As more liberals urge Sonia Sotomayor to step down this year to ensure that Biden can pick her successor, some Senate Democrats are voicing fears of a 7-2 conservative majority.
  • Transporter Room 3
    19•10 months ago

    … Think about your first sentence for a second.

    I understand the point of it is to demonstrate how likely it is for her to continue living another 5-10 years, but stop for a second and consider…

    She’s ONLY 69 years old.

    Nearly 7 decades.

    And the median American is currently just under 39 years old according to my 20 second googling.

    Thats fucking insane to me.

    And she’s not even the oldest, nowhere near the oldest in government. The median age of senators is apparently around 65.

    I already don’t understand kids these days half the time, there’s exactly 0 chance of these people understanding me…