{"id":572664,"date":"2023-05-02T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gop-uses-age-as-a-weapon-against-democrats\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T23:00:00","slug":"gop-uses-age-as-a-weapon-against-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gop-uses-age-as-a-weapon-against-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"#GOP uses age as a weapon against Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/haleynikki_bidenjoe_feinsteindianne_050123gn_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Age isn\u2019t just a number in 2024 \u2014 it\u2019s also proving to be a major campaign weapon wielded by Republicans trying to recapture the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The main target is President Biden, who at 80 years old is the oldest president in history running for reelection. But he\u2019s not the only Democrat drawing attacks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), 89, has been absent due to illnesses, prompting calls by younger Democrats to step down, while giving GOP candidate Nikki Haley, 51, an opportunity to buttress her campaign call for political mental competency tests.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks illustrate how the GOP sees age as a way to defeat Biden in 2024, even as its party is led by a 76-year-old in former President Trump and an 81-year-old in Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.).<\/p>\n<p>Haley\u2019s call for mandatory mental competency tests for politicians older than 75 was seen as a clear jab at Trump and Biden. The former South Carolina governor has specifically called on politicians to take the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which is defined as \u201ca brief, 30-question test that helps health care professionals detect cognitive impairments very early on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Haley called on Feinstein to resign<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/time-competency-test-politicians-heres-why\">\u00a0in a Fox News op-ed<\/a> as her team also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1653064177328480262?s=20\">released a video<\/a> on the issue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s incredible is how the Washington establishment continues to cover for those who likely lack the mental acuity to do their job,\u201d Haley wrote in the op-ed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Haley last week said that Biden would not make it to 86 years old \u2014 his age at the end of a second full term. It\u2019s a way of telling voters that if they vote for Biden, they\u2019re really casting a vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, 58.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThis uncertainty about Biden\u2019s mental competence means Americans must consider the actual competency of the vice president,\u201d Haley wrote in the op-ed, calling Harris \u201cone of the most incompetent elected officials in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not only a line of attack from Haley.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who is expected to run for the Republican presidential nomination, said in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sFLd5MDf3uE\">an interview with Fox News<\/a>\u00a0last week that a Harris presidency would be \u201ca scary proposition.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing worse than a Joe Biden presidency is a Kamala Harris presidency,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden knows the attacks are coming and has sought to make light of them, cracking jokes at the weekend White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou call me old?\u00a0I call it being seasoned. You say I\u2019m ancient? I say I\u2019m wise. You say I\u2019m over the hill? Don Lemon would say that\u2019s a man in his prime,\u201d Biden quipped on Saturday, referring to the former CNN host who faced controversy for saying Haley wasn\u2019t in her prime.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Biden also signaled he sees a double standard in his treatment. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get that age is a completely reasonable issue. It\u2019s on everybody\u2019s mind. And everyone, by \u2018everyone\u2019 I mean the New York Times. Headline: \u201cBiden\u2019s advanced age is a big issue.\u00a0Trump\u2019s, however, is not,\u2019\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans constantly bash the president for showing his age, signaling they think it\u2019s something on the mind of voters.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>GOP strategist Doug Heye said it\u2019s not an issue that is going away, and that while Trump is only four years younger than Biden, the fact Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears older is a problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is behind Biden so there\u2019s that fact and, yes, every individual is different,\u201d he said. \u201cBut also, whatever argument people make against Trump, and I certainly make a lot of them, his lack of stamina is not one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is the GOP frontrunner, but other GOP candidates or would-be candidates are decidedly younger than Biden and Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Haley is 51, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is 44. Scott is 57, while former Vice President Mike Pence is 63. Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy is the youngest in the field at 37.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy is the first millennial Republican to run for president, something he and his campaign have highlighted since he announced his bid earlier this year. However, his campaign says Ramaswamy is not campaigning on his age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s less of a factor of age, it\u2019s more of a factor of vision and acuity, and right now, clearly Joe Biden does not have the mental capacity to be commander in chief currently or for another four years,\u201d said Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Democrats have coalesced around Biden, who does not have a formidable primary challenger. Younger Democrats who took him on in 2020 have decided against doing so in this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the age of some leaders and their perceived unwillingness to move on has been a theme in Democratic political circles in recent years \u2014 most notably in the House, where former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) last fall decided to step down from leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein is now under pressure to resign amid a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of health ailments.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell has stayed in his position as the GOP leader in the Senate, though he was recently absent after being injured in a fall.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans using age as a weapon against Democrats in 2024 could be a risky strategy, given their own octogenarian members and the possibility it could annoy some older voters.<\/p>\n<p>But one GOP strategist brushed off such concerns, saying it would come down to who voters saw as competent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m from a state that elected Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings,\u201d said Stroman, referring to the late South Carolina Republican and Democrat who were the longest-serving Senate duo in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy electing a competent person in their 90s if they\u2019re competent,\u201d Stroman continued. \u201cI don\u2019t think it is always about age, and I think that was what Nikki Haley was arguing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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