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Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin will call for DNC officials’ neutrality to be codified in the party’s official rules and bylaws, two Democratic sources tell CNN. Martin has already been telling DNC members of his plans and will explain more in a call with members Thursday afternoon.

. . . “No DNC officer should ever attempt to influence the outcome of a primary election, whether on behalf of an incumbent or a challenger,” Martin told reporters on a call Thursday. “Voters should decide who our primary nominees are, not DNC leadership.”

The DNC’s Rules & Bylaws committee is expected to vote on Martin’s proposal next month in a virtual meeting. If the committee approves the proposal it will advance to a full vote of the DNC membership in August.

The push for the new rule comes days after Hogg, who beat out a crowded field to become one of three DNC at-large vice chairs in February, announced his plan to help primary incumbent Democrats in safe districts through his group Leaders We Deserve. The organization plans to spend a total of $20 million in next year’s midterms supporting young people running for office.

Hogg stressed that his effort would not target Democrats in competitive districts or use any DNC resources, including voter files or donor lists. He told CNN in an interview last week that he would not endorse in the presidential primaries if he is still a DNC leader.

“I don’t take it personally,” Hogg said of the criticism of his primary challenge. “There’s a difference in strategy here, and the way that we think things need to be done.”

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 minutes ago

Vote for the young guns in 2028 and get these fuckers out of there

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

“Let me be clear, this is not about shielding incumbents or boosting challengers,” Martin said.

Liar liar pants on fire. These people are so steeped in their own bullshit that they can't even recognize how full of crap they truly are. I'd be willing to bet if this guy could reverse AOC's win in the primary in her district in New York he would do so.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 hours ago

They say the DNC shouldn’t be choosing candidates, but that’s exactly what they want. The system is designed put establishment candidates in place, and keep them there.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

How might registered Democrats and Democrat-aligned Americans support Hogg in this? Is there a good way to get the message across to DNC leadership that we WANT what Hogg is doing? That Hogg's plan is better for party in every way?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 hours ago

They are not here to deliver what people want. They are here to deliver what they are told. They provide just enough cover so that the people not paying enough attention to them still blindly vote for them.

Abandon democrats while it's still too late.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Dems have a 23% approval rating for voters under 30. As those voters age the dems better turn that around of they are just doomed. They seem to be changing nothing at all and counting on trump to shoot himself in the foot, but they keep mistaking disapproval of trump with approval of the DNC. Thats not how any of that works. They are well on their way to more losing. Idiots.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

They need to do something major to win voters back. Primarying every single Democrat is what is necessary. Make them all earn it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago

As a registered democrat (though only because my state requires it to vote in primaries for democrats and I'm certainly not voting republican): pound sand, DNC.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 17 hours ago (20 children)

“Voters should decide who our primary nominees are, not DNC leadership.” Since when has the DNC not put it's thumb on the scales in the past few decades, or ignored the voters entirely?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

DNC thumbing the scales is why we ended up with Trump twice. cause they kept insisting on running candidates no one wanted.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 17 hours ago

DNC: "Fuck Bernie, it's her turn."

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