Aspirations of a socialist future found upward failing David Hogg on the receiving end of a brutal reality check from Scott Jennings.
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On the eve of Election Day and the five-week mark of the Democratic Party’s government shutdown, the socialism-steered left could be seen on multiple fronts. As a result, ousted Democratic National Committee Vice Chair and failed pillow entrepreneur Hogg’s support for the New York City mayoral frontrunner and talking point peddling on the congressional stalemate checked by Jennings after the left “wandered” into a fight and “don’t know how to get out.”
Late in the broadcast of “CNN NewNight” on Monday, Hogg, whose political action committee Leaders We Deserve had endorsed New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (D) for mayor, had touted the candidate for listening to voter concerns on “affordability.” When the panel got around to Jennings for input, the senior political commentator spoke to the inevitable while exposing what Hogg was supporting.
“Look, he’s probably gonna win. It’s a Democrat town and they’re gonna elect a socialist to run the financial capital of the world,” said Jennings. “I mean, you know, you gave him $300,000. That’s interesting. That’s probably the only 300-non-Islamo-Marxist-grand that he got.”
“I saw Linda Sarsour bragging today about all the money that’s coming in from all over the world,” he went on, bringing up the radical activist who vowed to “hold Zohran accountable.”
Hogg attempted to interject with a factoid about funds in the race, saying, “Well, they actually have a public financing system for their elections in New York,” before opting to attempt to berate Jennings for his own success. “And honestly, I think part of the reason he’s so powerful is because people are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s the real reason he is resonating right now, because he has a clear message that actually says this is what I plan to do, and the party — I don’t think this is about going to the left of the right to be honest with you.”
“Do I agree with Zohran much more than a lot of other Democrats in our party? Certainly. But I think we need to meet voters where they’re at in their districts,” added the talking head who grew to prominence opposing the Second Amendment.
To that, Jennings boiled the debate down to a single point, “But you want a socialist future for your party,” as Hogg tried in response, “I want a future where everybody has healthcare and people can afford a good life.”
An earlier exchange regarding the shutdown had gone even worse for the young leftist who’d been booted from his own party when he’d attempted to deconstruct Concerned Women for America CEO Penny Nance’s position that funding the budget and handling the time bomb of the Affordable Care Act remained separate issues.
“You’re saying we can’t mix apples and oranges, and that’s exactly what they’re doing. The entire reason the government is not open right now is because Democrats refuse to be complicit in having millions of Americans, including 100,000 in Kentucky, your home state if I’m remembering correctly, Scott, that rely on ACA, that would see their premiums rise several dozen percent,” tried Hogg.
David Hogg: “The entire reason the government is not open right now is because Democrats refuse to be complicit in having millions of Americans, including 100,000 in Kentucky—your home state if I remember correctly, Scott—that rely on the ACA.”
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After crosstalk, Jennings surgically dismantled Democratic talking points on the prolonged shutdown as he began, “David, you would admit that the ACA was a Democrat legislation, yes? And you would admit that the subsidies that we’re talking about now were passed by Democrats, yes? And you would admit that the sunset provision in the subsidies, which comes up at the end of the year, was in place because of Democrats, yes? Now you want to make it a Republican problem.”
“These are not the same issues,” he went on. “You could open the government today, and then you could negotiate with Republicans about ACA subsidies — and by the way, my suspicion is, and you know this, there are probably, and I know there are some House Republicans that would love to negotiate on it. But under duress, under a hostage-taking situation, connecting disconnected issues, and now you’re throwing SNAP onto it, you’re throwing all the federal workers who aren’t being paid onto it, all because of this fight that you wandered into because of your wing of the Democratic Party! You all led to this SNAP crisis! You all led to this crisis of the government being closed, and you don’t know how to get out of it!”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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