Dems promoting AOC, Sanders falls flat with young voters as Gen Z sees through false promises: RNC youth chair

The Democratic Party volition beryllium the "Titanic astatine the bottommost of the ocean" travel 2028, according to Gen Z governmental commentator Brilyn Hollyhand, who is connected a ngo to proceed gathering blimpish enactment among the younker ballot pursuing President Donald Trump's strides with the demographic successful 2024. 

"They've really enactment up figures similar Jasmine Crockett and AOC and Bernie Sanders arsenic their leaders. None of those radical are inspiring Gen Z. None of those radical are bringing much voters into the party. It's conscionable making this weird, extremist helping of the enactment beryllium the vocal voices. So, by each means, fto Jasmine Crockett, AOC and Bernie Sanders beryllium the voice, the aboriginal of the DNC. It'll marque our occupation easier travel the midterms and travel 2028," Hollyhand told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive Zoom interrogation this week. 

"It's a truly weird presumption that they've taken to spell much extremist than Kamala Harris. And that's wherefore Kamala lost, due to the fact that she was excessively radical," helium said.  

Hollyhand, 18, is simply a governmental commentator and seat of the RNC's Youth Advisory Council who was invited to conscionable one-on-one with Trump successful Alabama connected Thursday, erstwhile the president delivered the University of Alabama's commencement speech. Hollyhand said that helium and Trump discussed however to support momentum among young voters pursuing the 2024 election, erstwhile Gen Z voters swung to the close arsenic Trump courted young radical connected TikTok and successful podcasts. The younker vote, helium explained, had agelong been successful the Democrat Party's tribunal earlier Trump upped the ante connected younker outreach during last year's predetermination cycle. 

The 18-year-old activistic does not postgraduate precocious schoolhouse until aboriginal this month, but helium has met Trump 5 times arsenic of Thursday. The brace discussed however the Trump White House tin proceed expanding connected the strides the Trump run made with young people, including Hollyhand suggesting Trump tweak erstwhile President Ronald Reagan's famed 1980 run question: "Are you amended disconnected than you were 4 years ago?"

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Brilyn Hollyhand, left, meets with President Donald Trump successful Alabama. (White House )

"A remark I made to him was, 'Mr. President, I'm a immense past nerd. And truthful I loved erstwhile you talked astir that celebrated Reagan punctuation of, 'Are you amended disconnected than you were 4 years ago?' And that's thing helium echoed connected the run way a clump himself. But thing I specifically pointed retired to the president is, ‘We tin tweak that a small bit.’ And helium said, ‘What bash you mean? What tin we do?’ I said, ‘Well, present each you person to bash is locomotion retired connected that signifier and inquire Gen Z, ’Are you're amended disconnected past you were 100 days ago?'" Hollyhand recounted. 

"The resounding reply each azygous clip is going to be, ‘Yes.’ I mean, state is cheaper, the border's secure, and the president performed CPR connected the American dream. So, I deliberation everybody successful my procreation tin agree, whether you emotion Trump oregon hatred Trump, helium is improving the federation and making beingness amended for us," helium added. 

The governmental activistic said that helium floated to Trump that helium could clasp a 2025 mentation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fireside chats to speech straight to voters successful a virtual setting, and helium besides told Trump that helium has a "secret weapon" going into the 2026 midterms. 

Then-President-elect Donald Trump speaks astatine AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024 successful Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

"I said, 'Mr. President, you're doing this brainsick caller conception successful authorities called really doing what the radical elected you to bash successful bureau and really keeping your promises. I cognize we ne'er spot politicians doing that, but you're doing that and Gen Z loves it,'" Hollyhand said. 

On the flip side, Democrats person dangled promises of escaped assemblage and cheaper costs of surviving to young people, portion comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler and Elon Musk to a king, helium argued. Hollyhand said specified messaging has swayed immoderate youths to rally astir left-wing Democrats, specified arsenic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, but that galore Gen Zers are capable to spot done the "false measure of goods from the Democrats." 

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The Democrat Party is successful the midst of uncovering its footing and level connected a swath of issues ranging from transgender ideology to migration and the system aft voters poured retired successful enactment of Trump and his policies successful 2024 successful an predetermination that was viewed arsenic a rebuke of left-wing policies. High-profile Democrats specified arsenic Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders person amplified their positions wrong the enactment successful caller months, including hosting anti-Trump rallies and speculation mounting that Ocasio-Cortez could marque a Senate oregon statesmanlike run. 

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., admit the cheering assemblage during a "Fighting Oligarchy" lawsuit successful Los Angeles connected Saturday, April 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hollyhand said that Trump could usage his "secret weapon" up of the midterms and people bullet-point lists of his accomplishments, which helium argued Democrats volition conflict to run against. 

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"I deliberation that's going to beryllium a truly hard happening to run against travel the midterms. I deliberation it's going to beryllium ace hard to run against this database of accomplishments travel 2028. Where the Democrats are trying to … scare Gen Z with these emotions and dangle escaped things successful beforehand of them and say, 'oh, well, they're Nazis and they're Hitler and Elon Musk is trying to beryllium a king.' And past we travel retired and conscionable say, 'Hey, here's a slug constituent database of the things we've accomplished successful the archetypal 100 days.' That's a truly hard happening to run against," helium said.

Hollyhand underscored that his gathering with Trump backstage astatine the commencement speech was relaxed and stood successful stark opposition with however the media portrays the president. 

Brilyn Hollyhand met with President Donald Trump, left, successful Alabama connected Thursday for Trump's commencement code to the University of Alabama. (White House )

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"This feline is genuine. Like the archetypal happening helium said was, 'You've been sidesplitting it.' He took the clip to say, ‘Hey, I really watched your deed connected Fox News this morning.’ He could person been saying, ‘Hey, Brilyn, get these younker numbers up, amended our numbers successful this assemblage campus, get much students retired determination successful that arena.’ He instantly turned it to, 'Hey man, you've been killin' it. …. That shows conscionable the testament of who the feline is. And it wasn't similar a superior backmost and forth. We were laughing, we're cutting it up," Hollyhand said.