Washington is run by very old people - CNNPolitics

Looking forward to being in office at 95.

Sen. Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican, [is] 88. He jogs in a new video announcing he'll run for an eighth 6-year Senate term and posted to his Twitter feed. [...] He was elected to his second Senate term in 1986, the year before the youngest current senator, Democrat Jon Ossoff of Georgia, was born. [...] Grassley would be 95 in 2029 when the term ends.

r/politics thread

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
      ·
      3 years ago

      The very worst pieces of shit wake up every single morning wanting to fuck over as many people as they can. Why would they retire and stop having fun?

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      You know how opinionated certain older people can be. This is just the same thing, but on steroids.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      If it makes you feel any better, I think a lot of it with folks like Grassley, Feinstein, RBG et al... is they as scared shitless of admitting they are old and will die soon. Stepping down is an admission that the end is coming soon. Admitting that would lead them to massively shitting their pants in fear, which at this point would probably be enough to kill them anyway.