US Tim Walz backs David Hogg for DNC vice chair

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) endorsed Democratic National Committee vice chair candidate David Hogg on Friday, marking the latest big name endorsement for Hogg.

“David Hogg represents exactly the kind of bold, dynamic, and courageous leadership the Democratic Party needs right now,” Walz said in a statement.

“After campaigning with David throughout the country, I know firsthand his unique ability to connect with the American people and to speak to the strengths of our party,” he continued.

“This is exactly what we need right now: experienced, thoughtful, and energized leadership that meets people where they are and takes bold action to win. I couldn’t be happier to throw my support behind him and his vision for the party, and I look forward to working with him every step of the way.”

Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting and co-founder of March for Our Lives, was a vocal supporter of Walz’s during Vice President Harris’s running mate selection process last year. The Minnesota governor is the latest high-profile Democrat to back Hogg for vice chair this week, joining Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.).

The 24-year-old Hogg acknowledged Walz’s endorsement in a statement.

“Ever since the shooting at my high school, he’s been a champion for the gun violence prevention movement––exemplifying leadership that listens, takes action, and works tirelessly to better our lives,” Hogg said.

“Beyond his commitment to public service, Governor Walz is a good human being, plain and simple. He’s a good, decent man, and the Democratic Party is fortunate to have him in its ranks.”

Walz’s endorsement of Hogg comes a day after he formally backed Minnesota Democratic Party Chair Ken Martin for Democratic National Committee chair.

“In Minnesota, Ken has built a national model for how to elect Democrats in a competitive state,” Walz said in a statement released through Martin’s team to The New York Times. “I have seen Ken’s leadership in action, and it’s exactly what we need from our next D.N.C. chair.”

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[Strix454]

“In Minnesota, Ken has built a national model for how to elect Democrats in a competitive state,” Walz said in a statement released through Martin’s team to The New York Times. “I have seen Ken’s leadership in action, and it’s exactly what we need from our next D.N.C. chair.”

Ken's model is to exclusively depend on ultra-liberal ilhan omar voters in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, local media that is in their pocket and tell the rest of the state to go fuck itself. The state isn't competitive in statewide elections and as the experiment with running Walz for Vice President showed, Minnesota democrats are generally unprepared to run for national office, have a narrow political appeal only to progressives and tend to fall on their faces politically when removed from the media bubble that protects them inside Minnesota.

But I'm sure the party is going to listen to Knucklehead Walz and put his guys at the top of the party. I mean its not like they have any better alternatives. And Kamala is too drunk to have any thoughts on the subject.

 

[pwnest injun]

I didn't really think that Walz was a boy fucker before, but this has me convinced.

 

[Hitman One]

This dude is like 22 years old, he's aging worse than a 80s rocker.

AIDS will do that to a nigga.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

Been a while since we last heard from this loser with a head shaped like a guitar pick. I thought they quietly canned him because he was such a shit salesman for gun control and radiated pure douchebag energy. But I guess like any failure in leftist land, he just gets promoted.

This dude is like 22 years old, he's aging worse than a 80s rocker.

They're grooming him to be part of the Democrat elite and he's developing an addiction to adrenochrome.

That's because Walz wants to fuck him.

I'm surprised Hogg hasn't trooned or at least declared himself a They/Them.

I think he didn't troon out because they're gonna make him into a big name in the Democrat Party and they already have enough troons as it is.

 

[Echnaton]

He's named Hogg, yet isn't morbidly obese. What hack wrote this?

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

Ken's model is to exclusively depend on ultra-liberal ilhan omar voters in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area,

Minnesota isn't even competitive AFAIK. When's the last time Republicans have even won there? Actually, I think it may be competitive for Republicans on the state level which doesn't really convey much here. Its like New York Democrats saying they're competitive. Saying you're so bad Democrats can lose their super majority isn't the endorsement I'd run with, you know?

 

[natural born loser]

The wrong kids died that day.

 

[AnsemSoD1]

A wimp and a blimp. Neither of them are worth anything at all.

Good to see you made it out of Hell alive comrade.

 

[saralovesjuicyfruit]

I hope they do it, I remember thinking this kid is one of the dumbest mofos I've ever seen. He is so poorly spoken and has the weakest adolescent-brained takes.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

Minnesota isn't even competitive AFAIK. When's the last time Republicans have even won there? Actually, I think it may be competitive for Republicans on the state level which doesn't really convey much here. Its like New York Democrats saying they're competitive. Saying you're so bad Democrats can lose their super majority isn't the endorsement I'd run with, you know?

It's right alongside Virginia as a blue state that has a real chance to flip Republican. I think it would have this year, but the past 8 years they've imported another fuckton of Somalis and plenty of sane people got the hell out given it was ground zero for the Summer of Floyd. Even then it still would have if they kept Joe Biden in the race since he was that bad.

 

[Niggernerd]

Might be the first time I'm pissed a shooter didnt kill a kid. Hogg is such a pissant that used a tragedy for fame. He stands on the corpses of his classmates for status

 

[Strix454]

Minnesota isn't even competitive AFAIK. When's the last time Republicans have even won there? Actually, I think it may be competitive for Republicans on the state level which doesn't really convey much here. Its like New York Democrats saying they're competitive. Saying you're so bad Democrats can lose their super majority isn't the endorsement I'd run with, you know?

Minnesota is competitive at the state legislature level and is split 4-4 at the US congressional level. Trump came within 40,000 votes of beating Hillary Clinton there in 2016 and in 2024 he lost by 130,000. The democrats were scared enough in 2024 to restore the votes every felon in the state to create more safe votes. But any statewide office (including US Senate) these days is completely controlled by democrats. They also have all the media in the state in their pockets and control every seat on the state supreme court. And they leverage all of that power in the elections.

The used to be more competitive. But in 2008, the Democrats stole the final US Senate seat from the republicans and gave it to Al Franken in a crooked election where they re-counted the votes repeatedly for months until they had manufactured a victory for Franken. The last republican governor left office in 2012. Its hard for statewide republicans to raise money either in-state or from the national party because the perception is that while lots of money could make it closer, its not going to be enough to win. Its also become difficult to get good candidates on the republican side to run for statewide office. They get scared off because it all looks so doomed from the start.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

This dude is like 22 years old, he's aging worse than a 80s rocker.

He’s already too old for many of their donors tastes.

 

[TowinKarz]

He's named Hogg, yet isn't morbidly obese

Not yet.... give him some time and a few more crushing defeats and he'll be able to pull the Al Gore special

 

[he who has thus come/gone]

Just looked it up: it was Emma Gonzalez, now "X" Gonzalez and a they/them (of course).

At least La Goblina didn't use her classmates' deaths to get into a better college. David Hogg is especially despicable to me because he got into a third tier college on the strength of his high school performance, danced around on his classmates' corpses, and then waited a year to reapply and get into Harvard as an astroturfed teen influencer. La Goblina was also terrible, but she didn't do something as disgusting as that.

 

[BrownPawsTypedThis]

His arms are so skinny, disgusting.

 

[ChampFantana]

What exactly has Hogg accomplished since he was in the vicinity of a school shooting lol.

I guess grifting his way to getting ass-fucked by Tampon Timmy is an accomplishment of SOME kind.

 

[Mechanical Pencil]

If you cover the bottom half of Hogg's face, his eyes are empty of emotion and appear damn near dead. If you cover the top half of his face, his smile is... Something.

Conclusion: absolute psycho

 

[UnidentifiedFlyingOrchid]

Minnesota

real chance to flip Republican. I think it would have this year, but the past 8 years they've imported another fuckton of Somalis

But any statewide office (including US Senate) these days is completely controlled by democrats. They also have all the media in the state in their pockets and control every seat on the state supreme court. And they leverage all of that power in the elections.

The used to be more competitive. But in 2008, the Democrats stole the final US Senate seat from the republicans and gave it to Al Franken in a crooked election where they re-counted the votes repeatedly for months until they had manufactured a victory for Franken.

I actually think Klobuchar might have lost her US Senate reelection race. The Somali Muslims were pissed about Israel and Gaza and voted Republican. Trump might have won MN too. Tim Walz and the Dem machine had to scramble to shut that down quick.

There was some definite horse-trading on election night. Kamala got drunk and passed out and Trump bargained with whoever actually runs the Democrats. Klobuchar kept her seat. Pennsylvania was won by the (pro Israel) Republican. Kari Lake (AZ), Sam Boaz (NV), Eric Hovde (WI), and Mike Rogers (MI) all lost by absurdly thin margins. They all trailed Trumps vote count substantially, and every race had extreme oddities in results. If we had completely honest elections the Republicans might have had a supermajority (VA, NJ, NM as possible flips).

Many House elections were even more obviously stolen. I'm sure plenty of local races were a clown show. North Carolina especially.

 

[Strix454]

I actually think Klobuchar might have lost her US Senate reelection race. The Somali Muslims were pissed about Israel and Gaza and voted Republican. Trump might have won MN too. Tim Walz and the Dem machine had to scramble to shut that down quick.

There was really no chance against Klobuchar. At least with the republicans running that crazy black guy against her. There were a bunch of better republicans who could have ran, but didn't. The state party kind of gave up even trying to fight for that seat from the start.

The other thing that made nearly impossible is that Klobuchar was given 21 million dollars and most of it came from out of state. That was against maybe less than 2 million for the republican.

There were areas that could have been exploited against her. In particular the amount of money that she takes from groups that support Israel. But all those progressive idiots in Minnesota were too corrupt and too soft-brained to even go after someone like her. She was really exposed to a challenge from her left especially on Gaza but nobody was willing or able to do it. Tremendous damage could have been to her by just a few independent ads talking about her and gaza. But it was never going to happen in that state.

Trump might have won if they spent more money in Minnesota and made it more of a focus like they in 2016 and to a degree in 2020. But they took a look at it early in the summer and decided that money was better spent in places like Nevada. I can't really disagree with the logic.