A top Democratic National Committee official has claimed the party spent $2 billion trying to trick Americans into 'not believing their eyes' amid Joe Biden's bid to win a second term as president.
David Hogg, the 25-year-old vice chair, argued on Friday that the Democratic Party lost the presidential election in 2024 because they spent a fortune trying to get voters to believe that former President Joe Biden was fine and the economy was performing well.
'People said to us that "Joe Biden is too old," and they said that "prices are too high,"' Hogg recounted on Real Time with Bill Maher.
'And we said, with the power of $2 billion behind us, "No he's not," then "Yes he is" and then "No they're not, look at this graph of the stock market,"' he claimed.
Host Bill Maher had earlier argued in the segment that woke ideology was what turned voters away from the Democrats at the polls.
But while Hogg conceded the point, he claimed the stunning defeat had more to do with voters thinking Trump heard their concerns - while Democrats were pushing back on what they were feeling.