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Eh, frankly, I’m not a big fan of age limits or term limits, I think they’re fundamentally undemocratic. If people in a state keep electing someone then it is their right to do so.
Banning people over a certain age or who have served a certain amount of terms doesn’t solve the core issue in such circumstances, that being gerrymandering, voter suppression, and wide spread misinformation and disinformation spread by bad actors. There are plenty of old representatives and senators who I have endless respect and trust for, and it would really be a shame if they were forced to leave office just because they hit some arbitrary number of years or terms.
Please, what old senators do you have respect and trust for?
Bernie Sanders
Yes, of course literally the one and only. I trust him too. He is the only one. Literally the only senator that I would actually trust to do the right thing, in both the Senate and the House.
1 person against 99 can't do almost anything though. OP said plural senators
And just look at all the young, horrible GOP house reps. Or the young neo-lib reps. They're certainly no better than the old ones.
An age limit would just result in the same exact situation as now, but with everyone younger.
The house and senate are old and terrible, but they're not terrible because they're old. The system just happens to promote both things.