David Hogg has built his fame and fortune on the manipulation of tragedy. He turned surviving the devastating Parkland school shootings into an attention-soaked role as one of the left’s more insufferable activists.
So perhaps it’s no surprise that the little prince of gun control has positioned himself at the center of another leftist organization and is now taking heat for the political action committee’s spending binge.
According to Breitbart News, the Leaders We Deserve PAC spent $1.4 million of the $3 million-plus it raked in last year on travel expenses, political consultants, and legal fees. Said expenditures include a fat check to none other than Marc Elias, former Clinton campaign general counsel and pusher of the Trump-Russian hoax.
Hogg’s “new initiative” was ostensibly created to elect leftist Gen Z candidates. According to the PAC’s Act Blue page:
In 2018, young voters shattered turnout records. In 2020, we helped power Biden to victory. And in 2022, we were critical to holding off a Republican red wave. Now we’re not just voting — we’re running for office, and winning. We need to elect more young, fearless progressives to Congress and state legislatures — and Leaders We Deserve is here to make that happen.
As Breitbart reports, it appears the quest to elect “young, fearless progressives” is second to underwriting Hogg’s travel itinerary and fattening Elias’ wallet. The PAC spent just $263,000 on Generation Z campaigns “combined with donations to other Democrat Party committees and groups — and instead spent more
