$ 20 million to depose outdated Democratic incumbents
David Hogg, recently elected Vice Chair of the DNC, has announced that his outside group, Leaders We Deserve, will spend $20 million to elect younger primary challengers to older incumbents in safely Democratic districts. Hogg is not targeting battleground-district members.
$ 20 million to depose outdated Democratic incumbents
David Hogg, recently elected Vice Chair of the DNC, has announced that his outside group, Leaders We Deserve, will spend $20 million to elect younger primary challengers to older incumbents in safely Democratic districts. Hogg is not targeting battleground-district members.
The 25-year-old Parkland Massacre survivor and gun control activist described a "culture of seniority politics" that has made the Democratic Party less effective.
Congressional Democrats are bracing for a deluge of primary challenges from younger insurgents who say older and more established incumbents aren't effective foils to President Trump.
While doddering, ineffective legislators should of course be replaced, seniority should not be ignored entirely. It takes years to master the arcane rules of the House and the Senate, and legislators who have learned all the nuances of immigration, environmental, military, or tax legislation best serve their constituents.
Yeah, he's out of order unless this is microtargeted against those who have totally checked out (like Ed Towns was). Even so, this is not what a vice-chair does. It's like being on the Student Council, not a member of the Justice League.
I must have read the wrong figures somewhere or maybe it was about comparing the number of legislators in their 70s and 80s. Misinformation is Bipartisan.
It's important to note that David Hogg has specifically stated that he is not targeting members for their age, but rather for their inefficacy. He also recognizes that spendiing against Dems in competitive districts is a non-starter. Some quotes from Hogg from an interview on MSNBC:
"I want to clear one thing up: this is not an issue we're taking with age in particular. Look, there are ineffective older people and ineffective younger people across our party" (2:06-2:13)
"what we're trying to do here is not just focus on primaries where there's, potentially, an older incumbent, but more than anything an ineffective person in that position and then replace them with a generational leader to build the future of our party." (2:56-3:08)
"We're also focusing on competitive races to support the Democrat…we're not going to challenge the Democratic incumbent in those races. We do not want to lose the House here, but we want to help make sure that we win back the House" (3:08-3:21)
Sounds exactly like the David Hogg I’ve always expected. This has been blown up bigger than it should be thanks to the MSM being run by Republicans now. He’s not trying to create issues in competitive districts with incumbents who have to vote with Republicans sometimes to hold their seats.
He’s trying to get a better overall party by making sure we only ever have true tooth and nail fight the GOP to the last breath Democrats in safe seats and let’s be totally honest here: we don’t have that in most of them.
Part of the problem of our party image is that it’s run by old age Democrats, the pre-Trump ones when working together and trying to get along was the norm. Those politics are gone, they will never ever come back. These Dems need to adjust to reality yesterday or we need better voices to lead us.
Nothing wrong with primary challenges in blue districts, if the incumbents are actually fighting hard for their constituents, they should cruise easily. If they aren’t, they need to go. This is not a time for timidity in the face of far right autocracy, this is a time for action. Anyone who doesn’t agree with that doesn’t belong in Congress period.
$ 20 million to depose outdated Democratic incumbents
David Hogg, recently elected Vice Chair of the DNC, has announced that his outside group, Leaders We Deserve, will spend $20 million to elect younger primary challengers to older incumbents in safely Democratic districts. Hogg is not targeting battleground-district members.
The 25-year-old Parkland Massacre survivor and gun control activist described a "culture of seniority politics" that has made the Democratic Party less effective.
Congressional Democrats are bracing for a deluge of primary challenges from younger insurgents who say older and more established incumbents aren't effective foils to President Trump.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/18/house-democrats-david-hogg-primary-dnc
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While doddering, ineffective legislators should of course be replaced, seniority should not be ignored entirely. It takes years to master the arcane rules of the House and the Senate, and legislators who have learned all the nuances of immigration, environmental, military, or tax legislation best serve their constituents.
Yeah, he's out of order unless this is microtargeted against those who have totally checked out (like Ed Towns was). Even so, this is not what a vice-chair does. It's like being on the Student Council, not a member of the Justice League.
The median age of GOP legislators are much less than us and they seem to be doing just fine.
"Much less' is not much. The median age of Democratic members of the House is 57.6. The median age of Republican members of the House is 57.5.
I must have read the wrong figures somewhere or maybe it was about comparing the number of legislators in their 70s and 80s. Misinformation is Bipartisan.
Spending money against dems as a DNC vice chair? Impeach this moron
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It's important to note that David Hogg has specifically stated that he is not targeting members for their age, but rather for their inefficacy. He also recognizes that spendiing against Dems in competitive districts is a non-starter. Some quotes from Hogg from an interview on MSNBC:
"I want to clear one thing up: this is not an issue we're taking with age in particular. Look, there are ineffective older people and ineffective younger people across our party" (2:06-2:13)
"what we're trying to do here is not just focus on primaries where there's, potentially, an older incumbent, but more than anything an ineffective person in that position and then replace them with a generational leader to build the future of our party." (2:56-3:08)
"We're also focusing on competitive races to support the Democrat…we're not going to challenge the Democratic incumbent in those races. We do not want to lose the House here, but we want to help make sure that we win back the House" (3:08-3:21)
The whole interview is worth a watch:
"DNC Vice Chair Hogg launches effort to primary ‘out-of-touch, ineffective’ Dems" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bajt0hvH3hw
Sounds exactly like the David Hogg I’ve always expected. This has been blown up bigger than it should be thanks to the MSM being run by Republicans now. He’s not trying to create issues in competitive districts with incumbents who have to vote with Republicans sometimes to hold their seats.
He’s trying to get a better overall party by making sure we only ever have true tooth and nail fight the GOP to the last breath Democrats in safe seats and let’s be totally honest here: we don’t have that in most of them.
Part of the problem of our party image is that it’s run by old age Democrats, the pre-Trump ones when working together and trying to get along was the norm. Those politics are gone, they will never ever come back. These Dems need to adjust to reality yesterday or we need better voices to lead us.
Nothing wrong with primary challenges in blue districts, if the incumbents are actually fighting hard for their constituents, they should cruise easily. If they aren’t, they need to go. This is not a time for timidity in the face of far right autocracy, this is a time for action. Anyone who doesn’t agree with that doesn’t belong in Congress period.