Divisions Within Political Movements: The Democrats

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 18

As part of a 3-part series on the divisions within political movements, David Hogg, founder and president of Leaders We Deserve, co-founder and board member of March for Our Lives, and former vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, talks about what's dividing the Democratic Party, from the fallout over the DNC's 2024 autopsy to the primary challenges his group is backing heading into the midterms.

Photo: David Hogg, co-founder of Leaders We Deserve, and Patrick Roath, candidate for Congress (MA-08), walk to join attendees on the Freedom Trail during a "Democracy Walk" at the Boston Common on April 8, 2026. (Photo by Finn Gomez/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
 

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