"Taking Congress next year will make it worse for Democrats because it will put Jeffries in charge of the House—a child who cannot take a meme of him in a sombrero. My point is simple. The gerontocracy is a problem for Democrats. An infantocracy is an existential threat."
"New York magazine decided that maybe the problem Democrats have is their congressmen and senators are too darned old. The party needs a new wave of young people who will save the United States from being great again.
"The trouble with going younger is the infantilism of the replacements. Say what you may about Nancy Pelosi, she plays hardball. Hakeem Jeffries cannot play T-ball because the sombrero keeps getting in the way. It’s so unfair.
Last year’s election debacle, rooted in the rapid decline of the then-81-year-old Joe Biden, took a heavy toll on New Hampshire congresswoman Annie Kuster. “It was the most painful thing I’ve been through since my own parents aging,” she said of her up-close experiences with the former president. “Nobody wants to face incapacity.” It forced Kuster to look hard at her party. Months before the fateful presidential debate that exposed Biden’s frailty, Kuster, at a mere 68 years old, announced her retirement, having served in Congress for 12 years after turning a red seat reliably blue. Though fit and healthy, she was feeling her age on some issues. “We were dealing with AI, cryptocurrency,” she said of her work on the Energy and Commerce Committee. “I am not the person best situated to be dealing with these issues. I did my best to learn, but it’s just time for us to move over.”
"You might say this term is Kuster’s last stand.
"She told Traister, “People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democrat Party? What’s the right message?’ They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, it’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that we are too freaking old.”
"Democrats did not complain about a gerontocracy when Biden was president. Now, well, they are trying to go young. That makes sense, except look at who they are bringing up—overeducated people with no visible means of support." . . .
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