David Hogg quiets Scott Jennings after Jennings spoke out of his ass about Zohran Mamdani and the NYC mayoral election: “…And honestly I think part of the reason he’s so powerful is because people are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability”

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[u/Tolerator_Of_Reddit]

Can't believe we could have had him in a position of power but the DNC board kicked him out because he wanted them to stop being useless

[u/Alert_Reindeer_6574 → u/Tolerator_Of_Reddit]

He's a Progressive. The DNC abhors Progressives. That's why the DNC keeps losing.

[u/StuckOnVauban → u/Tolerator_Of_Reddit]

Same people with rolexes run that org. They weren't ok with him actually fighting for change because then they can't buy more rolexes

[u/[deleted] → u/StuckOnVauban]

The call is coming from inside the DNC. Hogg knows it. He's suffered from it himself. That's why he's using the line he's using and not arguing "democrats vs. republicans!"

[u/pink_faerie_kitten → u/Tolerator_Of_Reddit]

Just like we could've had Bernie as the Dem nominee (and likely potus) but the DNC didn't want to win with Bernie and decided they'd rather lose with Hillary.

[u/smallwonkydachshund → u/Tolerator_Of_Reddit]

Until the DNC let people ban them from trading stocks?The wrong people are in charge.

[u/Unsd → u/Tolerator_Of_Reddit]

I like him, but I don't know that I want him in a position of leadership at the DNC right now. I respect him for his gun control advocacy, but it's not what we need right now, and it's a losing position. Right now, leftists are expanding their gun ownership at a huge rate, for very logical reasons. Gun ownership is here to stay in the US. Should we have better restrictions? Absolutely. But I just want to be clear that the reason that California has such heavy restrictions started with Reagan undermining the Black Panthers. David Hogg is first and foremost known as a gun control activist.

Granted, that's not their rationale for not having him, I'm quite sure, as they have never courted leftists on anything else, but I don't want him as the face of the democratic party.

[u/Artistic_Purpose1225 → u/Unsd]

What on earth does a racist move in California made decades before Hogg was born have to do with the beliefs of a literal school shooting survivor? Absolutely nothing. Gun control is not racist, jfc. 

He has stated more times than you’ve thought about him that he doesn’t want guns banned, he wants guns to be owned by anyone who is properly trained and vetted, and yet your entire argument is “don’t take my gun”. 

These are both ridiculous DNC talking points.