An executive committee of Democratic bigwigs voted to nullify the election of Parkland shooting activist David Hogg as the party’s vice chair, bringing to an end the tumultuous intraparty feud that defined his brief tenure. The Democratic National Committee’s credentials panel voted to oust Hogg, 25, from the powerful perch following his promise to provide […]| Trending Politics Conservative News and Commentary
Twitter is a popular social medium for members of U.S. Congress, and the platform has become focal for framing policy discussions for constituents and the media. The current study examines the corpus of N = 5,768 Congressional tweets sent on the day of and week following the 2018 Parkland shooting, over 25 percent of which (n = 1,615) were related to the shooting. Democrats were far more likely to engage Parkland as a prominent topic in their Twitter feeds. Democrats framed Parkland discussio...| Journal of Mass Violence Research