by ZeroHedge News Staff at ZeroHedge
In leaked audio from a mid-may Zoom meeting of Democratic National Committee officers, DNC National Chairman Ken Martin nearly breaks into tears as he confesses to having doubts about carrying on in the role, and zeroes in on Vice Chair David Hogg, telling him he’s destroying Martin’s chance to demonstrate leadership. The unauthorized release of the audio to Politico comes as the Democratic Party is still reeling from its across-the-board defeat in the 2024 general election, and it confirms the DNC leadership is still as fractured and dysfunctional as it was in the aftermath of balloting that saw the GOP achieve command of the White House, Senate and House.
At the leadership level, much of the dysfunction can be attributed to 25-year-old gun-control-fiend and DNC Vice Chair David Hogg, who was voted in back in February. Two months later, Hogg announced that he plans to help his progressive outside organization spend $20 million to knock incumbent Democrats out of office in 2026. With a stated goal of ridding the Democratic Party of a “culture of seniority politics” that’s enabled ineffective legislators to linger, Hogg said Leaders We Deserve will only go after incumbents in “safe” districts where Republicans don’t have a chance.
As you might expect, having a senior party official gunning for the party’s own incumbents ignited a firestorm that’s had establishment Dems scheming about how they might eject Hogg from his vice-chair role. Indeed, the meeting that captures Martin’s frustration came a few days after the DNC proposed having a new round of voting for the seats held by Hogg and another vice chair — a move that would have to be approved by DNC members…
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