"Waters replied, I usually don't do press conferences while I'm walking, but let me just say that the way people should think about elected officials is, What do they do? What can you document? What can you give them credit for? What can you criticize them for?' If you do what it takes to evaluate, then you can decide."
"Understood, so we shouldn't judge people based on their age, but rather on what they do for the people, Wasserman pressed. Waters added, Performance and effectiveness. Got it. So someone like President Trump, who's about to turn 80 years oldI mean, that's the president, kind of different than maybe someone serving in Congress."
"I mean, a lot of people had issues with Biden's age. What do you think? Wasserman pressed. The President of the United States is destroying our democracy. He's made unkept promises. He is enriching himself and his family with cryptocurrency, Waters replied, adding: He has lied to us, and even now, when he was talking about Iran, he said he didn't have time to think about what is going on with f"
A producer asked Rep. Maxine Waters whether Congress needs age limits, citing concerns from younger people who view some leaders as too old. Waters said people should judge elected officials by what they do, what can be documented, what they deserve credit for, and what can be criticized. She emphasized performance and effectiveness as the basis for evaluation. When asked about an 80-year-old president and comparisons to age concerns about Biden, Waters responded that the President of the United States is destroying democracy, making unkept promises, enriching himself and his family through cryptocurrency, and lying, including statements about Iran.
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