Progressive youth leader David Hogg calls for change in 'geriatric' Democratic Party
David Hogg, a prominent youth activist, is calling for new leadership within the Democratic Party, labeling the current establishment as 'geriatric' and out of touch. He argues that the party needs to offer more than status quo politics to effectively challenge Republicans.
Why it matters
This reflects internal generational tensions within the Democratic Party and the push for more progressive, aggressive political representation.
A deeply unpopular Republican president, high gas prices, a seemingly endless war against Iran that has little popular support. Many factors in the current U.S. political climate should be favorable to Democrats. Instead, the Democratic Party is left with much hand-wringing ahead of November's midterm elections and growing calls for the party's executive leader to step down.
One of the people voicing those calls is David Hogg, a gun violence prevention advocate who previously served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. He now runs Leaders We Deserve , a group to elect young progressive leaders to Congress and state legislatures.
"When you tell people not to believe what they're seeing or what they're feeling with the economy or the president or something like what is happening in Gaza, you're going to lose them," Hogg said.
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