“The guy is not a democrat with a small d,” the president told CNN’s Erin Burnett.

President Joe Biden said in an interview Wednesday he is all but certain Donald Trump, his predecessor and presumptive 2024 rival, will reject the results of the November election and called Trump “dangerous” for the nation.

“The guy is not a democrat with a small d,” Biden told CNN’s Erin Burnett during a visit to Wisconsin this week.

“How many court cases do they have, Supreme Court cases? They’ve all said this is a totally legitimate election. … He may not accept the outcome of the election? I promise you he won’t. Which is dangerous.”

The president went on to say other world leaders had expressed to him their fear of a second Trump presidency and pointed to Trump’s pledge to prosecute his political opponents if he enters the Oval Office once more.

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    7 months ago

    The reason they are so fucking old is for the exact reason you’d expect: voter participation of those 65+ is about 3x of those 18-29.

    That’s not entirely true. Committee membership and chairmanship is determined by seniority, so the longer someone stays in office the more political power they have.

    Therefore it behooves both sides to keep people in office as long as possible, even if that person has one foot in the grave.

    • enbyecho@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 months ago

      Fair point. But that doesn’t mean that even without committee membership folks like AOC don’t have an impact - they do.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        7 months ago

        Of course. I’m just pointing out that there’s reasons they keep the same people in office for a long time outside of old people voting more frequently.