"Because at the end of the day, what people want they want fighters. The divide right now in our party is not ideological, nor is it age. The divide, right now, is between those who are fighting, and those who're sitting on the sidelines. I reject this idea there's plenty of older elected officials and older candidates, frankly, who are fighting."
"I can't help but notice that [New Jersey] Governor-elect [Mikie] Sherrill is 53 and [Virginia] Governor-Elect [Abigail] Spanberger is 46 and [New York City] Mayor-elect [Zohran] Mamdani is 34, Tapper said. Your party, though, has a lot of people in it who just will not retire. They're in their 70s, they're in their 80s, there's a New York magazine story about it right now,"
Jake Tapper confronted DNC chair Ken Martin about the age contrast between younger recent Democratic winners and many long-serving party members. Tapper cited specific winners — Mikie Sherrill (53), Abigail Spanberger (46) and Zohran Mamdani (34) — and noted reporting about numerous Democrats in their 70s and 80s who have not retired. The median age of Democratic senators is 66, with ten senators 75 or older. Martin called criticism ageism and said the real divide is between those who fight and those who sit on the sidelines, asserting many older officials continue to fight for their communities.
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