Former DNC Vice Chair Likens Democratic Party to ‘Headless Chicken,’ Calls ‘Big Tent’ Rhetoric Hollow

David Hogg said Democrats focus too much on what they oppose and reject candidates further left such as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

David Hogg speaks during the Fast Company Innovation Festival 2024 at BMCC Tribeca PAC in New York City on Sept. 17, 2024. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company

David Hogg, the former Democratic National Committee vice chair and founder of the political action committee (PAC) Leaders We Deserve, accused the party of having no leader or clear vision for the country ahead of the 2028 presidential election.

“It feels a little bit like we’re a headless chicken, kind of just running around, like, crazy,” Hogg said on May 20 on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” when asked who is leading the party ahead of 2028.