David Hogg used a highlight from his educational career to get the last laugh after a year-long feud between Parkland school shooting survivor and Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
After surviving a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day 2018 that left 17 of his classmates dead, David Hogg took it upon himself to prevent such horror from ever happening again. Launched in a mission. The then 17-year-old became a founding member of Never Again MSD and began advocating for stricter gun control. Hogg also founded the March for Our Lives to advocate for stronger prevention measures for gun violence, but he struggled to earn college acceptance letters despite excellent grades and SAT scores due to his national reputation.
Conservatives have often targeted gun control activists, criticized stricter gun control measures, and defended the right to bear arms. As America continues to battle mass shootings, the topic is often one of debate between political parties, but Ingraham delivered a low blow to Hogg in 2018, after Hogg shared his frustrations about his top mocked the then 17-year-old on Twitter. College choices (UCLA, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine) rejected him in a TMZ interview. Ingraham later apologized to Hogg on Twitter.
Gun control activist David Hogg folds an American flag after joining protesters outside the US Capitol on August 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. Hogg, a Parkland school shooting survivor, graduated from Harvard University and used his success on Fox News with host Laura Ingraham.
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Five years later, Hogg graduated from the prestigious Harvard University and used his success in a tweet and video directed at Ingraham on Thursday afternoon.
Hogg tweeted, “Hey Ingraham Engle, you can send my graduation gift: Hogg tweeted along with a picture of himself holding a Harvard University diploma in cap and gown.
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Hogg followed up the tweet with a short video in which he thanked those who helped him on his journey.
“I would like to personally take a moment for the people who brought me here: Laura Ingraham, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the haters, and those who truly loved me, like my parents, my sister, and along the way All the people who came through believed in me. Even when I didn’t believe in myself,” Hogg said.
This is not Hogg’s first attack on Ingraham. After teasing her on Twitter about her college acceptance rate, Hogg shared a list of 12 companies that advertise on Ingraham’s show on Fox News. Hogg’s massive online following proved influential, and Ingraham has signed deals with Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, TripAdvisor, Expedia, Joseph A. It quickly lost high-profile advertisers such as the bank and e-commerce company Wayfair.
Ingraham issued an apology to Hogg after the companies canceled their advertising with Fox News, but Hogg did not accept it.
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