David Hogg: Dad, Gramps Are Feds Who Did ‘Classified Stuff’ And I ‘Wanted To Follow In Their Footsteps’

David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, detailed his family’s involvement in “insane,” “classified,” and “secret” activities in a lengthy Twitter thread this week, noting that he had originally planned to “follow in their footsteps” by learning “a couple languages, computer science, international affairs and then drop off the face of the earth and go work for the state dept 😉 [sic].”

On Monday, Hogg asked his 1.1 million followers, “Has anyone else had the experience of having a parent who did a lot of classified stuff and while they can’t tell you about it- you start connecting the dots and realize if you’re even 10% right your parent did some insane stuff?”

Has anyone else had the experience of having a parent who did a lot of classified stuff and while they can’t tell you about it- you start connecting the dots and realize if you’re even 10% right your parent did some insane stuff?

— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111) April 12, 2022

“Like got a awards that don’t even say what they are for (very clearly like redacted) or literally get a reward and can’t even take it home because it’s that secret?” he added.

“I didn’t realize how like not normal this was until I was older,” Hogg noted. “And now im [sic] thinking about all the random things throughout my childhood and though I don’t know what it was exactly he was doing im like [sic]”

I didn’t realize how like not normal this was until I was older. And now im thinking about all the random things throughout my childhood and though I don’t know what it was exactly he was doing im like pic.twitter.com/wXcckKegLd

— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111) April 12, 2022

Hogg continued, “But makes sense he knows how to shoot guns, fly a plane, fly a helicopter, scuba dive and skydive and more. And both my grandpas did a lot of secret stuff too (according to family lore) some stuff so crazy I don’t believe it.” David Hogg’s father Kevin is a retired FBI agent.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting survivor stated that he originally planned to pursue the same classified government career as his family and “follow in their footsteps,” learning “a couple languages, computer science, international affairs and then drop off the face of the earth and go work for the state dept ;)”

It was the same path I wanted to go down prior to everything happening follow in their footsteps. Learn a couple languages, computer science, international affairs and then drop off the face of the earth and go work for the state dept 😉

— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111) April 12, 2022

Hogg noted that he was “obviously not doing that now” and if he did want to get classified clearance he’d have “to run, get elected and work on the intel committee or something.”

“It’s funny how many conspiracy theories there are because while it’s true my dad was a fed who did a lot of stuff a can’t talk about that’s it,” Hogg said. “We really are just kids and the fact you think we are so good we must be FBI or CIA or something is flattering, it’s false.”

It’s funny how many conspiracy theories there are because while it’s true my dad was a fed who did a lot of stuff a can’t talk about that’s it. We really are just kids and the fact you think we are so good we must be FBI or CIA or something is flattering, it’s false.

— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111) April 12, 2022

Hogg noted that his own experiences with family members who did classified government work has “made it easier to figure out which of my classmates I will probably never see or hear from again after college because they are going to work for ‘the government’ haha.”

I only talk about this at all because I literally know nothing about what he did so it doesn’t feel like a risk and he’s been retired for over 5 years

— David Hogg 🌻 (@davidhogg111) April 12, 2022

“I only talk about this at all because I literally know nothing about what he did so it doesn’t feel like a risk and he’s been retired for over 5 years,” Hogg concluded.