David Hogg launches $20M effort to primary safe House Democrats

[TexasTowelie]

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg’s group, Leaders We Deserve, launched a $20 million initiative on Monday aimed at launching primary challenges against House Democrats in safe seats in the hopes of electing a new generation of leaders.

“We’re not only focused on targeting Democratic incumbents when necessary,” Hogg told The Hill in a Wednesday interview. “We are here to elect young people who are running in open seats. We’re here to elect young people that are running open, competitive seats as well, and support them when they align with our values.”

Hogg noted that his group is not blindly seeking to elect young Democrats, but rather seeking to elect young Democrats “who are ready to meet the moment.”

“Earlier somebody said to me, ‘Oh, you’re here to replace the old with new.’ I would say we’re here to replace the ineffective with the new and effective,” he said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5252556-david-hogg-launches-20m-effort-to-primary-safe-house-democrats/

[msongs]

1. nobody is owed a seat in congress, especially those who will do anything to hold on to power nt

[stillcool]

2. hard to believe there will be another election

let alone find people to run for office. Especially as a Democrat. I couldn't win, and don't think I know a single person who would not be pilloried for trying.

[dem4decades]

3. To me an effective Democrat is one that can get elected in a tough district, not lose it.

We need a majority in the House, let's not lose sight of that goal.

[TomSlick]

4. I question whether it is a good idea for a DNC vice-chair to work against Democratic incumbents.

The focus should be on retaking the Congress, not recruiting primary opponents.

[emulatorloo]

5. Voters re-elect incumbents because they want them to keep representing them.

Don’t think Hogg has thought this through.

Priority outta be as you say - find flippable Republican seats and take back Congress with a BIG majority.

[MichMan]

6. $20 million dollars

Pitting Democrats against Democrats.

I'll remember that the next time they shill for donations.

At a private meeting last month, a “neutrality policy” was circulated asking the party’s top officers to refrain from any activity that would “call into question their impartiality and evenhandedness,” according to two people with knowledge of the pledge, which sought to cover officers “both in their D.N.C. capacity and in their personal capacity.”

Everyone signed it — except Mr. Hogg.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dnc-vice-chair-david-hogg-plans-to-spend-millions-against-democratic-incumbents-admits-this-is-going-to-anger-a-lot-of-people/ar-AA1D3g6j?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=ee4b751c50b94ca1bb8d7dad1f2494b1&ei=18

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Who needs David Hogg when we have the Justice Democrats primarying good Democrats?

I got an email from the Justice Democrats announcing that they are primarying a regular democrat. This is from the email:

The day has come: Today, Justice Democrats is officially announcing our first 2026 primary challenger of the cycle: State Representative XXXXX for the YYYYY

XXXX just launched his grassroots campaign against a self-funded multimillionaire incumbent, and we need to show he’s got people power behind him in these crucial first 24 hours.

Will you become a Day 1 founding donor by pitching in any amount now? 100% of your donation will go directly to supporting XXXX’s campaign.

This is Justice Democrats’ first new primary candidate in a few years, and it’s a race that embodies our fight to transform the future of the Democratic Party

I have been following the Justice Democrats and its predecessor for a while including the "brand new congress group" and other groups created by Cenk, Kyle Kulinksi, Zack Exley, Saikat Chakrabarti, and their ilk. I am on the Justice Democrat email list and I have even listened once or twice to the Justice Democrat podcast which is amusingly called "Just Us" democrats. The Justice Democrats emails are fun to laugh at and I love the hatred this group shows to the Democratic Party, establishment Democrats and best of all corporate democrats (I am a corporate lawyer).

The Justice Democrat group want to take over the Democratic party and remake into their image. I also do not want the Democratic Party to be taken over by the Justice Democrat group.


I am not the only person who has issues with the concept that the Justice Democrats want to take over the Democratic Party

Link to tweet

Again, the above posts are consistent with the hatred of the Democratic Party that I see on the almost daily emails that I get from the Justice Democrats. I admit that I enjoy the Just Us Democrat whines about AIPAC and Jews being mean.

The Just Us Democrats seem to be drawing a distinction between their group and David Hogg's pac with respect to how much money will go to the candidate. Hogg's pac gave only 2.3% of the amount raised last cycle to candidates.

A fight between the Justice Democrat group and Hogg's pac will be fun to watch