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Ron DeSantis‘ 2024 presidential campaign hasn’t exactly set the world on fire with voters lining up in support. However, he’s tackling a new campaign tactic to bolster his struggling run for the White House that might resonate with a few people. He seems to think Donald Trump, 77, and Joe Biden, 80, are too old to be running for president.
The 45-year-old Florida governor made his point on Tuesday’s CBS Evening News program, noting that the two elder politicians’ ages are “absolutely [a] legitimate concern.” He added, “The presidency’s not a job for someone that’s 80 years old! You’re talking about a job where you need to give it 100 percent. We need an energetic president. And I think that if the founders could kind of look at this again, I do think they probably would have put an age limit on some of these offices.”
His comments come on the heels of Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney revealing that he will be retiring at the end of his term on Jan. 3, 2025. “I have spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. At the end of another term, I’d be in my mid-eighties,” Romney, 76, said in a press release. “Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders. They’re the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in.”
DeSantis is likely going to find bipartisan support for his beliefs on Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s advanced age. While many don’t necessarily agree with the Florida governor’s controversial policies, there is a growing movement on both sides of the aisle to see Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X run for higher office. Right now, the presidential election looks like it will be a fight between the two elder politicians, but it’s still over a year until voters hit the ballot box — and there are many cries for change from both Democrats and Republicans.
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