91-year-old is now third in line to presidency

[DigitalDrifter]

Age limits, term limits, we need both.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, 91, was sworn in as Senate president pro tempore on Friday, making him third in line to the presidency. The position goes to the longest-serving senator of the majority party. The Iowa Republican previously served as president pro tempore from 2019 to 2021, before Democrats took control of the Senate. Even after months of concerns about the age and mental fitness of President Joe Biden, neither the presidency nor Congress is getting any younger. Donald Trump will be the oldest president ever to take office at 78, and this Congress is the third oldest since its creation, according to NBC News. The average age in the Senate is 63.8 years, while the House’s average age is 57.7 years. Twenty members of Congress are 80 years or older. Though Chuck Grassley is currently the oldest sitting senator, he isn’t the oldest senator or president pro tempore ever. That was the South Carolina Republican Strom Thurmond, who served as president pro tempore at the age of 98 in 2001.

MSN

 

[struth]

Age limits, term limits, we need both.

MSN

Well, thankfully Vice President Vance and Speaker Johnson are both young and in good health.

 

[toobfreak]

Age limits, term limits, we need both.

Well: A). It is only a temporary appointment, and B). Back in 2001, Strom Thurmond served as president pro tempore at the age of 98.

 

[toobfreak]

Well, thankfully Vice President Vance and Speaker Johnson are both young and in good health.

People age at different rates. Trump is sharper now than Joe Biden was back when he was just VP.

 

[Polishprince]

President Biya is 91 and serving as president of the Tremendous nation of Cameroon.

I don't think age is a problem.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

I don't have an issue with age as long as they seem to be cognizant. Term limits should be a Constitutional Amendment. We have politicians who haven't had a real job their entire adult life. Decades of parasitic living at the expense of the tax payer and the majority become millionaires doing it.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Here's fossil Nancy back in Congress since her hip replacement.

 

[1srelluc]

President Biya is 91 and serving as president of the Tremendous nation of Cameroon.

I don't think age is a problem.

He had a cameo in Trading Places.

 

[Auld Phart]

People age at different rates. Trump is sharper now than Joe Biden was back when he was just VP.

thats not saying much

 

[Silent Warrior]

I may be wrong, but doesn't the speaker of the house come ahead of the senate president in the order of succession?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Age limits, term limits, we need both.

MSN

Why do we need age limits if his melon is still hitting on all cylinders, unlike Biden who was down to one cylinder at a much younger age?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I may be wrong, but doesn't the speaker of the house come ahead of the senate president in the order of succession?

No. Close, however. The Senate President is the Vice President. The president pro tempore of the Senate is Chuck Grassley and follows the Speaker in the line of succession. You were close, just a slight difference in terminology.

 

[Moonglow]

Here's fossil Nancy back in Congress since her hip replacement.


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You ever have a hip replacement?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

You ever have a hip replacement?

My wife had both hips replaced. My grandkids call her "Robogrammy"!

 

[elektra]

I may be wrong, but doesn't the speaker of the house come ahead of the senate president in the order of succession?

Of course, it is speaker of the house not the senate.

 

[Independent thinker]

Age limits, term limits, we need both.

MSN

At 91 he's way sharper than Biden.

 

[Mack Brazile]

Age limits, term limits, we need both.

MSN

Left or Right no more old senile fuckers above 75 in Congress or Senate.

 

[JoeMoma]

President Biya is 91 and serving as president of the Tremendous nation of Cameroon.

I don't think age is a problem.