Given the Amateur Hours We've Been Seeing With the Freshman and Sophmore Class Members of Congress, Is it Time to Raise the Age Qualifications?

The Constitution sets the age qualifications so an amendment would be necessary.

Currently, the minimum age qualifications are:
25 House
30 Senate
35 President

Maybe we should bump them all up five years to:
30 House
35 Senate
40 President

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MistyCee

Um, I'm not sure that's the problem. The 7X year old amateur in the White House isn't doing all that well either.

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@MistyCee [quote]The 7X year old amateur in the White House...[/quote]

But he's an amateur with [b]no prior elective office experience[/b].

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@MistyCee And yet he has the demoncraps in full retreat. I wonder what the DOJ has been hiding for the last few years....

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Let’s say 65 is the max age to run. At the worst out at 73. Works for me. @MistyCee

MistyCee

@hippyjoe1955 I'd say the latest was more like settling in for a siege as opposed to a full retreat, but as for the last part let's see if Mueller follows the investigation to Hillary, Uranium One and Seth Rich. My guess is no.

MistyCee

@jackjjackson Nah, I'm not good with a Max age given modern medicine, but I get your point.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

I agree re the NO @MistyCee

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

How about making it 65 now and raise it two years every ten years. @MistyCee

MistyCee

@jackjjackson If this applies to 2020, we can talk, but I'm not falling for some trick to except the incumbent

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Well if my rule was In effect, he couldn’t have run nor could have Clinton, Warren, Sanders, Biden and who knows who else in 2016. Practically speaking it needs to be effective for the 2024 election @MistyCee

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson [quote]Well if my rule was In effect...[/quote]

...We very possibly would have ended up with...

And we'd therefore be [b]MUCH BETTER OFF[/b] right now.

MistyCee

@jackjjackson yeah, you can't get my vote if Biden and Sanders can't run but somehow Trump can in 2020. Sorry. I

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Hold on there Ms Romero. I came up eith the age 65 max and as you said there is no going back. Besides who would want that? Mrs Clinton heaven forbid would be in the WH instead of at “the farm”. @beckyromero

beckyromero · 36-40, F

@jackjjackson [quote]you said there is no going back. [/quote]

Huh?

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

Effective 2024. @MistyCee