1. David Hogg rose to prominence during the 2018 United States gun violence protests as a student survivor of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, helping lead several high-profile protests, marches, and boycotts, including the boycott of The Ingraham Angle.
David Hogg has been a target and scapegoat of several conspiracy theories.
In 2018, David Hogg was included in the TIME 100 list of the most influential people.
David Hogg is a co-founder of Good Pillow, a pillow manufacturing company, and the founder of the Leaders We Deserve PAC.
David Hogg is the son of Kevin Hogg, a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
David Hogg's mother is Rebecca Boldrick, born in San Diego County, California and a teacher for Broward County Public Schools in Broward County, Florida.
David Hogg chose to attend Stoneman Douglas because it offered television production classes.
David Hogg was a Teenlink reporter for the Sun Sentinel.
David Hogg has dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
David Hogg was accepted to several universities but decided to take a gap year before starting college to campaign for the 2018 midterm elections.
David Hogg began studying at Harvard University in the fall of 2019 and graduated in May 2023.
On February 14,2018, David Hogg was a senior at Stoneman Douglas and on campus when a 19-year-old former student of the school entered Building 12 and started shooting with a semi-automatic rifle.
David Hogg, who was in his AP environmental science class, told the teacher that the repeated "pop" sounds the class heard sounded like gunshots.
David Hogg checked social media and discovered that the shooting was occurring at his high school.
David Hogg used his cell phone to record the scene in real time, to interview the other students hiding in the closet, and to leave a record in the event that they did not survive the shooting.
David Hogg's sister, Lauren David Hogg, who was a freshman student at the time, corresponded with her brother via text message while the shooting was taking place.
David Hogg reunited with his sister and father later that day.
David Hogg called on elected officials to pass gun control measures and has been a vocal critic of politicians who take campaign donations from the NRA, and has urged them to compromise on legislation to save lives.
David Hogg joined the social media movement and student-led gun control advocacy group Never Again MSD shortly after its formation.
David Hogg flew to Los Angeles on February 21,2018, to appear on Dr Phil, along with his sister, to discuss the shooting.
On July 20,2022, David Hogg interrupted a House Judiciary Committee hearing to mark up the 2021 Assault Weapons Ban and the Equal Access for Victims of Gun Violence Act.
On November 17,2024, David Hogg lambasted outgoing Congresswoman Mary Peltola on X, describing her as "awful on gun control" and bidding her "good riddance" following her electoral defeat.
David Hogg was featured on the cover of an April 2018 edition of Time magazine, along with fellow activists Alex Wind, Jaclyn Corin, X Gonzalez, and Cameron Kasky.
David Hogg called for students to boycott spring break in Florida and instead travel to Puerto Rico if gun control legislation was not passed by the Florida state government.
David Hogg initiated a boycott of companies who advertise during The Ingraham Angle.
David Hogg called for the boycott after television host Laura Ingraham attacked him in a tweet on March 28,2018, about his lack of college acceptances, which David Hogg characterized as cyberbullying.
David Hogg initiated another boycott at the same time against Sinclair Broadcast Group TV host Jamie Allman from station KDNL-TV in St Louis.
David Hogg announced on December 16,2024, the launch of his campaign for vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, stating that he would focus on "winning back young voters who have drifted from the Democratic Party to Republicans".
David Hogg responded that he would "fight to remain in his position," though would be willing to lose his leadership position through the process.
In February 2021, David Hogg announced that he and progressive tech entrepreneur William LeGate would start a company to compete with MyPillow, whose CEO Mike Lindell has spread unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud as a staunch supporter of former President Trump.
David Hogg announced the new venture in a series of tweets.
In early April 2021, David Hogg announced in another series of tweets that he had resigned, released all his interest in the company to LeGate, and was leaving the venture.