Free Beacon

Liam Kerr, the cofounder of a PAC backing centrist Democrats, called the new vice chair a "symptom" of the party's problems, saying Hogg not only "panders" but also "shits on moderates who won."

Politico

Others like Lauren Harper Pope, co-founder of WelcomePAC, which supports center-left candidates, agrees with Bera and the nine others who voted to censure. She added that if Democrats hope to win back the House in 2026, they should listen to “winners” of competitive districts, not those in deep-blue ones like the one Green represents in Houston.

Wall Street Journal

Lauren Harper Pope of the Welcome PAC, which supports centrist Democrats, said those who censured Green know what it takes to win over voters in competitive districts

Daily Yonder

Adam Frisch, “One of the things I’ve learned is that 80% of us in the country believe about 80% of the same values and issues. People want stable economic opportunities for themselves and their children. They want good, safe neighborhoods and good, safe schools. After that, everything is minor.”

The Atlantic

Adam Frisch (…) wrote about his own experience in the DNC campaign. He noted how just about the only people he’d encountered in his DNC politicking who hadn’t gone to college were “the impressive delegates from the High School Democrats of America.”

Politico

“But Hogg’s elevation was a reminder of how tense some of those intraparty rifts remain. Following the election, Liam Kerr, co-founder of a PAC supporting centrist Democrats, wrote on X that Hogg was a “symptom” of many Democratic problems, including being a “white guy who panders” and a Democrat who “shits on moderates who won.”

Daily Mail

“Twenty big cities, Aspen and Martha's Vineyard - that's what's left of the Democratic Party,' Adam Frisch told The Wall Street Journal over the weekend.”

The Wall Street Journal

“If you don’t think Trump is funny and perceived as funny, it’s going to be hard to crack the puzzle” of how Democrats can better respond to him, said Liam Kerr, co-founder of WelcomePAC, which supports centrist Democrats.”

Politico

Lauren Harper Pope, co-founder of WelcomePAC, which supports center-left candidates, told the Recast: "This election was not...about racism and mysogyny. It was about Harris not being a reliable and authentic centrist for voters to trust her over Trump." But Harper Pope hopes the next two years will give Dems plenty of time to “recenter and recalibrate” the party’s future.

The Badger Report

WelcomePAC noted as top donor for Cooke’s campaign

The Down Ballot

"A Democratic group called Welcome PAC had deployed $260,000 for Fox. The largest House organizations, though, have yet to get involved directly"

PennLive

“WelcomePAC has been at work since last fall through its support of “Republicans Against Perry,

The Down Ballot

“WelcomePAC, which says it supports "moderate Democrats in conservative-leaning congressional districts," has spent about $300,000 on behalf of Democrat Whitney Fox.”

Harvard Political Review

“Welcome PAC, a center-left organization that identifies and supports challengers to vulnerable Republican candidates, has supported Stelson as well. Perhaps most importantly, Janelle Stelson doubled Congressman Perry’s fundraising haul in the second quarter of 2024.”

The Seattle Times

“Much of Nierenberg’s money has gone to a political committee called Welcome PAC. It seeks to help nontraditional Democrats “win the middle” in overlooked, red-leaning districts that have extremist GOP candidates.”

RAW Story

“Not only is Whitney a candidate committed to bridging divides and welcoming conservatives into her coalition," said the PAC's co-founder Lauren Harper Pope, "but she’s running against an extremist who’s been stumping for an increasingly unpopular J.D. Vance."

NBC News

“He’s not only over-performed in a red congressional district, he’s been able to hold it for several cycles, which is truly a feat,” said Lauren Harper Pope, the co-founder of Welcome PAC, which works to recruit moderate Democrats in conservative-leaning areas. “We should be learning from him, not the other way around.”

New York Times

"Chris Dempsey, a Democratic operative, started a group called Delegates Are Democracy to educate delegates about the various nomination processes, including for a hypothetical open convention if Mr. Biden were to step aside. He said his team had spoken to scores of delegates, and many believed they were being taken for granted. “Almost without exception, the delegates that we talk to feel that they do not have adequate information about what’s happening,” he said. “They want to be a part of something that is seen as legitimate, orderly, fair, transparent, and they don’t feel that way right now.”