Just two weeks into his new role as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee, gun control advocate David Hogg is already under fire for leveraging DNC contact lists to blast out messages soliciting donations to his own political action committee.
DNC insiders are reportedly already fed up with Hogg, who was elected earlier this month to a top position in their ranks.
Barely two weeks into his tenure, Hogg has been leveraging DNC contact lists to blast out messages soliciting donations to his own political action committee — from which he draws more than $100,000 in compensation a year, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Hogg sent out a flurry of text messages to the DNC’s phone number database, one of which reads:
“David Hogg here: I was just elected DNC Vice Chair! This is a huge win for our movement to make the Democratic Party more reflective of our base: youthful, energetic, and ready to win,”
Solicitation texts include a link to Hogg’s “Leaders We Deserve” PAC.
While it’s not officially against the rules, personal PAC fundraising — instead of fundraising for the DNC — has rubbed some party brass the wrong way.
