1mo ago

DNC will redo party elections for David Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta’s posts after procedural error

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David Hogg won't run for DNC post again after party orders redo of vice chair elections

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1mo ago

David Hogg will not run for DNC post again after party orders redo of vice chair elections

www.nbcnews.com /politics/elections/david-hogg-dnc-vice-chair-vote-malcolm-kenyatta-rcna212023

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GOOD! I was getting a Little Worried that Hogg and Kenyatta's presence would FORCE Dems to Pivot to Candidates that can ACTUALLY Win Elections! We CANT have THAT happening!
- Oh don't worry, the DNC will make sure to oust them. Have faith, the anti-democracy uni-party.
- Bless you, cousin, for your boomer posting, but I feel compelled to warn you. You keep this boomer posting up and you're going to get stuck that way, like being sarcastic too much IRL.
  
  I love the complete lack of self awareness in what you're saying - as if it doesn't also apply to you and how you talk to others.
"Procedural error"
- They followed the procedure and that was the error. The one that they wanted didn't win.
  
  Smells like Bernie all over again
When will Dems learn? they can't win without the progressive vote and perhaps they don't want to, maybe they are ok making bank while rubes are in charge.
It's time for a 3rd party
- When will Dems learn? they can't win without the progressive vote
  Fuck that! There's way more MAGA voters than progressives. You gotta go where the numbers are. /s
Translation: they're butthurt that somebody actually wants Democrats to be Democrats and not Republicrats.
"Procedural error"? As in, they accidentally allowed a progressive to win?
Democrats are cooked then. I hope in in the latter half of this century history books will accurately reflect that democrats and neoliberals helped enable the rise of fascism and Trump.
Won't somebody think of the parlementarian!
The DNC can eat deez nutz. Hogg doesn’t need them
The rules were violated under the last chair, and Martin kicked it to committee instead of unilaterally making the call.
We don't need a DNC that favors progressives, we just need one that will let fair elections happen.
And for the first time in decades, we have that.
- Following the Democratic rules in the DNC the one time it benefits the establishment seems a little disingenuous, but I guess we're all free to imagine that this is how all elections will be in the future. I find it hard to believe, especially with Hogg out.
  
  You're thinking of the DNC as a single entity.
  It's not.
  It's about 400 people who vote for chair and vice chairs. And over time those voters as a group have become more progressive.
  The chair has final say on everything, and is accountable to no one. Ken Martin could have done whatever he wanted, but he can't time travel to before he became chair and enforce the DNC's rules.
  He choose the democratic path forward...
  So I don't understand why people keep hanging the sins of past DNC's on his head. If you want to know what kind of leader he's gonna be, I'm not asking for blind faith, he has a track record and all signs point to him running the DNC like he ran Minnesota for over a decade immediately before becoming DNC chair.
  But imagine your ideal candidate becomes president 2028, and I show up and start saying they're gonna be terrible because of all the shit trump is doing right now. If I told you it didn't matter because they're both holding the same office, I wouldn't be surprised if people called me crazy...
- Considering how cynical you were about the DNC under its previous leadership, it's remarkable how optimistic you are about it now. I hope you're right.
Don’t expect change without change.
Suck my dick.

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