The Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha said an apparent effort to oust Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg is straight out of the “Soviet playbook,” for attempting to take down a prominent face within its own party.

A release from the Florida Democratic Party announced that eight delegates to the DNC representing Florida, including FDP Chair Nikki Fried, intend to vote against resolutions removing both Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta of Pennsylvania, who both won Vice Chair posts in February.