c/politics · by return2ozma@lemmy.world · 145d

Rep. Jim Clyburn, 85, is running for an 18th term in Congress

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-jim-clyburn-85-running-18th-term-congress-rcna263151

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33 Comments

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 145d (2 replies)

Clyburn, 85, has said in the past that he wants to help Democrats take back control of the House in November and elect the nation’s first Black speaker, one of his protégés, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.

Neoliberals won't leave office, then vote them out in the primaries.

But right now no one is running against this dinosaur

EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 145d (1 reply)

Even if he had a primary challenger Democrats would elect him over a new face, even if they were more progressive, like they did with Cuellar in Texas

waddle_dee@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 145d

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ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml · 51 pts · 145d

He needs to fuck off and retire

fedupwithbureaucracy@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 145d

Reminder that he is pro-sexual predator via his endorsement of Andrew Cuomo!

Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 145d

Fucking disgusting, Fuck off and retire, why we should suffer so this demented fuck can hold power. He will literally die office how Fucking stupid.

ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 145d (2 replies)

I don’t understand why anyone eligible for a lifetime pension and benefits would keep working

fierysparrow89@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 145d

What makes you think they do? If need be there is staff for that.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 145d

i hear that congress has good milk

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 145d

Retire you old fool.
Jesus christ progressives, primary his wrinkly power hungry, over blown ego ass.

return2ozma@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 145d (8 replies)

floofloof@lemmy.ca · 32 pts · 145d (6 replies)

While I disapprove of 85-year-olds running for government, I'm a few decades younger and have been losing my glasses on my face for decades.

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 20 pts · 145d (4 replies)

Also looking for my phone with my phone in my hand. Just ADHD things.

loie@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 145d (3 replies)

Set phone down on dresser

Enter closet

Exit closet

Phone has vanished, never to be seen again

meco03211@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 145d (2 replies)

Text your SO asking if they've seen your phone.

P1nkman@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 145d (1 reply)

I did something similar when I was 19 and shitfaced. I called my mom, telling her to contact my bank to block my card. And to contact my phone provider, because I'd lost my phone. I called her from my phone...

TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 145d

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GreenBeard@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 145d

Hell, I used to lose my glasses on my face when I was 20.

BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 145d

I'm 30, I recently said out loud, "oh damn, I forgot my phone", while I was texting someone and did the pant pocket slap check only to find my phone wasn't in pockry.

I was staring at it as I said it.

Him being 85 is the concern, not a common lapse of item awareness.

BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 145d (1 reply)

Jim is aiming for one last goal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(2000%E2%80%93present)

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 9 pts · 145d

He could just die now and save himself a lot of trouble

Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 145d (4 replies)

There should be a new law requiring not just the party of a candidate in a ballot box but also their age.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 145d (3 replies)

i disagree. if you can't be bothered to do your research, you deserve the consequences of your vote.

dickalan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 145d

I disagree the consequences of your vote should be readily apparent at the ballot box most easily indicated by the person's age