Summary
Parkland shooting survivor and activist David Hogg is running for a vice-chair position on the Democratic National Committee, advocating for bolder leadership to reconnect with young voters and working Americans.
Citing frustration with Democratic losses, Hogg argues the party must move away from establishment politics and address pressing issues like healthcare and economic struggles.
He highlights declining youth support as a crisis and criticizes party leaders for ignoring voter concerns.
Hogg aims to bring fresh perspectives to the DNC as the party prepares to counter a resurgent Donald Trump and GOP-controlled Congress.
I think people are still hung up on 2016 because it’s the most brazen and blatant showing in recent memory of the Democratic Party ignoring their constituents in favor of a candidate who was largely only popular with corporate donors. Most of the time, they ignore the pleas of young voters or some other group that they then blame their loss on for not showing up, and the rest of the voter base is right there blaming them as well. In 2016, Sanders ran on policies supported by 60% or more of the population - even many Republicans were in support of his policies, so long as you told them the policies before saying whose they were.
It also doesn’t help that both Clinton and Harris ran on policies that didn’t speak to the concerns of the general public, but the big one that gets me is still going on - the media bias. I’ll never forget or get over how several TV channels aired 30 minutes of Trump’s empty podium instead of Bernie’s speech.