The Democratic Party is Literally Dying

By Robin Itzler 

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Age is a number, and everyone knows mentally and physically active people in their 80s and older. Still both the Republican and Democrat parties have way too many oldsters who would confuse Pepsico with Pepto Bismol. 

However bad it is in the Republican party; it is much worse across the aisle with Democrats. Top Democrats in 10 different committees are 70 or older. One is the ever- annoying California Representative Maxine Waters on the House Financial Services Committee. Waters is 86 years old and most sane people would rather listen to nails on a chalkboard than her.

From political analyst Lakshya Jain:

Three of the 215 House Democrats have died this year, all from states that Trump won (TX/AZ) or have a Republican Governor (TX/VA). Six House Democrats have died since April 2024. The last eight House members to die in office have been Democrats, going back to 2022. I think the question here is whether we realize that this is simply not a coincidence—it’s the result of decisions made regarding seniority and running for re-election.

One last point: 11 of the 14 House members over 80 are Democrats.

Consider the “big, beautiful House bill” that just passed in the House 215:214. Let’s say the two Republicans who missed voting (!) for the bill got into the chamber on time. Then the vote would have then been 217:214.

THREE Democrat representatives have died since the start of the year. Let’s say those three Democrats didn’t die. Then the vote would have been 217:217.

If there is a tie in the House, the vote is lost. There is no tie breaker like in the Senate where the vice president is the tie breaker.

Communist Democrat David Hogg keeps yakking about wanting to replace old Democrats with younger ones such as communist Representative Alexandria Cortez and racist Jasmine Crockett. (Crockett hates white people.) 

Don’t laugh! Ignorant young people who have been “educated” in our pro-communist public schools support AOC and Crockett.   What could possibly go wrong?