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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maybe we should only elect people who are under 50 from now on.

[–] Blursty@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Maybe you should live in a democracy where you'd get that choice.

[–] cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Biden has casually lied like this throughout his political career. It’s nothing new.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm reminded of Gorbachev, who became leader of the USSR in part because the last few guys were ancient and died after a couple years, people were tired of it, and he was the youngest plausible option.