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Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg's plan to spend $20 million to primary older Democratic incumbents in Congress has sparked intense anger from some lawmakers.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

We're mad bc he's not like us. Good!

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (18 children)

Frankly this is a good idea in the long term despite a possible short term loss.

The Tea Party hurt the Republicans in the short term, but they took over the party and purged the liberal elements. They replaced Eric Cantor with a speaker who does everything they want. They’re a monolithic block now and have been winning out on their strategies ever since.

AOC ousted 10-term congressman Joe Crowley in a primary by a huge margin. A few more of those couldn’t hurt.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

Anger because they're useless and they're being called out.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

DNC: We need older candidates.

They are so good at messaging.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

David Hogg is literally a vice chair of the DNC and has the backing of the chair in saying this...

You're literally commenting on the DNC doing what you want and saying they're doing the opposite

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

If it has to be democrats instead of a new party, this is literally the only way to make it work.

Good Job David Hogg and Leaders We Deserve, hope you oust a ton of these ancient shitbirds.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The neoliberals no longer have the chair....

Ken Martin does...

And the same DNC voters who elected him, elected David Hogg as a vice chair...

Like, this is the party.

Why would we push for a new one, when we just got control of the old one after decades?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

We're not doing another 2016

We can have leftist leadership or admit we want a fascist dictatorship.

The DNC have had over 50 years to choose to force their rich doners to make concessions. They've shown they aren't interested.

The Neoliberals don't get to be in charge anymore.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Time to clear out the affluent old fossils who act as controlled opposition.

The DNC fucked every god damn thing up.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where do I donate to David Hogg?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Leaders We Deserve is his PAC which is funding this primary challenge initiative.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

If you were confident that you've done right by the people you represent then surely you wouldn't be threatened by challenges to your incumbency.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Almost had me excited there until I tried to look to see if they named who they were going to primary... Source

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

This is just a poor use of the meme format.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it’s safe to say that the ancient Democrats who’ve been holding onto their seats by sheer force of incumbent political influence, contributed to turning Hogg into a school-shooting survivor. Obviously Republicans bear more responsibility thanks to their gun/violence fetish, but these Dems wouldn’t be so angry if he hadn’t touched a nerve. They’re clearly afraid of young people with new and rational ideas.

I hope these young’uns keep at it, their passion and drive is inspirational. Since the geriatrics in power clearly can’t smell their own bullshit anymore, fuck em. No one is entitled to power, you have to earn it like Hogg has through his dedicated activism. His organization has helped pass more than 250 gun safety laws, for example. He’s actually doing shit.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not only that they're afraid of both the real left and real right of young who can vastly transform the country for the better if they worked together

Which they are doing already. But if they do it even more on every level then that will be HUGE transformations every day not weeks or months or years or decades

The greatest strength the younger generations have is adaptability and having a clearer mind of what to focus on as a collective

They strength themselves, and even more so with others

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Sweep out the bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Nah, let's run Nancy Pelosi in 2028. Lmao

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

This is an OUTRAGE! The DEMOCRATS Need to CONTINUE Their Proven plan of Allowing Trump to DEPORT American Citizens to El Salvador while making it ILLEGAL to Vote so they can SHORE UP VOTES for KAMALA HARRIS! How DARE David Hogg make Them WORK for Their Position as a PUBLIC SERVANT! That's NOT what Democrats are ABOUT!

-Chuck Schumer and Top DNC Officials!

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