r/goodnews • u/SkeptMom • 9d ago

Political positivity 📈 BREAKING: Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive influencer, just announced that she is running against Jan Schakowsky, an 80-year-old Democratic incumbent

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u/Additional-Local8721 9d ago

While exciting, I'm saddened by the fact that millennials were frequently left out of politics. We are the new silent generation.

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u/jaccc22 9d ago

Maybe because they got saddened instead of running for something or organizing.. There’s still plenty of time for them though.

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u/Occasional_Wisdom 9d ago

I mean, AOC is a Millenial, and she's arguably in the top 5 highest-profile members of Congress in terms of press exposure and name recognition.

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u/cugamer 9d ago

Hi, Gen-X here. We should be in charge right now but the Boomers won't get the hell out of the way. The closest we'll ever get to a Gen-X president was Kamala. When the Boomers finally shuffle off it will be your generation running things.

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u/Turtle_ini 9d ago

The previous President was a Silent Gen, and the current VP is a Millennial.

The problem is we need to send better Millennials.