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cadoman

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11. I can get behind either of them, experience and age is not a bad thing

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 10:52 PM

Dec 2024

Connolly is a longtime known quantity. If we elect nothing but thirty-somethings we'll miss out on benefits of age diversity.

I'm confident the party will find a similarly influential role for AOC.

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