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From the Washington Examiner: Parkland, Florida, high school shooting survivor David Hogg won his bid to become one of three vice chairs during the Democratic National Committee election on Saturday.
After four rounds of voting, Hogg won 214.5 votes and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta won 298 votes, more than the 205 votes needed to become vice chairs.
Artie Blanco of Nevada was also elected as a vice chair during the third round of voting.
“Who’s ready to take the fight to the Republicans and win this thing? Are you guys ready to fight? It’s been a long day, but guess what? We have a long road ahead,” Hogg said in his victory speech. “Let’s go and kick some a**. Let’s go win our young people back, and let’s stop sending just our thoughts and prayers to address gun violence and do something.”
Hogg, 24, co-founded the March For Our Lives group and became a gun control activist following the school shooting at Parkland, Florida in 2018.
In is victory speech, Hogg declared, “I want to build a Democratic Party that is authentic, relatable, earns people’s trust, and wins again––and that stops apologizing for being who we are. We don’t need to be cowards. We need to be bold, aggressive, and to fight. And we need to believe that the reason people should vote for us isn’t just because we’re not Republicans—it’s because we’re damn Democrats.”
This is the new DNC Vice Chair pic.twitter.com/BuTxNEK348
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 2, 2025
After Parkland, our country was in a similar moment—where we had a Republican trifecta in Washington, and we as students were told it wasn’t going to be possible for us to create change. But we didn’t listen. We went on the offense, put the Republicans on the defense, and we won.… pic.twitter.com/oJ1SNcqsLh
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) February 2, 2025
Republican activist Scott Pressler responded, “To every hunter in America, the democrats just elected a rabid anti-gun cochair. For the 30% of Pennsylvania hunters not registered to vote & for the 40% of Wisconsin hunters not registered to vote, it’s time to get registered. Pro-Constitution. Anti-democrat.”
To every hunter in America, the democrats just elected a rabid anti-gun cochair.
For the 30% of Pennsylvania hunters not registered to vote
& for the 40% of Wisconsin hunters not registered to vote, it’s time to get registered.
Pro-Constitution. Anti-democrat.
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) February 2, 2025
Florida Democrats cheered that Hogg will ‘shape the future of the Democratic Party.’
🎉Congratulations to our new DNC Vice Chair, David Hogg—a fellow Floridian and the first member of Gen Z to hold this role. His passion and perspective will help energize young voters and shape the future of the Democratic Party. pic.twitter.com/WnhuQoCHNv
— Florida Democrats (@FlaDems) February 2, 2025
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