The progressive angle is a red herring, he’s only interested in gun control which is a loser of an issue for Democrats. See Beto O’Rourke.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/15/texas-beto-orourke-guns-2022/

He says he’s going after “do nothing Democrats” but the unsaid portion is “do nothing on guns Democrats.”

If Trump went back to his “take the guns first, due process second” Hogg would be right there for it.

https://time.com/5184160/trump-guns-due-process/?xid=homepage

“You could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.”

Hogg isn’t trying to shake up the DNC, he’s trying to get anti-gun candidates to win primaries. That’s the end of it. He has no real interest outside that, and when those candidates lose the general election to Republican opponents he will get real quiet all of a sudden.

I’m aware of the franchise, but had no clue there was a new entry in it.

“We are still waiting for someone, anyone, to point out where Joe Biden had to make a presidential decision or make a presidential address where he was unable to do his job because of mental decline.”

Intentionally ignoring the debate. Golden.

His stated purpose is that he wants to primary “do nothing Democrats”, but on closer inspection, his issue is they are doing nothing on guns.

Now, now… Nestle too! :)

Can I get THAT on a t-shirt? 🤔

They started as pro trans.

I’m a bit bummed as lemmy.one was my introduction to the ecosystem. :(

OTOH, when they were having server problems, I set up a kbin account, but left it when it became clear I could only use the kbin app to access it. Looks like that’s shut down now too!

I’m willing to chip in for t-shirts:

1,500 years is a bit off, Islam wasn’t even founded until 610, it’s the “New Kid” of the Abrahamic religions, unless you count all the Christianity variants.

No. The DNC? ✅

I’d settle for “needed healthcare and was denied coverage”.

In Germany even! I’d expect that in the US, shocking for Germany!

Hogg is a single issue politician, for him it’s all about guns and ONLY about guns, for understandable reasons.

I get it given his experience, but politics is bigger than that, and if you want to primary people, you can’t limit yourself that way if you want to win a general election.

I was going to say… “Different from an actual ICE agent how?”