Posted on 12/02/2021 7:23:40 AM PST by SmokingJoe
The Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk believes that septuagenarians are too old to run for high office.
In what could be a dig at President Joe Biden or his predecessor Donald Trump, Musk said that there must come a point when a politician's time is up.
"Let's set an age limit after which you can't run for political office, perhaps a number just below 70..." said his tweet which as of Thursday morning had been liked more than 76,000 times.
Musk did not specify whether he was referring to the U.S. presidency, which has a lower age limit of 35 but no upper age limit.
However, his latest message comes amid question marks over Biden's fitness for office, which has been scrutinized by commentators and pollsters one year into his presidency.
Biden is the oldest person to ever serve as president and turned 79 on November 20.
He will be in his eighties on the campaign trail for the next presidential election in 2024. If he is re-elected and serves a full second term, Biden would leave office aged 86.
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Never trust anyone over thirty.
People who have worked in government all their lives shouldn’t be able to run for President
re: “In what could be a dig at President Joe Biden or his predecessor Donald Trump”
A newsweak wish ...
What does his Mother say?
He should amend his comment to “Democrats over 70 should not run for office.”
>>He will be in his eighties on the campaign trail for the next presidential election in 2024. If he is re-elected and serves a full second term, Biden would leave office aged 86.
No way he runs, and even if he did, no way he wins.
Judging by my parents and their friends, 75 is the age where you really have to convince me you belong in a high stress decisive decision style job.
At the end of that movie, didn’t the little kid say age 10?
DeSantis is 43.... just sayin’
I won’t vote for any candidate over 75, especially for president. Yes, that means my favorite president ever too.
His mother is 73. And she is not running for president. She is a private businesswoman.
Age discrimination. Some 80 year olds are like Biden and should not be in office. Others are experienced, wise, energetic and more than capable. Select on the person, not the age.
I never saw it, but I remember the ads for it!
Minimum age for Presidency is 35.
Are you saying we should never trust our President?
I actually favor non retroactive age limits for judges and federal office holders.
We usually don’t realize we are getting senile. We have inflated senses of our abilities. And our handlers are too dependent upon us to state the obvious.
Like a law forbidding you to run for federal office after age 70. Judges go part time if they want age seventy to eighty but then must retire. Supreme Court mandatory retirement age 75.
Especially senile retards do not belong anywhere near the Whitehouse.
Actually I agree with him.
Pretty much.
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