I am appalled at the ageist comments I am reading.

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192. A few things

1. That doesn't answer the question
2. Biden was pressured to step down because of his categorically disastrous debate performance against the weakest debater in the history of the republic. If his aides hadn't forced him to participate while ill, he would probably have stayed on the ballot. If anyone "kicked him to the curb," it was his aides who urged him to go on air regardless.
3. If AOC had won the position, it wouldn't mean kicking anyone to the curb, and identifying it as such is simply an appeal to emotionalism akin to a studio claiming that a demonstrably terrible film failed at the box office because it was too woke.

Also, no one except politics junkies and DUers remember Steny Hoyer or Jim Clyburn, so those aren't great examples. Ask 100 random people on the street to describe the careers of those storied legislators, and you'll see how much they inspired people.