LEMON DROP | Another Dem CIVIL WAR!

The Don Lemon Show

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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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The Democratic Party is once again setting itself on fire...this time over David Hogg, the 25-year-old DNC vice chair who's daring to suggest that maybe, just maybe, some underperforming lawmakers should face a primary. Now party leadership is scrambling to push him out instead of, you know, listening to him. Why are they doing this? And why is bold, youth-led change always treated like a threat? Let’s talk about the real problem and why the Dems can’t stop tripping over their own messaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So I'm on a road trip, I know, but this has been bothering me, so I really want to talk about it.
0:06.0	It's a political dumpster fire.
0:08.0	It is a mess. It's kind of been flying under the radar until now, getting some coverage.
0:13.0	I think it deserves more coverage.
0:15.0	What I'm talking about is the Democratic Party's fight to push out David Hogg.
0:21.6	He is a 25-year-old DNC chair.
0:23.6	They want to push him out because he dared to challenge the status quo.
0:28.6	Now, I want to be really clear about this.
0:30.6	I am not in love at all with David Hogg's plan,
0:34.6	but the move to kick him out, I think that's just really plain dumb.
0:39.7	He, this is what happened.
0:41.6	So he's a Parkland Survivor.
0:43.6	He's a gun reform activist.
0:45.0	He launched a $20 million effort to help younger candidates challenge longtime Democrats in safe blue districts.
0:52.3	Now, he says that too many are coasting and he wants change.
0:57.5	Listen to this.
0:58.4	Right now, let me be clear.
0:59.8	This is not specifically when it comes to the candidates that we are targeting.
1:03.3	It's not just, oh, if you're over a certain age, you should not be doing this.
1:06.4	Unfortunately, there are people of all ages who are failing to meet this moment in different
1:09.6	ways right now. What we're looking at are the, it's not out with the old and in with the new.
1:13.6	It is out with the ineffective and in with the effective.
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