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LetMyPeopleVote

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19. Who needs David Hogg when we have the Justice Democrats primarying good Democrats?
Mon Apr 28, 2025, 07:38 PM
Apr 28

I got an email from the Justice Democrats announcing that they are primarying a regular democrat. This is from the email:

The day has come: Today, Justice Democrats is officially announcing our first 2026 primary challenger of the cycle: State Representative XXXXX for the YYYYY

XXXX just launched his grassroots campaign against a self-funded multimillionaire incumbent, and we need to show he’s got people power behind him in these crucial first 24 hours.

Will you become a Day 1 founding donor by pitching in any amount now? 100% of your donation will go directly to supporting XXXX’s campaign.

This is Justice Democrats’ first new primary candidate in a few years, and it’s a race that embodies our fight to transform the future of the Democratic Party

I have been following the Justice Democrats and its predecessor for a while including the "brand new congress group" and other groups created by Cenk, Kyle Kulinksi, Zack Exley, Saikat Chakrabarti, and their ilk. I am on the Justice Democrat email list and I have even listened once or twice to the Justice Democrat podcast which is amusingly called "Just Us" democrats. The Justice Democrats emails are fun to laugh at and I love the hatred this group shows to the Democratic Party, establishment Democrats and best of all corporate democrats (I am a corporate lawyer).

The Justice Democrat group want to take over the Democratic party and remake into their image. I also do not want the Democratic Party to be taken over by the Justice Democrat group.


I am not the only person who has issues with the concept that the Justice Democrats want to take over the Democratic Party



Again, the above posts are consistent with the hatred of the Democratic Party that I see on the almost daily emails that I get from the Justice Democrats. I admit that I enjoy the Just Us Democrat whines about AIPAC and Jews being mean.

The Just Us Democrats seem to be drawing a distinction between their group and David Hogg's pac with respect to how much money will go to the candidate. Hogg's pac gave only 2.3% of the amount raised last cycle to candidates.

A fight between the Justice Democrat group and Hogg's pac will be fun to watch

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Yes, go away. bottomofthehill Apr 26 #1
Far, far... Oopsie Daisy Apr 26 #8
This is why you need age, experience, and wisdom bucolic_frolic Apr 26 #2
So, how old does someone have to be to Bettie Apr 26 #18
Folks who applaud this JustAnotherGen Apr 26 #3
Boss Hogg? NT mr715 Apr 26 #4
Ok, that's funny 😀 GJGCA Apr 26 #7
Oh! JustAnotherGen Apr 26 #10
Established systems and organizations always resist change and seek to maintain the status quo Fiendish Thingy Apr 26 #5
Voters re-elect incumbents because they like the job their reps are doing. emulatorloo Apr 26 #9
i am in favor of aggressive Democrats and encouraging their election Tetrachloride Apr 26 #6
Hope I'm wrong but Hogg reminds me of the Bernie or bust crowd Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 26 #11
some of his followers had an "or bust" mindset, but Bernie never did cadoman Apr 26 #14
I detest them to this day Skittles Apr 26 #15
I had to deal with that group at the 2016 National Convention LetMyPeopleVote Apr 28 #20
I'll never get the cult-like following Skittles Apr 28 #21
There's a difference between GenThePerservering Apr 26 #12
the old school folk certainly have their knickers in a twist Skittles Apr 26 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Apr 26 #17
it was stupid to run for vice chair then run for office cadoman Apr 26 #13
Who needs David Hogg when we have the Justice Democrats primarying good Democrats? LetMyPeopleVote Apr 28 #19
What's going on with his hair? Polybius Apr 28 #22
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