NonilexMay 12
A #DNC panel on Monday evening is expected to weigh whether #DavidHogg & a 2nd vice chair #MalcolmKenyatta were properly elected earlier this year.

The challenge to their elections was filed >2 months ago. However, the panel’s meeting comes as Hogg faces criticism inside the party over a separate issue: his plans to support #primary challengers to #House #Democrats in his personal capacity.
Show threadNonilexMay 12
The #DNC Credentials Cmte is set to meet at 4PM to consider the challenge from #KalynFree, an #Oklahoma activist who unsuccessfully sought one of the vice chair slots in the Feb 1 election. She argues the DNC broke its rules on gender diversity in party officer elections, invalidating the election of #DavidHogg & #MalcolmKenyatta.

The full DNC would need to approve any decision that the cmte makes. If Free prevails, the 2 vice chair elections would be invalidated & new elections would be held.
Show threadNonilexMay 12
#DavidHogg roiled Democratic politics when his PAC, #LeadersWeDeserve, announced last month that it would spend $20M to target “out-of-touch, ineffective” #House #Democrats. DNC chair Ken Martin has maintained that party officers such as Hogg should stay neutral in primaries.

A lawyer for Hogg urged the Credentials Cmte to reject Free’s challenge last month, saying there is “no basis to question the credentials” of either Hogg or #MalcomKenyatta.
Show threadNonilexMay 12

#DavidHogg’s #primary plan: Will fresh faces save the #DemocraticParty?

Some #Democrats are ignoring a real issue for the party: Most voters want to see fewer elderly lawmakers in Washington.

#USpol
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/12/opinion/david-hogg-primary-democrats-dnc/

Opinion | Could David Hogg’s insurgency revive Democrats’ fortunes?

Some Democrats are ignoring a real issue for the party: Most voters want to see fewer elderly lawmakers in Washington.

The Boston Globe
Show threadNonilexMay 12

“The current #DemocraticParty as it stands today has to fundamentally change,” #DavidHogg posted last week. “We cannot begin to address the problem if we don’t start by acknowledging it.”

Not long after being named one of the party’s 5 vice chairs, Hogg announced that his #PAC #LeadersWeDeserve would invest $20M in #primary races for safe blue seats. Hogg hasn’t released the names of the lawmakers he essentially views as not making an impact.

#USpol

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There is some speculation that the young activist is eyeing older lawmakers who have gotten more comfortable in their seats than on the front lines of the fight against #Trumpism.

While #DavidHogg recently told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart that he isn’t arguing that lawmakers above a certain age should automatically be pushed out of #Congress, the individuals he did praise for their fight & vision—Reps #MaxwellFrost (FL) & #AOC (NY)—both made history when they were elected in their 20s.

#USpol

May 12 at 8:15pmWeb
Show threadNonilexMay 12

#DavidHogg also made the important point that the idea of younger, fresher faces challenging Democratic incumbents is not a new one.

“Some of the most prolific leaders in our party, whether it’s [Senator] #CoryBooker [D-NJ], whether it’s #AOC, whether it’s [Representative] #RoKhanna [CA] or even [House Minority Leader] #HakeemJeffries [D-NY] … all got there through Democratic primaries of incumbents,” he told Capehart.

#USpol #Democrats

Show threadNonilexMay 13

Update on the above story:

#DNC Takes Step to Void Election of #DavidHogg & #MalcomKenyatta as Vice Chairs

The credentials cmte of the Democratic National Cmte voted Monday to void the results of the internal party vote that made Hogg a party vice chair, ruling that the election had not followed proper parliamentary procedures.

The decision…will put the issue before the full body of the DNC. It must decide whether to force Hogg & Kenyatta, to run again…later this year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/david-hogg-dnc-democrats.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2F2E2EAE-DE7B-4BD0-A354-9187656F4644

D.N.C. Takes Step to Void Election of David Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta as Vice Chairs

David Hogg has faced sharp criticism for his plan to fund challenges to incumbent Democrats, but a D.N.C. vote on Monday began with an earlier complaint about the procedures used in an internal party election.

The New York Times
Show threadPaul_IPv6May 13

@Nonilex

the democratic "gift" for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and clinging to a provably failed plan continues unabated. sigh...

Show threadEdelruth In The Wrong TimelineMay 13

@Nonilex

The DNC wants its incumbents to suffer no consequences at the polls having lost the Presidency, and control of the Senate and the House and having a minority liberal presence on the SCOTUS.

So, the goal is not to find a working solution, it is to secure the incumbents in their sinecures.

Right. Go it. Onward to losing the last of our hope in 2026.

Show threadSouprMattMay 13

@Nonilex The media is having a blast with this story. But according to everybody (except David Hogg) this isn’t about attacking David Hogg. It’s about a valid challenge to the internal election, brought by a Native American woman who felt like she wasn’t given a fair chance.

Also, Mr. Hogg’s recent comments on Bill Maher that the Democrats should focus on helping young white men “get laid” tells me he might not actually be a progressive.

Show threadStephen Elliott~BuckleyMay 12
@Nonilex and we need way more pro-Palestine challengers to sick or old genocidal Republicans living in the Democratic Party.