2024 GOP candidates, voters raise age as a concern on campaign trail
"It's a sad state of where we're at politically in this country that a lot of people are lifelong politicians,” one voter said this week in Iowa. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's alarming health episode this week has just added to a debate over age already dominating the campaign trail. Although it's not clear why the the 81-year-old McConnell's appeared to freeze during a news conference -- it nevertheless prompted both candidates and voter s to again ask: How old is too old to serve as an elected official -- let alone to serve in the White House? MORE: McConnell medically cleared by Capitol physician after apparent freeze episode Thirty-eight-year-old Vivek Ramaswamy, the first millennial to run for the Republican nomination, said after an Iowa town hall on Thursday, "I do think that this country is badly in need of a leader who can reach the next generation with an actual affirmative vision that inspires young people." GOP candidate Ni...