The president of the pro-choice advocacy group NARAL, Ilyse
Hogue, hinted at a potential bid to head the Democratic Party in an email to
Democratic National Committee members Monday.
“I believe the DNC has a critical role to play in regrouping
after 2016, one that fully embraces the [Paul] Wellstone triad approach to
change: public policy that reflects peoples’ needs, grassroots organizing that
honors peoples’ lived experience, and an electoral strategy that brings both to
bear to ensure victory,” Hogue said in an email, according to Politico.
Hogue continued, “The DNC can be not just a force every two
years at election time, but also a daily presence in peoples’ lives, relevant
in policy discussions and responsive to ideas and concerns of people where they
live.”
Should Hogue officially decide to throw her hat in the ring
for the position, she would already have solidified her opposition to
Republican President-elect Donald Trump. She said Monday that “fighting Trump’s
agenda” would be a “top priority” for the DNC.
In her email, she wrote:
Democrats won the
popular vote by a wider margin than any campaign in history whose candidate did
not become president. Furthermore, Hillary Clinton received more votes for
president than anyone who has ever run for the office, other than Barack Obama,
and statistically speaking, Donald Trump is the biggest loser ever to walk into
the White House.
We have no time to
waste. Through their appointments, statements, and associations, the Trump
Administration has already proven our worst fears about their racist, corrupt,
chaotic, and damaging agenda to be true, even before they arrive at the White
House. They will seek to divide people against each other attacking our sisters
and brothers across America.
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