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   From: slothe@netcom.com   
      
   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.   
      
   https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/dnc-gives-david-hogg-an-   
   ultimatum-00307113   
      
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