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It’s taken me a few days for me to figure out what to say about Tuesday
without feeling cliche or resorting to platitudes. Now, we’re left to
figure out what’s next.

After Parkland, if we had given up and listened to the same talking heads
who got us into this situation — the same talking heads who said nothing
could be done about guns in Florida — nothing would have changed. Instead,
we had the audacity to believe that change was possible, which resulted in
Florida raising the age to buy a gun to 21 and passing a Red Flag law that
has been used over 19,000 times.

This moment calls on us to do the same. The most important thing we can do
is remain hopeful because without that nothing will change. I refuse to
give up, I hope that you don’t either.

Young people have risen up and become leaders during times of great
challenge:

Last Tuesday, we helped elect the first openly transgender member of
Congress ever, Sarah McBride, even as millions were spent by the GOP on
hate-filled, transphobic ads.

Dante Pittman flipped a seat in the NC legislature breaking the
supermajority in North Carolina, allowing a Democratic Governor, Josh
Stein, more policy freedom.

We flipped a seat in Georgia, electing Bryce Berry as the youngest person
and first ever active public school teacher to ever serve in the Georgia
state legislature.

We re-elected Molly Cook to be the youngest person in the Texas Senate,
Oscar De Los to be the youngest member of leadership in the Arizona House,
and we elected Christine Cockely to be the youngest member of the Ohio
House.

Of course, these victories are bittersweet in the backdrop of the
presidential election, but we are going to need these young progressive
champions fighting for us now more than ever. I’m so proud of the work we
all did electing them.

Your support has made it possible for these young people to win – and will
unlock the opportunity for so many more young people to win in the future.
Between our opportunities to recruit more in the next few years and
targeting more congressional races, it's going to be incredible. These
new, young leaders will be pivotal to our path forward.

Hope is the most powerful force any movement can have. Thankfully, it is
the one thing Donald Trump can’t take from us – the only way he truly wins
is if we give up hope. I’m not. I know you won’t either.

Thank you to everyone who has shown their support of our work and
continues to do so as we pave the path forward. It’s time to get back to
work.

David Hogg


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