Progress will not be tolerated.
The status quo is dead. Long live the status quo!
Was hoping that guy was going to meet some success at getting geriatric, right-wing Democratic incumbents primaried out. Would be nice to have a near right or even centrist party for once in my life in the USA.
The money and activism was from his PAC, Leaders We Deserve. He just can’t also advocate from the inside anymore, which is a shame.
It seems probable that he had already made his point internally and was facing the grind of bureaucracy with the competing agenda.
I know Ken Martin (DNC chair) is a shrewd operator, so with what little hope I have left for a progressive party takeover, I want to believe this signals tacit acceptance if not approval. This might play out something like this: As Hogg’s primary challengers meet polling thresholds against incumbents, we would see a “retargeting” of DNC funds from the incumbents to spend against Republicans elsewhere. They can’t actually cut off incumbents for what should be clear reasons (literally politics). And let’s be real: Ken will also be considering the post election power of successful incumbents; i.e. any ramp down will take into account the existing party power of the incumbents.
I’m not hopeful that we’ll see any big power brokers fall. I am hopeful that he can get several loud progressive voices elected to start reversing this rightward ratcheting.
He’s not leaving the Democratic Party.
So that’s one thing people should be aware of. He’s leaving his role at the DNC, in part because he can have less arguments and fund the candidates he wanted to fund anyway with his twenty million dollars.
If you do not have a twenty million dollar PAC, you can still run for the DNC and hold the exact same positions he held and be in the exact same arguments he was in and they’ll have to work with that. Because that’s how a national political party works. He decided he didn’t have to do that anymore.
Personally, I think he got tired of getting blamed for whatever Ken Martin was blaming him for and thought, “fuck it, I’ll just do it myself”. Which is perfectly valid if you’ve got a twenty million dollar PAC to join the races with.
Liberals will be blaming him for their losses for decades to come.
“Democrats must be bold and meet this moment,” he said. “This is the urgent work in front of us: to stand up to authoritarianism, to protect care and dignity, and to make life better for the people who count on us.”
Sure, Democrats, be bold. Meet the moment. Stand up to authoritarianism…then immediately fold, faster than Superman on laundry day. But, I don’t doubt you will succeed at making life better for the people who count on you, who are of course your donors, and other elites and oligarchs.
Hope he uses the saved energy to double down and remove every last right-winger from the party.
What a shame
Not going to win a revolution by just giving up.
He’s not giving up on politics, just the DNC. Which could turn out to be exactly the right move.
Oh, so he’s just going to a third party to become irrelevant?
Actually this allows him to work more closely with his PAC and fundraise personally so he’s still actually doing the primary thing, just with his PAC and money instead of the DNC.
That’s what he said, irrelevant
Yep, people are just delusional. The PACs that have real influence are massive and have been around for a long time. Maybe 30 years from now he can have an impact.
Is it now time to consider a 3rd party?
Whats the name of the party? The DNC needs a new target for its giant piles of money.
The birthday party.
