IHIP News:🚨 DNC Releases EMBARRASSING 2024 Election Autopsy!! Insider EXPOSES EVERYTHING!!

All right, joining me today on I hit. news is David Hogg, former DNC vice. chair and president of the leaders we. deserve. Of course, we are here today to. talk about the other breathtaking. incompetence of Ken Martin, the DNC and. the autopsy. David, let it rip. >> I mean Jesus Christ, could you we. last election was defined more than. anything by the fact of the incompetence. of the previous administration only to. then result in us having this whole, you. know, Ken's whole thing was running on.

releasing this autopsy report. It's not. like somebody forced him into this. position. It was literally the thing. that he ran on while he was running to. be chair of the DNC only for him to. release a report that is incomplete, incoherent, incompetent and terrible. overall that doesn't mention Gaza once. It doesn't mention inflation. It doesn't. mention President Biden's age. at all. And it is ridiculous that we. continue to have people in the. Democratic Party that continuously fail. upwards. We need to actually hold people.

accountable and make sure that we have. proper leadership. The fact of the. matter is if we have a guy at the DNC. that cannot even put together a report. in a year and a half, how can we trust. him to run the presidential primary? >> I completely agree. It is humiliating. Anybody who cannot in this political. climate where you have [ __ ]. incompetent, dementia-ridden criminals, dirty cops committing crimes, covering. up for pedophiles and our approval. rating is at the same with our party as.

it is with nationally with Republicans, Ken Martin is an abject failure. He is. representative of how Democrats wet the. bed, crowdsource what they're supposed. to believe in and do not put fighters at. the top of the ticket. I think Ken. Martin needs to resign immediately. I. think you should run for DNC chair. I am. so sick of these lackluster, milktoast Democrats. I want to start.

with one of the most damning lines from. the report. The autopsy states that the. problem wasn't Democratic policy. or party brand. What's your response to. that? >> It's ridiculous. Our brand is. everything. Our candidates are our. brand. That is why people go out and. vote in the first place. And what really. uh pissed me off about this report more. than anything was the fact that it's not. because there weren't people in the room. when they were creating this telling. them, "Hey, we need to talk about Gaza. Hey, we need to talk about inflation.

Hey, we need to talk about the. president's age, right?" I was the. person in that room. I ran to be vice. chair of the DNC to speak for young. voters and tell the institution of the. DNC what they needed to hear even if. they didn't want to hear it. I remember. in our first meeting of the officers in. the DNC building when we were talking. about the results of the last election. and the preliminary findings of the. early autopsy what we were going to say, what we were going to talk about, and. nobody mentioned Gaza when they were. talking about young voters. So, I said, "I know you guys don't want to talk.

about this, but if you're going to talk. about why we lost young voters, you're. going to have to talk about what. happened in Gaza and the atrocities that. were going on there that turned off many. young voters." And to my surprise, everybody's response in the room was, "No, David. No, no, no. We absolutely do. and should talk need to talk about. that." And then clearly they were too. scared to put that into the report or. anything of substance into the report. that actually was the driving result of. the election in the first place. And. that's what really pissed me off, right? We are in a position right now where. this was a opportunity for the DNC to.

show voters that we are turning a corner. as a party, that we are actually holding. ourselves accountable, and we're not. just going to continue letting people. like [ __ ] Mike Donilon make $4. million off of losing elections, that. we're going to keep hiring the same. consultants, that we're going to keep. hiring the same people over and over and. over again that repeatedly. repeatedly fail over and over and over. and yet that is exactly what this report. does. It proves that the establishment. is effectively dead and that this is an.

incumbent protection racket. This entire. town is focused not on winning elections. for Democrats in DC. It is focused on. keeping the same people in power even if. that means it keeps us in the minority. and it is beyond time that we go beyond. this and we bring in fresh blood into. our party that actually does hold. ourselves accountable and doesn't just. say, "You know what? Our entire guiding philosophy as a party. is to do whatever pisses off the fewest. people within the establishment or. whatever pisses off the fewest donors.". Because guess what, Jen? We're getting.

the the worst of both worlds where we. are both pissing people off and not. fundraising at the same time. The DNC is. $3 million in debt as the RNC has $100. million. What the hell are we doing here? How. much longer we going to let this. continue? There is so much more risk in. letting Ken Martin stay there as chair. of the DNC than there is in finding. someone new. >> It's it's literally a layup right now to. have the most popular Democratic Party. imaginable. Take out the incompetence.

and the breathtaking. glaring [ __ ] in this autopsy. Remove. that. Put that aside for now which is. enough for Ken Martin to be fired, for. him to resign this very second. But just. go with the fact that you have a culture. at the DNC where they want to. crowdsource what should we believe? We're nihilists that believe in nothing. Let's crowdsource what we should believe. in. Also, we have the exact same pimps.

that MAGA has. The AIPAC pimp buys. Donald Trump. The big tech pimps buy. Donald Trump. But they also are buying. some of our Democratic leaders. >> Yes. >> And you cannot have a party of. prostitutes that have the same pimps as. Donald Trump has. We have to be a. full-blown opposition party, and I am so. [ __ ] pissed off at Ken Martin. I'm so. [ __ ] pissed off at focus groups. I'm. so [ __ ] pissed off that I'm even. registered as a Democrat because.

everything they're doing is brand. damaging, and I come from a red state. I. know what Republican supermajorities do. I know how they are parasitic. They are. compulsive liars. They weaponize faith. to get these earnest voters to come in. and vote for them. They've been doing it. for decades, and that's a race to the. bottom. And I believe in the Democratic. Party, but this version of it is the. most pathetic. uh limp dick version of any political.

party I've ever seen in my life. >> It's absolutely unbelievable. And what's. crazy is I can tell you, you know, I'm I. find myself in an interesting position. of both working on the outside and. shaking up the establishment, you know, supporting challengers like My Yang. against Doris Matsui, who took a max-out. check from AIPAC, and so many others, and also being on the inside in DC and. having to figure out how do we actually. get better people elected in the first. place first place and take back the. house. And I can tell you on the inside. what they'll say is, you know, well, we. have to take this corporate money.

because Republicans are taking that. money. And I say to them, you know, maybe if you didn't vote for such shitty. policies that's in favor of those. corporations, you wouldn't have to spend. so much goddamn money gaslighting voters. into believing that you were for the. working class because you would actually. be voting in their favor. And it just. doesn't break through to them. It is. insane to me. Just last March when we. were challenging Valerie Foushee with. Nida Allam, an incredible pro-Palestine. candidate that was rejecting the. influence of AIPAC, she was on a pathway.

to victory defeating an AIPAC-backed. candidate, Valerie Foushee, and then at. the last second, Hakeem Jeffries, in. collaboration with Entropic Super PAC, came in and spent $2 million. 6 days before the election to defeat a. grassroots candidate in a safe blue seat. simply to consolidate his own power and. protect himself in defense of an. incumbent who was heavily backed by. AIPAC in her first election. What the. hell are we doing here? Right? We came.

in with within 1,200 votes in that. election and we could have had an. amazing new member of Congress and yet. we find ourselves addicted to defending. quo instead of figuring out how can we. actually win? Because the American. people are sick and tired of being. gaslit by our party saying, "Oh, we're. the party of the working class. We're. the party of the working class." As the. working class and not even just the. working class, the working and middle. classes' lives get worse. Where young. people are going out, they're going to. college, they're getting they're trying. to get a job and they're doing.

everything we have been told throughout. our lives only to find ourselves in a. worse position than our parents. While. we're being told by this party, "Just. believe in democracy. Just believe in. democracy." We actually have to make. democracy work for the people. if people are going to actually believe. in it. And increasingly young people are. losing faith in it. In Harvard's most. recent public opinion poll of young. people, they found that only 13% of 18. to 29-year-old Americans believe the. country's on the right track. Our. country is not on the right track and it. is going in the wrong direction and the. only people with a real chance to be.

able to turn it around theoretically are. in the Democratic Party. But right now. they are so clearly failing to do that. It could not be more obvious that the. establishment is dead and it is time to. bring in a new cohort of candidates and. that's why I'm so glad I'm not at the. DNC anymore because we're doing the work. every day at Leaders We Deserve to back. the right candidates to show young. people and people of all ages while. there are Democrats that take corporate. money out there and there shouldn't be. any of them, there are as a cohort of. young a truly new generation that. properly represents you and not special.

interests like AIPAC or other groups. that are responsible for whether it's. the genocide in Gaza or the evisceration. of the American dream that we're seeing. every single day. >> Okay, [snorts] a few follow-ups. Number. one, this notion within the DNC we have. to take corporate money to be. competitive. This last race Kamala. out-raised Trump. She out-raised him and. he still won. So we had all of the. corporate donations and we still lost.

against a dementia-ridden. convicted felon that wears a full face. of makeup. We [ __ ] lost to that guy. who tried to overthrow a free and fair. election. So that fundraising thing. especially when you look at how Zohran. Mamdani in New York took on. billionaires. He took on a Democrat. named Andrew Cuomo with a. all the backers of all the. establishment. He beat his ass twice. So. I'm calling [ __ ] on all of that. I. think they enjoy being prostitutes. They.

enjoy being. pimped out by these corporations cuz why. else would you continue to do it at this. point? Number two, the Democratic Party. tries to treat us the way MAGA treats. their base which is condescension in a. patronizing way. These are what we. think. This is how we're going to win. We have to move to the center and you. guys need to go along. You may remember. about a year ago or eight months ago I. had Cory Booker on my podcast and I. called him out for um.

uh Benjamin Netanyahu and AIPAC. donations and he said. I don't like this. They don't do this on. the right. They don't call each other on. the right. I was like, well yeah, they. actually do. And what happens is your. Massie, your Liz Cheney, you get sent. out to pasture, Jeff Flake, et cetera. We have to call out our politicians. We. have to say they're the cult. We're not. We hold our own accountable. Hakeem, what the actual [ __ ] are you doing. taking money from Palantir? What is. going on there? Chuck Schumer,

resign and we have to have a DNC or some. operation that. fights. I think if I think so many. people they saw Democrats quit being. [ __ ] our popularity would explode. But I also want to say one thing to the. people that are doing the work that. you're doing, that I think this is. really important cuz I know that people. will dunk on you that if you back a. candidate and then she loses and you. have all the centrists, the third way. people that come out and want to dunk on. you online. It's important that we keep.

the faith that look at what Bernie did. He never won president. >> Or an SC. >> made Yeah. They they [clears throat] are making a. difference. And so you got within 1,200. votes. We're going to keep organizing. We're. going to keep fighting. We're going to. tell the Democratic Party quit being. prostitutes. Quit whoring yourself out. to the same pimps that own Donald Trump. It's gross. It's disgusting. Nobody. likes it. Grow a pair and fight. Okay, let's get a little bit more into the.

autopsy. I just had to respond to all of. those things really quickly. Let's talk about the omissions. So they. left out Gaza. entirely. And I think that it would have. been helpful like actually no, nobody. gave a [ __ ] about Gaza. Or actually yes, it caused a lot of people to sit at. home. And then it's my understanding. they didn't bring up inflation. >> No. >> Okay, go off. >> They didn't bring up inflation at all. They didn't talk about any of the real. Well, the if you do a command F, inflation comes up 18 times in the.

document. And every time that it is. mentioned, it is in regards to. inflation-adjusted fundraising comparing. different presidential [laughter]. cycles. It's not talking about the. skyrocketing cost of living, which Jesus. Christ, right? It doesn't talk about age. at all. And it doesn't talk more than. anything about the what I truly believe. we didn't need a 200-page autopsy to. tell people, which is that if you spend. $3 billion or however. many billions of dollars they had to try. to gaslight people after you tell them. when they tell you the president is too.

old and then you tell them no he's not. and then 107 days before the election. yes he is and then you tell them when. they say that there's atrocities. happening in Gaza no there aren't just. shut up and vote harder then on top of. that they tell you that their cost of. living is too high and you say no it's. not look at the stock market look at the. GDP if you tell people not to believe. their eyeballs or what they're feeling. in their wallets you're going to lose. them no matter how much money you spend. on ads that more than anything is what. decided the election and the fact that. we can't grapple with that and yet what.

we focus on is you know what what color. of lipstick should we put on the pig. what you know how much can we spend on. the lipstick instead of what are we. doing about the actual pig in the first. place is the overall problem here. because the fact of the matter is nobody. is ever held accountable in any real. sense in our party when it comes to. losing these elections in a major way. and they go off and make millions of. dollars off of it I think part of the. reason they're happy to take that. corporate money is because there's a lot. of people getting rich off this Mike. Donilon made $4 million.

off of losing the election. And the DNC's currently $3 million in. debt. If Mike Donilon is watching this. which I'm sure he's not cuz he's too. old, he. >> [laughter]. >> should pay this back he should pay that. money back with [ __ ] interest to the. DNC. It is ridiculous right? But the. idea that we can continue just saying. you know what we're just going to. continue to take more of the same money. from the same bad sources and prioritize. the same bad policies and as Republicans. and try to just manipulate the American. people into voting for us more it is not. going to work and the question is what.

comes after that because we have the. opportunity as a party to be the party. of the little guy the party that stands. up for the working class for real and. not just in our [ __ ] ads but for real. in our policy and show people how we are. fully rejecting the influence of. corporations and special interests and. standing up for the American people and. I guarantee you even if we raised less. money from that which we wouldn't. because we would make up for it and how. much more people actually believe in us. and what we actually stand for instead. of just saying we're not Donald Trump. If we did that, our policies would be so.

popular that we wouldn't have to raise. as much money overall because people. would actually believe in us and we. could call out every time that. Republicans are having corporate funded. ads and so much more that they are. bought and paid for. Especially in the. wake of Trump giving 1.7. billion dollars to [ __ ]. insurrectionists and traitors to our. country. >> [snorts]. >> You're exactly You're on to something. >> to be the anti-corruption party, Jen,

and it pisses It makes me so [ __ ]. livid that we're in a place where people. continue to prioritize their own. self-interests. over the betterment of this country, over democracy itself because they're. saying, "Well, you know, at least I can. go and make my $4 million off of this. and we can ride off into the sunset. because I'll be fine in [ __ ] Geneva. as America falls apart." That is not. acceptable for a political party. We. need to hold ourselves accountable and. that means having the conversations that. many people don't want to have about the. people that may got rich off of last.

election and the people that continue to. get promoted despite epically failing in. a way that wouldn't even be allowed for. a middle schooler. If you turned in this. report to a middle school teacher, you. would fail. We cannot continue on this. path. >> I completely agree with you and you tap. into something that I think is such. great messaging right now for the. Democrats and it is, "Do you want to. vote for the guy who is funded by these. oligarch billionaires who don't pay. taxes, who are parasites off the working.

class, who receive all of the social. safety net that you accuse poor people. of getting?" They get loopholes. They. get tax breaks. They get subsidies. All. of the things you think these poor. people are getting, it's actually the. billionaires that are getting them. It's. corporate welfare and we need to make it. so brand damaging that if you take. corporate money, it is that brand. damaging. It is that toxic that. corporations no longer want to touch it. The Supreme Court isn't going to help. us. The DNC sure as [ __ ] isn't going to.

help us, but we need to make that. incredibly brand damaging. And I want to. read to you a part of loser Ken Martin's. post. And I think this guy is a stage. five loser and the hubris that he still. stays in that position doesn't tuck his. tail between his legs and get away from. the DNC right now, shows how selfish the. rot is at the epicenter of the DNC. Pop. this up. Here's the last paragraph. For. full transparency, I am releasing the. report as we received it in its.

entirety. Unedited and unabridged. It. does not meet my standards and it won't. meet your standards, but I am doing this. because people need to be able to trust. the Democratic Party and trust our word. What the actual [ __ ] That makes zero. sense. It is the dumbest thing I've ever. read and I feel dumber for having read. it. >> And it's also to say you had a year and. a half to do this, Ken. And who did you. hire? You didn't create something like. the NTSB like they have after a plane.

crash. You know, an impartial committee. to really focus in on what caused us the. election. To go and interview people in. swing states. To go and interview. campaign operatives. To go and do the. actual work of what caused us the. election. and focus on that. Instead, he hired a. volunteer that was his friend who's from. my best knowledge last political. experience was working on Bill Clinton's. [ __ ] campaign before I was alive. and expected that person to succeed. And. then when you get the dog [ __ ] report, it's not to say, "Hey, this is not where. I wanted to be. We're going to redo this.

process, make it much more transparent. and bring in a lot more experts that are. not just friends of mine." It's to say, "Here's the report. That's it. Let's go, folks. You know, hopefully we win the. midterms." It is insane. And let Let you. this much, Jen. The reason why things. continue to be this way, I have seen it. myself. I saw you know, we were one of. the largest supporters of Zoran. We. spent $300,000 on him in his primary, and it was actually a lot of the money. that we raised in the wake of the DNC. that I literally took directly after. that and cut a check to support Zoran. through an independent expenditure. And.

I saw after how we did that, the same. major donors that go to me and say, "How. do we win back young voters? How do we. win back young voters?" Then came to me. after we supported him and said, "I'm. sorry, I can't give you, you know, X. hundreds of thousands of dollars because. I don't support your candidates and the. fact that they want to tax the rich more. or that they don't agree with, you know, US policy on Israel." And the good news. is that Leaders We Deserve, 80% of our. money comes from people that give less. than $1,000 to us. That enables us to have the independence. to do this work, but the reality is most.

people in this town don't have that kind. of independence. The only reason I'm. able to tell those donors to go and take. a hike and prioritize the guy that got. three times the voter turnout of 18 and. 24-year-olds that Kamala Harris got, which is Zoran. The only reason I'm able to do that is. because we have so many small dollar. donors at Leaders We Deserve, and a lot. of people in this town don't have that. And even if they do, they're too they're. too coward there's too much cowardice to. actually do the right thing, even if it. is individually punishing, right? I. could have stayed at the DNC and just. shut my mouth, sat on my hands, and.

helped, you know, them write their. strongly worded letters condemning. fascism. But that is not what's going to. actually help move our party forward. If. we're going to change our brand, if. we're going to change who we are, that. starts with changing not just our. messaging, but changing who is actually. in power. Who are our candidates? And I. could not be more and proud that we've. supported candidates like Zoran and so. many others around the country to change. the face of this party because we have. the opportunity of a century as a party. right now, but we are failing to meet. it. Donald Trump is so epically failing.

on everything that he ran on, from. failing to release the Epstein files in. their fully unredacted form cuz he's all. [ __ ] over those files, or the fact. that he ran on ending forever wars and. then started another one, or the fact. that he ran on on addressing the cost of. living, then made it skyrocket because. of a stupid [ __ ] decision he made. himself to start another forever war. We. have an opportunity to show the American. people we are not going to continue.

that. We will stand up against it, but. they don't believe us because we spent. the past 5 years telling them the. president's not too old even though you. all are saying he is, that your life is. going great, and that the cost of living. is not too high because the stock market. is doing well. We have the opportunity. to finally turn this ship around, and. what did we just do? We turned straight. into the goddamn iceberg. It is time for. us to lay a new foundation for the. Democratic Party and let a new crop of. leaders rise. And the good news is, Jen, many of the people that are in power.

right now in Washington, as we are. seeing, are so geriatric, they will not. be there forever, including Donald. Trump. There will be a day that comes. after him. There will be a day that. comes after so many of the members of. Congress that are there right now. The. question is, what are we going to do. about it? Cuz people like Ken Martin, they're not going to answer it in case. that isn't clear enough. So, it's up to. people like you and I and people around. the country to stand up and be the. leaders that we've always needed and. become the party that we always knew. that we could be, but have failed our. entire lives to actually be in the first.

place. The party that stands up for the. working class, not special interests, and fully rejects them so that when. voters go into the voting booth and they. vote for a Democrat, they know that we. are the people that actually stand up. and fight for them, and that Republicans are the people that. are out there fighting for the guys. building the data centers in their. backyard. That Republicans are the. people that are going out there and. lying straight to their faces and. saying, "We're going to end forever. wars." while starting them. They are the. people that are going out there and. giving insurrectionists not prison. sentences, but $1.7 billion dollars for.

people. It is the opportunity of a. lifetime and we are completely failing. to meet it, but we can turn this around. because it doesn't have to be this way. and I really hope that people understand. that it doesn't have to be this way. I. truly believe and I know that you do, too, Jen. A better world, a better party. is possible, but that starts with our. candidates and it starts with laying a. new foundation of them across the. country and showing our generation, Gen. Z and Gen Alpha, that the Democratic. Party is one that you should vote for.

not because we're just not Republicans, but because we're Democrats and we. actually get [ __ ] done, we build great. communities, and we build a better. government that's not beholden to. special interests and more than anything. is beholden in the way it should be to. voters. >> And I would point out you were talking. about what the Republican Party believes. in and what they do and I think a huge. Democratic messaging point that we need. to take and I'm dead serious about this. We need to play offense on why are. Republicans obsessed with gay sex? Why.

are Republicans obsessed with genitalia? >> And Tim Bright. >> Yeah, the Democratic establishment is. so, you know, eager to throw groups. under the bus and it's like the people. who are obsessed with trans porn, with. trans people, with gay sex are. Republicans. Look look no further than. Lindsey Graham or Moses Mike Johnson. You'll see exactly what you Big Titty. Brian. Exactly. He said he wants to be a. trans bimbo [ __ ] named Crystal. All of. this happens in the MAGA Party. Okay, David, this is really important. I get.

so many questions in my community cuz. we all share this righteous anger. We. all share this desire to right wrongs. We all share this desire to save what we. can of our country, to not let this man. be our representative. So, let's talk to. my audience about a plan of actions. We. can ignore the DNC. We can ignore Ken. Martin. We don't have to send them a. cent. So, what Democratic organizations.

filter in that the the DNC manages and. what are better ways for my um uh. listeners, for my community to give. money to people who are not beholden to. corporations in the Democratic Party, to. the real Democrats, the people that are. truly for the people. Help my community. with a plan of action that they. personally can engage in how to follow. you and where they should give, even if. it's $5, $10. >> Yeah, well what I'll tell you is at. Leaders We Deserve, we have done the.

work to, you know, it's we started out. with just a couple hundred people on an. email list that uh unfortunately. included a few ex-girlfriends of mine. that I found out after we sent our first. emails. But, that is really how we. started and we started because we uh you. know, Maxwell's uh Maxwell Frost's. campaign manager uh and I co-founded. this organization to find more people. like Maxwell Frost and get them elected. and across the finish line. um because we need that new generation. and I'm not just younger, you know, uh. versions of the people that are. currently in power right now that are.

going to only elongate our problem with. a younger face but the same donors, right? But, a truly new generation and. our organization exists to embrace a. culture of competition in the Democratic. Party. I think part of the reason why we. are in this position is because we have. [ __ ] like Stephen Lynch who've been. in Congress since 2001 that when they're. when they're saying that they're doing. things to fight back against dodge cuts, for example, and they're asked to do. more to fight back against Donald Trump. by one of the Democratic constituents. says, "I'm the member of Congress. You're not the member of Congress, I am.

If you want to be in Congress, then you. run for Congress." We're happy to answer. that call for entitled [ __ ] like. that by running people like Patrick. Roth, a voting rights lawyer, against. him who has a real shot of winning. But, if we don't embrace a culture of. competition in our party, especially in. our safe blue seats, the reason we are. here and they feel like all they need to. do is write strongly worded letters is. because they know that for most members. of Congress in a safer seat, which. increasingly they're going to be after. all the redistricting that's happening, that it's essentially a lifetime. appointment cuz it is so hard to defeat. an incumbent. But if we actually do.

challenge incumbents, even if we don't. win every single race, when we do win, it means that it's it can be somebody. like AOC who wins because it is so hard. to overcome all the advantages they. have. And when they do win, they're so. much better than their opponent. Imagine. if we didn't have AOC right now, right? And even in the case of somebody like. Neda who came within 1,200 votes of her. opponent. Her opponent then embraced the. Green New Deal. Her opponent then signed. on to Block the Bombs. Her opponent then. rejected AIPAC because these politicians. are cowards. They are defined by.

whatever keeps them in power and that is. what defines their decision-making more. than anything. And that is what we need. to do, embrace a culture of competition. in our party, and then do the work at. the state legislative level. Right now, so much so little is going to happen in. Congress, especially as they get into. more gridlock after redistricting. We. need to be laser-focused on state. legislatures where we can actually pass. legislation. And Republicans have built. up power for the past 50 years. That's. how they've really done it. And then.

Trump came in at the very end to do. checkmate on the whole system. But the. thing that laid the groundwork for that. was the takeover of state legislatures. That's why the vast majority of the. candidates that we supported in Leaders. We Deserve, what we do in Congress is. really to make a point and change the. culture of our party. But the long-term. focus, the real meat and potatoes of. what we do is state legislatures. And. just recently we had the most wins we. ever have had in one election night, electing tons of candidates across. Georgia, Pennsylvania, and other states. around the country. And we got a runoffs. coming up. Right now in Texas there's a. candidate named Julio Salinas that we're.

supporting that's in a runoff against a. Democrat who is actively still showing. up to key party meetings. And if we lose. that seat, even though it's a safer blue. seat, he his opponent, Zevy, could. caucus with the Republicans and cost. Democrats a future majority in the Texas. state legislature. We are doing the work. at the state legislative level to build. an incredible bench of great candidates, not just in blue states, not just in. purple states, but in red states as well. where we know we are going to have to. win for the long term, especially for. 2030 after census reapportionment.

That's why we invest in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and so many other states. But. in order to do that, we need the. independents to support the candidates. that the party does not [ __ ] like, but we absolutely do need. And the way. we do that is with small dollar. contributions. And what the single best. way people can help us out, besides. obviously voting for our candidates, is. donating not just one time. Of course, I'm very grateful for that, but donating. monthly to support our work because. Donald Trump is a master of distraction, Jen. Those small dollar donations, they. ebb and flow a lot. And when, you know,

people are paying attention to state. legislatures, it's great we can bring in. a lot of money, but we need to do the. work consistently on a monthly basis. And as we go into summer, our donations. are about to go down. Starting around. Memorial Day weekend, they crater. because people obviously don't want to. pay attention to this [ __ ] show that is. the Democratic Party. I hope that you. take breaks, you, Jen, and don't have to. do that. But we are going to continue. doing that work across the country. This. cycle, I have a goal of endorsing twice. as many candidates as we did last cycle. and potentially even three times as. many. But in order for us to do that, we.

need more financial support. So, if. people could donate $5 or $10 a month at. leaderswedeserve.com, that goes a huge. way in giving us the stability to do the. work of advising candidates on a daily. basis and also. fun helping to fund their campaigns. >> Um I will, the minute we get off of this. stream, I'm going to sign up to donate. monthly to Leaders We Deserve. And I'm. going to make Pumps, my co-host, sign. up, and I know she enthusiastically. will. And for my listeners who think. David Hogg looks familiar and you've.

seen him on, you know, cable or on. YouTube, um his passion comes from a. personal experience that he went to. school one day in the United States of. America and his friends were killed by a. shooter. And the Democratic Party and. the Republican Party do [ __ ] nothing. And so he fights for his generation and. for his friends that can no longer. fight. And this is a uniquely American. problem and I'm just so grateful when I. see the numbers of the mega support in. people your age. Is it 18%? And I think.

we need to get that down to single. digits. I'm going to sign up immediately. to donate monthly. David Hogg, thank you. for everything you do. I want to throw. all chips in and supporting you. [ __ ]. the DNC. [ __ ] their incompetence and. [ __ ] the patronizing condescending way. that they treat their educated. critically thinking voters and [ __ ] them. for not fighting fascism. >> Yeah, let's go and change it. Thanks, Jen. >> All right. Bye-bye.