The Daily Populous Friday May 23rd, 2025 night edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by OkayButFoRealz

Had any of these three Democrats, who all are from safe Democratic districts, taken their health into consideration and decided not to run in 2024, such an egregious bill would have failed to pass. Do Democrats have an age problem? The party has been reluctant to give younger rising stars more prominent leadership positions, mostly notably when Connolly, whose condition was publicly known, was chosen to be the leading Democrat on the House Oversight Committee over the much younger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

In 2024, Democrats failed to connect with younger people and lost many of their votes, and this year, Americans of all ages have been urging the party to put up a vigorous fight against the Trump administration’s attacks on the country’s institutions. Are older politicians in their seventies and eighties up for that battle?

The last eight members of Congress to have died in office were Democrats, with seven of them being over the age of 70 with significant health concerns. Six Democrats died in the last year alone. Democrats in Congress should decide whether they are physically and mentally up to the task of stopping the Republican effort to tear down America’s institutions—or make way for those who are.

Maleficent_Sense_948 on May 22nd, 2025 at 16:07 UTC »

Here we are again, not blaming Conservative shit on conservatives.

StormOk7544 on May 22nd, 2025 at 15:57 UTC »

Johnson had a handful more votes he could have scrounged up if needed. Dems’ empty seats didn’t affect this bill.

BTRCguy on May 22nd, 2025 at 15:50 UTC »

Republicans Pass Horrid Tax Bill Thanks to Democrats Dying in Office Because They Are Sociopathic Shits

FTFY

Seriously, Republicans had a majority anyway. All that would have changed was the back room dealmaking to get the last couple of votes. If there was any serious opposition to the bill the vote would not have even been close, as ten solid R defections would have made it permanently DOA.