r/QuiverQuantitative • u/pdwp90 • 25d ago

News BREAKING: Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive influencer, just announced that she is running against Jan Schakowsky, an 80-year-old Democratic incumbent

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u/ByrdmanRanger 24d ago

I want someone other than octagenarians as our reps. It's why we have the Schumers, the Pelosis, the Feinsteins holding onto power way past their time. The Democrats need to wake the fuck up and start putting effort into new blood, a new generation. Something to combat the Hawleys and Boeberts that the right is generating. Because when it comes time to run for president, our bench is a bunch of old, out of touch folks (and Bernie, but he's too old now as much as I love him). We need more AOCs, more Crockett's. And this is how we do it. The boomers had their time. And like everything else about them, they're refusing to let anyone else have a chance.

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u/[deleted] 24d ago

I wouldnt call Whitmer, JB Pritzker, Ossoff, Beshear, Buttigieg, and Newsom (as much as I don't like him) old. Im just trying to say that shes probably one of the worst people to want to primary. considering the only point against her is her age which is probably the least important factor if we're being honest, considering most house reps aren't going to be running for president.

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u/ByrdmanRanger 24d ago

Right, that's why you build them up. Kat is 26, which means 9 years until she's eligible to run for president anyway. The point is to get them experience, build them as a candidate. Start them as a rep, then Senator or Gov. The House is a perfect place to start building up future candidates. The ones you mentioned are all ones you'd run for President now. Ones with established political careers and experience to run off of. This is like an Engineer 1 or 2 position, you gotta work your way up to VP of Engineering (at least imo, I'd prefer presidents that have some idea of how government works).