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.

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