Ex-president launched new shoe brand after he was ordered to pay $450m in two legal cases

Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg has bought a website address referencing former president Donald Trump’s new sneaker brand and turned it into an anti-gun violence website with the ability to call lawmakers to advocate for legislation.

Mr Hogg, who is now the president of Leaders We Deserve, an organisation dedicated to electing young candidates to Congress, made the announcement on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday.

“I just bought shoptrumpsneakers.com” the activist wrote. “I have redirected you to a page to call your member of Congress. The twist is the person who makes the call is a victim of gun violence whose voice has been re-created with AI to call for gun safety.”

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    David Hogg is amazing. He took a horrific tragedy that he experienced and turned that around and became a force for good.

    And just mentioning his name pisses off Republicans.