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2020 US elections: voter turnout or Pelosi turnoff?
Why the Democratic leadership must go.

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Uwe Bott
July 21, 2019 10:59AM (UTC)
This piece originally appeared on The Globalist.
TheGlobalist

Let’s be honest. The Democratic leadership is too old. Yes, accuse me of ageism, but the fact is that the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is 79. The House Democratic Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, is 80 and the Democratic Majority Whip, Jim Clyburn, will be 79 in a couple of days.

All are older than the average life expectancy in the United States, which stood at 78.7 years in 2018.

With age comes wisdom and experience. No doubt. But with age also comes a greater commitment to the status quo, because the older we get, the more we have to lose from change.

Take climate c