Brace yourself for this. It turns out that Democrat anti-gun activist David Hogg might be little more than a grifter.
After being tossed out of the DNC where he served as vice chair for a matter of weeks, Hogg decided to focus on his political PAC. Their goal was to elect younger and more progressive Democrats. That’s not working out too well.
It turns out, the PAC is much better at lining the pockets of consultants. They also reportedly spent a lot of cash on frivolous things like fitness classes.
Hogg’s short-lived pillow company was more fiscally sound than this.
FOX News reports:
David Hogg’s PAC spent millions on consultants, ads and fitness classes, records show: report
Despite pledging to spend $20 million to back younger, more progressive candidates, a PAC led by Democratic activist David Hogg has spent millions of dollars on political consultants, ads and even fitness classes.
The PAC, Leaders We Deserve, spent just $455,000 to back three candidates in tough Democratic primary races over the first eight months of 2025, Axios reported.
That figure stands in contrast to the roughly $2.5 million spent on consultants, $1.1 million on digital ads, $965,000 on building donor lists and nearly $5,000 on the fitness class subscription service ClassPass, according to federal campaign filings.
“We provide a wellness benefit to our employees, like many employers across the country,” Kevin Lata, co-founder and executive director of Leaders We Deserve, told Axios. “Our projections show that every $1 we put into these investments will net $3-$5 by the end of the cycle. This helps to make sure every donation goes farther than it otherwise would.”
Even the liberal media is noticing.
New: David Hogg’s political group is off to a shaky star.
hasn’t endorsed any challengers to Dem incumbents
Success in 1/3 contests
Despite past criticism of the “consultant class” the group spent $2.5 million of its $4.9 million this yr on consultantshttps://t.co/SogmwDLvcN— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 2, 2025
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Per Alex Thompson and Holly Otterbein, Leaders We Deserve, “hasn’t endorsed any challengers to Democratic incumbents in Congress” and “has been successful in just one” of the meager three contests it has participated in.
That lone success came in New York City’s mayoral race, which saw Leaders We Deserve dole out $300,000 to a PAC supporting Zohran Mamdani, the eventual winner of the Democratic primary. The other candidates backed by Hogg, Arizona’s Deja Foxx ($150,000) and Virginia’s Irene Shin ($5,000) lost by 39 and a half and 45.4 points, respectively.
The amount spent on those races pales in comparison to the amount spent on political consultants ($2.5 million) and digital ads for itself ($1.1 million).
Hogg himself has previously blasted other members of his party for listening “to the consulting class instead of the working class because increasingly, our party has surrounded itself simply with people who just constantly agree with it consistently rather than talking to actual people on the ground.”
If Hogg’s PAC doesn’t work out, what is he going to do next? Become an MSNBC host?
