DNC Starts Process of Removing David Hogg as Vice Chair

Elizabeth Weibel12 May 2025323
4:16
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has taken steps towards removing gun control activist and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor David Hogg as vice chairman.
On Monday, the credentials committee of the DNC voted 13-2 to void the election results from February in which Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D) were elected to serve as co-vice chairmen of the DNC, according to the New York Times. The vote comes as Hogg is reportedly planning to “spend up to $20 million” to fund “primary campaigns against incumbent Democrats.”
Per the outlet, the decision from the credentials committee came after “three hours of internal debate and one tie vote,” and will move the decision to oust Hogg and Kenyatta as vice chairmen of the DNC before the “full body”:
The decision — which came after roughly three hours of internal debate and one tie vote — will put the issue before the full body of the Democratic National Committee. It must decide whether to force Mr. Hogg and a second vice chair, Malcolm Kenyatta, to run again in another election later this year.
Mr. Hogg, 25, an outspoken survivor of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Fla., has prompted a fierce backlash over his plans to spend up to $20 million through another organization he heads, Leaders We Deserve, on primary campaigns against incumbent Democrats. Ken Martin, the party chairman, has said it is inappropriate for Mr. Hogg to intervene in primaries while serving as a party official, and has recommended changing the party’s bylaws to force him to sign a neutrality pledge.
Hogg issued a statement acknowledging that the DNC had taken “its first steps” to remove him from his position, noting that it was “impossible to ignore the broader context” of his work to “reform the party,” which played into the vote.

DNC Starts Process of Removing David Hogg as Vice Chair
The DNC has taken steps towards removing Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor David Hogg as vice chairman.
