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Joe Biden is 80 Years Old. Also, the Sky is Blue.
The 2024 election is just over a year out. The likely Republican nominee for president is facing multiple criminal charges — stemming from the last time he held the job. The more crimes Trump is accused of, the more the GOP base rallies around him. Because today’s Republican party wants authoritarianism, they wanted Trump’s coup attempt to succeed. They don’t want elections or the will of voters to get in the way of their agenda. They want to seize power. Donald Trump was the guy willing to do it for them, and they’re happy to back him for the job again.
Democracy is still on the chopping block. So, of course, we’re all fixating on *checks notes* Joe Biden’s age.
This week, the conversation around Biden’s age reached a fever pitch when Washington Post columnist David Ignatius penned a column urging Biden not to run for reelection. The reason? Joe Biden is 80 years old. Is 80 too old to run for president? It’s a fair question until you remember that Donald Trump is 77.
Any conversation about Joe Biden’s age should actually be about the fact that both of the likely nominees are over 75 years old, but that’s not what’s happening. Joe Biden is too old to run for president, but Donald Trump will live forever, I guess? Some Trump’s supporters certainly believe he’s their God Emperor. Perhaps the political press now…
