Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg talks gun control, progressive youth at DNC

Published: Aug 18, 2024 Duration: 00:08:33 Category: News & Politics

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you know the tragic reality of gun violence has already shaped this election with the attempted assassination of former president Trump just last month and we know that gun violence is a scorge across the country especially here in the windy city now Advocates even survivors at the convention are hoping to hear how vice president Harris would create life-saving change if indeed she's elected David hog who survived the Parkland shooting as a teen founded March for our lives and leaders we deserve which works to elect Young aggressives good to see you good to see you too what do you I'm just curious what do you think of Republicans who are saying woo walls and Harris are too Progressive extreme progress progressives do you agree with that no I don't think they're extreme progressives I think they represent what the vast majority of Americans want you know their backgrounds speak to that uh vice president uh Harris and Governor walls they come from you know middle class backgrounds and I think that there's something incredibly there's just something incredible about the fact that some somebody who's the daughter of immigrants from California and somebody who grew up in a town of 400 in Nebraska are now and dedicated their lives to Public Service are now running together to be you know president vice president of the United States and I think what Americans look at more than anything is how do they feel could they feel like they get a they could get a beer um and certainly I think a lot of Americans everybody knows a Tim Walls right and they feel very comfortable and excited because they didn't want a rematch of 2020 and that's why I think there's been a surge of enthusiasm you know and you know just talking about um the the the youth movement let's talk about his daughter for a moment she's put out these videos with her dad that have gone viral everybody's talking about Hope and I'm G to ask you another question about that in a minute but what's your reaction to how she's drawn in maybe the the the younger the younger voters has she and are you guys talking about her yeah I think there's a lot of young people talking about her of course she's her own first and separate from her dad but I think they make a pretty Dynamic team they do they absolutely do and for me when I you know I started going out very early and talking about Governor walls because I had seen him speak at the Nebraska state democratic convention and I thought wow this guy is just so amazing who represents you know Progressive values but comes from a rural background and he knows how to talk to everybody including people who don't agree with him having run in such a competitive district and when it comes to hope she was really the biggest endorsement to me in my eyes of why I thought that Governor Tim Walls would be such a good vice president because anybody who has a teenage daughter can tell you it's very hard for them if not impossible to fake their emotions and how they really feel about their parents oh trust me I know I'm there right now ex and um you know in those videos you can so clearly tell that hope loves her dad and to me that's the best Judgment of character right is somebody like that who's got a middle- class background and you know just has a great relationship with his kids well and she seems to have an impact on him because you know uh walls is a lifelong Hunter he's talked about that he was endorsed by the NRA in his Congressional race and then you know in during the Parkland shooting his daughter I I was reading up on this actually begged him to to to stop gun violence and he returned the NRA's money helped pass comprehensive gun control what does a story like Tim Walls and and just the influence there on behalf of his of his daughter mean for gun control Advocates like you I think it shows that he's a principled leader that you know has his beliefs But ultimately when times change when he sees the the clear side know this is not your grandfather's NRA anymore when he sees that change and there's somebody who comes to him like his daughter and says you know we need to stand up and do something about this he listens he's not driven by the political pressures he's driven by the moral ones to make sure that he's always doing the best thing in his eyes to do that's the reason why when he was a high school teacher he supported the gay stade Alliance at his high school right that's why he at a time where it wasn't you know popular or trendy right I mean it was a pivotal time exactly we know that those clubs save lives because young kids they feel so much isolation a lot of the time and we also know that he was an early supporter of gay marriage even back in 2006 in a super red district and I think what it shows is the story of America right we have guns very interconnected throughout our history and it's not to say that if you support gun control that you can't use guns I was on the shooting team when I was in college right I wanted to talk to the people who disagreed with me most because I know like uh Governor Tim Walls does that just talking past each other isn't how we're going to make progress on this issue it's talking about what we can agree on even if it's not everything and realizing that look no gun owner no um person in this country wants gun violence to continue so let's focus on what we can agree on like disarm disarming people that are a risk to themselves or others like the shooter at my high school was who repeatedly threatened to shoot at my high school right Common Sense Solutions like that that Governor Tim Wells represents and that's why I'm really excited to support him in this cycle because it shows the evolution of the democratic party you know I I forgot about your the being on the shooting team in college that about you H how did you after surviving tell tell me how how that sort of came about and how you were okay with that and your philosophy and I cuz I bet students came up to you and said yeah like they were so you know when I was there I was actually in a shooting competition um one time when I was in college um and in the middle of this competition um the the head of the team and the president of the of the Sportsman Club I was at came over to me and said what's your name and I said David and they were holding up my Wikipedia page on his phone he's like David what and I was like David hog and he said you know are you here to take my guns away are you here like are you here to protest I said like I'm here for the shooting competition but I'm also here because I know that I'm sure that there are probably some assumptions that you have about me and some that I may even have about you that are not entirely accurate and instead of us just assuming what each other think I I came here to have a conversation um and also to become a better shot because I've been shooting guns my entire life since I was in fourth grade my dad was an FBI agent right and um I said now we could either debate this and you know continue talking about the fact that you probably don't want to ban a gun like the AR15 that I do but you probably do agree that we need more mental health funding for the two-third of gun deaths that are suicides in this country he like well yes of course I said well you could either continue to try to uh we could have a debate here and go nowhere or you could help me become a better shot of course he goes over and coaches me and I've you know remained in touch with a lot of those people in the time since and it's to show that you know there is division on this issue but there's a lot of progress that can be made even in the area even if we do have broader disagreements because we all do agree on what really matters which is the fact that nobody wants gun bals to continue in this country and it's not easy obviously going out and being part of that club but I realize the job of an activist is not to be comfortable and surround myself in the liberal bubble that is Cambridge Massachusetts but to go out and talk to the people who don't agree with me and figure out how we can make progress as a country because this is so much bigger than the Democratic party or the Republican party it's about the future of our country and our children and I know everybody wants their kids to be safe and be able to have them you know in school and wants their biggest stresser to be their next math test and not whether or not they survive math class so great to see you thanks for being yeah glad you you were with us and and at the end of the week let's talk about what you thought about what everyone had to say in particular uh walls and Harris about about gun control yeah I mean let's follow up with each other they're they're doing a lot of work we've seen since the um since President Biden was elected to office we've seen a 20% reduction or a near 20% reduction in gun homicides in this country and that's nowhere near enough right but part of the challenge is we're not going to hear about the shooting that doesn't happen on the news of course but we know for example since the the passage of the red flag law in Florida um or the passage of the um the gun the First Federal gun law in 30 years that vice president Harris and President Biden took the lead on um that we've seen over 800 high-risk individuals under the age of 21 be prevented from buying guns like the AR-15 and other semi-automatic rifles because of the expanded background check process passed by that law along with the billions of dollars invested in mental health school safety and Community safety programs and the truth in the matter is part of what helped to make possible and the creation of the office of gun violence prevention was the election of Congressman Frost who was a former March for our lives organizer and now is the youngest member of Congress I actually hired him from my dorm room in college and then I was working on his campaign as a junior in college and he ended up being elected to become the first gen Z member of Congress and are't we talking to him Diana yeah we're going to be talking to him yes we are oh they're giving me a wrap wait I can keep talking to David well if you want to know more you can go to leaders weedd deserve.com done and uh when we talk with frost maybe we can bring you back and sounds good good to see you you

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