Rep. Omar is starting to get on my last nerve...

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66. People like Omar and AOC are our future.

Yes, Omar could learn to be more measured in her comments, but a seasoned Democrat also took the opportunity to throw flames on the fire. I’m sure it’s hard for older, traditional Democrats to see young women like Omar in Congress, but if we want the votes of young people we need to listen to them. We can’t keep saying “Someday, we will have change. Just wait your turn.” Young people today have grown up in the digital age with instantaneous responses. They are not wed to—and refuse to live with—the notion of slow, incremental change. I can appreciate their desire and willingness to push for change. For example, the Columbine High School shooting happened nearly 20 years ago, in April 1999. In the intervening years, thousands more students and adults have been shot in mass killings—20 years of mass killings with no real will to make changes. It’s even easier today to obtain guns. These younger Democrats are putting forward some good ideas that I will support.