Repub candidate wants to end automatic voting for 18 years old

[JimH52]

GOP presidential candidate calls for end to US citizens’ automatic right to vote at 18

Pre-Trump Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to dramatically change how America elects its leaders – or rather, who is allowed to elect its leaders.In a fiery interview with CNN, Ramaswamy, himself the product of two immigrant parents, said people who are born in the United...

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The attack on voting continues within the repub party. Young voters are overwhelmingly voting blue. That is bad for the repubs.

 

[Polishprince]

Ramaswamy's proposal has a lot of merit. America requires that 18 year olds meet qualifications to drive or join the military, or to attend college.

Why not voting?

Further, moving the age to 21 makes sense. We don't allow 18 year olds to drink or smoke cigarettes or even grass legally. If they can't be trusted to do shots of jagermeister and smoke marlboros, why should they be trusted to decide who the president is going to be?

 

[excalibur]

Ramaswamy's proposal has a lot of merit. America requires that 18 year olds meet qualifications to drive or join the military, or to attend college.

Why not voting?

Further, moving the age to 21 makes sense. We don't allow 18 year olds to drink or smoke cigarettes or even grass legally. If they can't be trusted to do shots of jagermeister and smoke marlboros, why should they be trusted to decide who the president is going to be?

You would need to repeal the 26th Amendment.

 

[theHawk]

GOP presidential candidate calls for end to US citizens’ automatic right to vote at 18

Pre-Trump Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to dramatically change how America elects its leaders – or rather, who is allowed to elect its leaders.In a fiery interview with CNN, Ramaswamy, himself the product of two immigrant parents, said people who are born in the United...

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The attack on voting continues within the repub party. Young voters are overwhelmingly voting blue. That is bad for the repubs.

18 year olds cannot drink alcohol. Why should we trust them with voting?

 

[mudwhistle]

GOP presidential candidate calls for end to US citizens’ automatic right to vote at 18

Pre-Trump Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to dramatically change how America elects its leaders – or rather, who is allowed to elect its leaders.In a fiery interview with CNN, Ramaswamy, himself the product of two immigrant parents, said people who are born in the United...

www.alternet.org

The attack on voting continues within the repub party. Young voters are overwhelmingly voting blue. That is bad for the repubs.

They need to ban the right of citizenship to children born in the US to illegal parents.
Also....anyone who sneaks into this country should never be able to vote or become a citizen.

 

[Oddball]

Ramaswamy's proposal has a lot of merit. America requires that 18 year olds meet qualifications to drive or join the military, or to attend college.

Why not voting?

Further, moving the age to 21 makes sense. We don't allow 18 year olds to drink or smoke cigarettes or even grass legally. If they can't be trusted to do shots of jagermeister and smoke marlboros, why should they be trusted to decide who the president is going to be?

Along with joining the military...21 or over....No more little pups who don't know what they're getting into for the professional military.

 

[Arlette]

GOP presidential candidate calls for end to US citizens’ automatic right to vote at 18

Pre-Trump Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to dramatically change how America elects its leaders – or rather, who is allowed to elect its leaders.In a fiery interview with CNN, Ramaswamy, himself the product of two immigrant parents, said people who are born in the United...

www.alternet.org

The attack on voting continues within the repub party. Young voters are overwhelmingly voting blue. That is bad for the repubs.

I suppose a guy with a name like Ramaswamy can propose anything because it just doesn't matter

 

[scruffy]

There should be no automatic voting PERIOD.

People should take voting seriously.

 

[Kondor3]

Ramaswamy's proposal has a lot of merit. America requires that 18 year olds meet qualifications to drive or join the military, or to attend college.

Why not voting?

Further, moving the age to 21 makes sense. We don't allow 18 year olds to drink or smoke cigarettes or even grass legally. If they can't be trusted to do shots of jagermeister and smoke marlboros, why should they be trusted to decide who the president is going to be?

If you're old enough to carry a gun (in defense of your country) then you're old enough to vote... shall we raise the military enlistment-draft age to 21 then?

 

[Hossfly]

Along with joining the military...21 or over....No more little pups who don't know what they're getting into for the professional military.

Audie Murphy was 19 1/2 when he earned the MOH. At that time he had been in the Army since he was 16 1/2 and had been awarded every medal for valor the Army had.

Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star (2) Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal (2, 1 "V" device) Purple Heart (3) Legion of Honour (France) Croix de Guerre with silver star (France) Croix de Guerre with palm (3, France) Croix de Guerre with palm (Belgium) Outstanding Civilian Service Medal Texas Legislative Medal of Honor

Audie Murphy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[BULLDOG]

Ramaswamy's proposal has a lot of merit. America requires that 18 year olds meet qualifications to drive or join the military, or to attend college.

Why not voting?

Further, moving the age to 21 makes sense. We don't allow 18 year olds to drink or smoke cigarettes or even grass legally. If they can't be trusted to do shots of jagermeister and smoke marlboros, why should they be trusted to decide who the president is going to be?

Cool. Same reasoning can easily ban all guns.

 

[SweetSue92]

GOP presidential candidate calls for end to US citizens’ automatic right to vote at 18

Pre-Trump Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to dramatically change how America elects its leaders – or rather, who is allowed to elect its leaders.In a fiery interview with CNN, Ramaswamy, himself the product of two immigrant parents, said people who are born in the United...

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The attack on voting continues within the repub party. Young voters are overwhelmingly voting blue. That is bad for the repubs.

Just one more thing we are completely screwed up on. You reach majority at the age of 18; you can vote and join the military. You can get married without parental consent.

But even in the age of Uber and Lyft, you can't have a beer.

We need to get straight on all of this. You're either an adult or you're not. Make one age for everything. I propose 19, so that most young adults are out of high school.

 

[pknopp]

I see his pic in the article and all I see is a giant penis.

 

[SweetSue92]

I see his pic in the article and all I see is a giant penis.

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[C_Clayton_Jones]

Ramaswamy's proposal has a lot of merit. America requires that 18 year olds meet qualifications to drive or join the military, or to attend college.

Why not voting?

Further, moving the age to 21 makes sense. We don't allow 18 year olds to drink or smoke cigarettes or even grass legally. If they can't be trusted to do shots of jagermeister and smoke marlboros, why should they be trusted to decide who the president is going to be?

“He would raise the minimum voting age to 25, from 18, unless U.S. citizens passed a citizenship test, or served in the military.” ibid

The right’s war on democracy continues.

 

[JGalt]

“He would raise the minimum voting age to 25, from 18, unless U.S. citizens passed a citizenship test, or served in the military.” ibid

The right’s war on democracy continues.

We're not the the ones who want to give illegals the right to vote. How "democracy" is that?

 

[struth]

GOP presidential candidate calls for end to US citizens’ automatic right to vote at 18

Pre-Trump Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to dramatically change how America elects its leaders – or rather, who is allowed to elect its leaders.In a fiery interview with CNN, Ramaswamy, himself the product of two immigrant parents, said people who are born in the United...

www.alternet.org

The attack on voting continues within the repub party. Young voters are overwhelmingly voting blue. That is bad for the repubs.

and i think he hit on why they vote blue…most couldn’t pass a basic civics test

with that said, when i read the article it highlighted he was the son of immigrants…why was that included and why is that relevant to the opinion he gave?

 

[struth]

“He would raise the minimum voting age to 25, from 18, unless U.S. citizens passed a citizenship test, or served in the military.” ibid

The right’s war on democracy continues.

how is that opinion a war on democracy?

 

[pknopp]

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I thought I was pretty restrained over someone advocating the shredding of the Constitution. Even more so when you see others agreeing with him.

Do you ever ask yourself what other parts he want's to do away with? Do you ask yourself how far he might be willing to go to shred the Constitution?

 

[struth]

I thought I was pretty restrained over someone advocating the shredding of the Constitution. Even more so when you see others agreeing with him.

Do you ever ask yourself what other parts he want's to do away with? Do you ask yourself how far he might be willing to go to shred the Constitution?

when did he advocate shredding it? he suggested changing it. We’ve done that numerous times. In fact he’s advocating a change to a change.

The Constitution allows for that.

Try again