Age limits remain popular, and lawmakers have begun to wake up to the realities of gerontocracy.
"I believe everyone deserves the kind of dignity to make their own choices," said Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.
He also opposes age limits, arguing that people should be able to "choose who they want, no matter how old they are."
"Different people age differently, you know, somebody at a younger age may have more impacts due to aging than somebody at an older age.
"I don't think it's a problem to be old, I think it's a problem to have a lack of diversity."
Persons:
Mitt Romney, Sen, Lindsey Graham, Graham, Romney, Strom Thurmond, Democratic Sen, John Fetterman of, Dianne Feinstein's, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, gerontocracy, Rep, Maxwell Frost, Anna Moneymaker, Gray, Frost, hasn't, Ro Khanna, Khanna, Dianne Feinstein, Saul Loeb, Republican Sen, John Hoeven, Hoeven, Steve Cohen of Tennessee, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Gluesenkamp Perez, Feinstein, McConnell, Democratic Sens, Ben Ray Luján, JD Vance
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Service, Utah Republican, Capitol, South Carolina Republican, Democratic, Florida Democrat, Pew Research Service, California, Senate, Getty, Republican, Democratic Rep, Washington, Ohio
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Wall, Silicon, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Florida, North Dakota, New Mexico