twitter.com\/zcPBdueN3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #SeekingTheTruth JoshWhoX (@JoshWhoX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoshWhoX\/status\/1960486883604955331?\">August 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t imagine enjoying being in close contact with David Hogg as part of my professional duties, but I also can\u2019t imagine almost crying about it, either, at least without handing in my man card. So it\u2019s not as if the writing wasn\u2019t on the wall.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll back up a little further, though, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-carville-demolishes-dnc-vice-chair-david-hogg-teaches-lesson-never-forget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that $20 million primary pledge Hogg made<\/a>, which is what occasioned Carville\u2019s \u201ccontemptible little twerp\u201d remark.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes he really think the problem that we\u2018re facing in the United States today is because we got 65-year-old Democrats in office? Why don\u2019t you take on a Republican? That\u2018s your job,\u201d Carville said of the obstreperous indignation muppet in the spring of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The two faced off on a podcast after his remarks, with Carville maintaining that Hogg was engaging in \u201cjack**ery of the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not into beating Democrats; I\u2019m into beating Republicans,\u201d Carville said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m going to tell you right to your face: I think it\u2019s abominable that you have anything to do with the DNC if you\u2019re going to go and raise $20 million to beat other Democrats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Hogg asked him what his plan would be: \u201cWin elections. Win elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carville, who may be in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-carville-dem-deteriorating-mental-state-says-cnn-aired-presidential-speech-show-trumps-deteriorating-mental-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">throes of diminishing returns these days<\/a>, still sort of understands that this is the underlying reason politicians and party apparatchiks exist for \u2014 and he\u2019s decided that maybe David Hogg ain\u2019t so bad compared to Ken Martin after all.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2vKgwAINfNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> recording from his bed as he recovers from hernia surgery, the 81-year-old Carville said that regarding the DNC and the recent story in The New York Times, \u201cit\u2019s just difficult to do anything with it, and it\u2019s all true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf David Hogg wants to take it over, I ain\u2019t stopping you,\u201d he said. \u201cGo ahead, man, I don\u2019t really care. And I don\u2019t think, at the end of the day, well, they might be fine people. I know some of them are not particularly determined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for the DNC under Martin, \u201cThe fact that they\u2019re now discovering that their own people are turning on them \u2014 not just the people like us, s***, we were gone a long time ago\u2026 DNC dysfunctional, water wet, gravity real. Next, please.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even Hogg was surprised.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m old enough to remember when Carville called me a twerp for challenging asleep at the wheel Democrats and now I\u2019m his DNC pick. What a year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WydxkHf2Iw\">https:\/\/t.co\/WydxkHf2Iw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Hogg \ud83d\udfe7 (@davidhogg111) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidhogg111\/status\/2081884641787597029?\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m old enough to remember when Carville called me a twerp for challenging asleep at the wheel Democrats and now I\u2019m his DNC pick. What a year,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>I doubt that Hogg would do much better, but the keyword there is <em>much<\/em>. We\u2019ve pretty much seen all we need to determine that Martin is about as poor an operator as the DNC could get. When even David Hogg looks good, things are quite bad indeed \u2014 and if you want to ensure that the future of the Democratic Party is Zohran Mamdani, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-2-0-coronation-platners-replacement-proves-dems-havent-learned-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graham Platner<\/a>, selecting a crypto-socialist like Hogg would seal the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Go for it, Dems. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/7120304-workers-of-the-world-unite-you-have-nothing-to-lose\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You have nothing to lose but your elections<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/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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