number of Republican figures, including Donald Trump MAGA loyalists, have called on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to resign amid concerns about his health.

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    1 year ago

    I would agree with you if it wasn’t for the fact that there is also a minimum age for office. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If a grown adult is considered too young to serve then these geriatric ghouls are too old in my opinion.

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      Minimum for president is 35, senate is 30, house is 25. For one, I think those ages are “sufficiently youthful” to be generally representative of current modern concerns, all other things aside. They could easily be some years younger, possibly eliminated entirely, on the same basis as there is not a current upper age limit: let people be elected on their individual merits, and not exclude people on the basis of age.

      I agree that there being a minimum age limit without an upper limit is contradictory, but a better solution would be to lower or eliminate the minimum.