Friends,
It’s taken me a few weeks for me to figure out what to say about the
election 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:
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 GOP’s
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 Santos to be the youngest member of leadership in the Arizona
House, and we elected Christine Cockley to be the youngest member of the
Ohio House.
Of course, these victories are bittersweet against 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.
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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.
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In service,
David Hogg
Leaders We Deserve
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