DNC gives doofus David Hogg an ultimatum

The Democratic National Committee is going to force David Hogg to decide: 
Get out of the primary game or lose his DNC post.

During a member call on Thursday, DNC Chair Ken Martin is expected to 
announce a proposal to change the party’s rules to mandate all DNC 
officers stay neutral in all Democratic primaries, according to a person 
directly familiar with the plan and granted anonymity to describe private 
discussions. The move comes after Hogg pledged last week to spend millions 
of dollars funding challenges to “asleep-at-the-wheel” Democrats in 
primaries, igniting a firestorm inside the DNC.

The proposal, if passed at the DNC’s August meeting, would effectively 
force Hogg to decide whether to step away from his DNC vice chair position 
or wall himself off from the group he co-founded, Leaders We Deserve, 
which has pledged to spend $20 million on challenging Democratic 
incumbents in safe blue seats.

It’s an escalation in the fight between Hogg and other DNC leaders and 
House Democrats, many of whom were enraged by Hogg’s announcement. Hogg, 
who rose to national prominence as a gun safety activist after he survived 
a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., said last week that he planned to 
back candidates who would challenge “ineffective” safe-seat Democrats. But 
House members and Democratic leaders vented that he was touching off a 
“circular firing squad” inside the party.

Hogg said in an interview last week that he would “fight to remain in this 
position,” though he told at least two Democrats that he’s willing to lose 
his vice chair position through this process.

Martin’s announcement on Thursday is expected to include other reforms 
aimed at transparency inside the party. NOTUS first reported news of the 
proposal to expand the party’s neutrality rules.

“This isn’t about David,” said Jane Kleeb, president of the Association of 
State Democratic Parties. “This is about a bigger reform package that will 
be presented to DNC members that Ken ran on and that we’ve been pushing 
inside the DNC for a decade,” Kleeb added.

DNC members would vote on the proposal, which would amend the party’s 
rules and bylaws, at their August meeting.

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