New DNC vice chair sets social media ablaze after 'radical' posts exposed: 'Learned absolutely nothing'

Newly elected Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg, a 24-year-old weapon power activistic and emerging dependable successful the Democratic Party, is the DNC's archetypal Gen Z vice chair. He has the integer footprint to beryllium it.

"Are you acceptable to spell connected the offense? We person to triumph backmost our young people. I'm the lone campaigner successful this contention for immoderate of these positions that is nether 30. We had a 20-point displacement to the close of our young people. We indispensable amusement our young radical we springiness a damn astir them, that we enactment them, and we put successful them," Hogg said astatine the DNC's Winter Meeting.  

Yet, Hogg could beryllium backed into a antiaircraft presumption arsenic helium assumes his caller relation arsenic vice chair. 

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Gun unit subsister and activistic David Hogg speaks astatine the March for our Lives rally against weapon unit astatine the National Mall successful Washington, D.C., connected June 11, 2022.  (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

"I person raised implicit $11 cardinal successful the past twelvemonth to enactment the aboriginal of our enactment due to the fact that I don't conscionable tweet," Hogg said. "I don't conscionable speech the talk. I besides locomotion the walk, and I sound the sound connected doors astir this country."

Hogg's aged posts person gone viral arsenic blimpish activists person sounded the alarm astir his past argumentation positions and rhetoric against conservatives.

In 2022, helium rallied astir respective left-wing positions, including "legalizing each drugs" and "supporting a 100% taxation aft your archetypal billion."

"How extremist you ask? I don’t deliberation anybody should person implicit $1 cardinal successful assets determination should beryllium a 100% taxation aft your archetypal billion," Hogg posted connected X successful April 2022. "I deliberation we request to bash what Australia did successful regards to guns. We request cosmopolitan healthcare Free assemblage for each Legalize each drugs."

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David Hogg speaks during the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2024 astatine BMCC Tribeca PAC connected Sept. 17, 2024 successful New York City. (Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company)

Months later, helium said helium would similar to ain a Porsche than person kids, claiming it is amended for the environment. 

"Like me? I’m ne'er readying connected having kids. I would overmuch alternatively ain a Porsche and person a Portuguese h2o canine and aureate doodle," Hogg posted connected X successful September 2022. "Long word it’s cheaper, amended for The situation and volition ne'er archer you that it hates you oregon inquire you to wage for college."

Hogg besides acknowledged successful 2022 that "any person doing thing with maine is successful effect committing governmental suicide." 

Conservatives connected X are calling retired the irony of the DNC present electing him to a enactment position. 

Many person pointed to Hogg's progressive views connected masculinity arsenic a turnoff to young antheral voters.

In 2021, Hogg called to "abolish ICE" and "defund the constabulary not USPS."

Upon accepting the caller DNC enactment position, X users are calling retired Hogg for his 2022 station that said, "We person capable consecutive achromatic men successful power. It’d beryllium bully to spot immoderate radical who really look similar our state and not privilege."

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X users besides argued Hogg's information proves the Democratic Party is retired of interaction with its electorate. 

Conservatives person besides trolled Hogg's nomination, arguing that "He volition assistance Republicans triumph for years to come." 

Hogg garnered nationalist attraction successful 2018 arsenic a co-founder of March for Our Lives, a student-led enactment launched by survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting successful Parkland, Florida. 

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Since 2018, Hogg has go a dependable of young Democrats successful the mainstream media arsenic helium continues his advocacy work. After graduating from Harvard successful 2023, Hogg co-founded Leaders We Deserve, a governmental enactment committee promoting young progressive candidates for authorities and national office. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the DNC and David Hogg.