Hogg, a 25-year-old gun control activist, who was elected the DNC’s vice chair, has sparked an intra-party uproar over his announcement that his political group, Leaders We Deserve, would be spending $20 million to challenge “asleep-at-the-wheel” Democrats in deep-blue districts.

“We, as the DNC, need to be seen as a body that can be trusted, that’s not putting its thumb on the scales,” a DNC member told Politico. “We have to be so strategic and careful with our resources right now. … So why are we in this circular firing squad against Democrats?”

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    AGREED! WHY would we want Democratic Infighting when Their Strategy of DO LITERALLY NOTHING has been Working TREMENDOUSLY! Just LOOK at your Stocks! Immigrant Neighbors! LGBT Neighbors! Donations and see that you SHOULD donate to the DNC again!

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      Ha just what I was going to say. Carville wants to help create a schism in the Democratic party? Fine, they already can’t get much less effective as a group anyway.

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    So why are we in this circular firing squad against Democrats?”

    Because most of us aren’t here to be Democrats, we’re here to make the country a better place and some of the calls are coming from inside the house.

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      Because most of us aren’t here to be Democrats, we’re here to make the country a better place and some of the calls are coming from inside the house.

      Alternatively, “because the Democratic leadership has consistently shown its failure to meet the moment and that fresh voices are needed. Furthermore, the leadership is failing to advocate for policies that have widespread support among Americans such as forcing the wealthy to pay what they owe in taxes and healthcare for all regardless of income level. Also y’all just too damn old.”

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    Holy crap is that transcript insane. The moment centrists are on the downswing Carville wants to split the vote. Also some nonsense about all employees having “a fiduciary duty to your employer”.

    And all this with disgraced anchor Chris Cuomo egging him on then at the last moment remembering he was supposed to pretend he was neutral.

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    How can somebody be as incompetent and useless as long as James Carville and still have any kind of credibility?

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      When did he have credibility? He’s been married to a hard-core conservative for decades, clearly he’s never been offended by their politics. He was just a waterboy for the Clintons, who were nothing more than Republican-Lite.

      Time for all those DINOs to hang it up. Weak rhetoric and action from weak-ass weenies like him and Schumer and Biden are the reason that Conservatism has steadily gained traction for decades, as Democrats fell farther and farther behind, until they literally allowed Nazis to overthrow our government. He can STFU, and GTFO.

      And Hogg is Vice-chair of the DNC?! This is the first I’ve heard of that! Congratulations to him. He was the biggest fighter after the Parkland massacre, and I’m so glad that he’s not only still in the fight, but has moved into a position of power. Young people like him and Max Frost give me slight hope for the future.

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      It’s a SLAPP suit. It might be thrown out for lack of standing, but it’ll cost Hogg money and time.

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    So why are we in this circular firing squad against Democrats?”

    That’s easy, some Democrats have enabled Trump & his fascists. They need to lose their seats to better Democrats.

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    what hogg is doing is wrong and destructive enough to irreparably splinter the party. it’s bad enough that he might be voluntold to resign.

    but what carville is talking about doing is stupid moronic and only puts his name in the news again. he’s not only got no standing, he’d be laughed out of court.

    in a vacuum what hogg is doing is fine. but the vice president of the party is never the appropriate person to do that. the party is responsible for getting more democrats. if the democrats in office are not doing the job or made for the current moment it’s up to the local grassroots orgs and activists to recruit, fundraise, organize, and turn out primary voters for better democrats. the party has no business getting involved in any democratic primary unless there is an obvious planted republican stalking horse involved.

    and if the local folks back in the district cannot or will not find a quality qualified candidate to run, that’s in them not the national party.

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    Yeah something about surviving a school shooting galvanizes people to have strong opinions. Who knew? What’s your moral touchstone, Jimmy? Still looking? We’ll wait…

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    What’s wrong with facing a primary challenger? Every politician should have to truly face their base every election. It is the height of entitlement to view primary challenges as something worth bringing a civil suit over.

    If Carville thinks the current crop of old guard democratic politicians are doing the right thing, what’s to fear from a primary?

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    I never really liked Carville. Didn’t have a reason until now. I feel a little vindicated tbh.

    Fuck all these doormat ass Dems that have been sipping on my dime. Fuck em