What Next | David Hogg Wants Democratic Politicians to Be Afraid

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

What if the Democratic Party’s problem isn’t just messaging—it’s the Democrats themselves, and “seniority politics” that never call incumbents to account? Is it time for a Tea Party-style cleaning-of-the-house? Guest: David Hogg, DNC Vice Chair and founder of Leaders We Deserve PAC Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Isabel Angell, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.3	There are a few good nature expletives in this episode. For the last few weeks, activist David Hogg has been on a media tour,
1:18.7	a media tour that from the outside seems a little panicked. David, how worried are you right now
1:25.6	about the Democratic Party? Extraordinarily worried.
1:28.7	Like on a 1 to 10 scale?
1:30.5	I would say I'm somewhere around to 7, probably.
1:35.6	You may remember David as a leader in the March for Our Lives movement.
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