Majority of house dems want to lower voting age to 16. Well DUHH, of course they

[powderman]

   
Majority of house dems want to lower voting age to 16. Well DUHH, of course they
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-democrats-hr-1-lower-voting-age-16

Majority of House Democrats vote in favor of lowering voting age to 16
The majority of Democrats voted in favor of Pressley's amendment
By Evie Fordham | Fox News

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Progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives unsuccessfully pushed an amendment lowering the federal voting age to 16 as part of the H.R. 1 voting rights package on Wednesday.

The vote was 125-302 in the House with the majority of Democrats voting in favor, 125-93, according to C-SPAN.

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"A sixteen-year-old in 2021 possesses a wisdom and a maturity that comes from 2021 challenges, 2021 hardships, and 2021 threats," Rep. Ayanna Pressley, one of the members of Congress behind the amendment, said in a statement on Monday. "Now is the time for us to demonstrate the courage that matches the challenges of the modern-day sixteen- and seventeen-year-old."

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., speaks during the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality, on Aug. 28, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Pressley, Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., reintroduced the amendment on Monday.

Pressley said in February she was "shocked" that lowering the legal voting age to 16 is a "polarizing" subject of debate.

Pressley made the comment during a Facebook Live conversation with Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., and author Ibram X. Kendi.

"Dr. Kendi, I was shocked by how polarizing an issue this was, and listen, when I would tell people [the late Rep.] John Lewis is an original co-sponsor of this — you know, our young people deserve to have a stakeholder in our democracy," Pressley, a member of the so-called "Squad," said in response to Kendi, who said lowering the voting age is an example of anti-racist policy.

‘SQUAD’ MEMBER PRESSLEY SAYS SHE'S ‘SHOCKED’ THAT LOWERING VOTING AGE TO 16 IS POLARIZING ISSUE

The idea isn't brand new. The amendment to lower the voting age was first attached to H.R. 1 in March 2019, when the measure failed after garnering just 126 votes in the House.


"Beginning at the age of 16, young people are contributing to both the labor force and their local economies by paying income taxes, and yet they are deprived of the opportunity to exercise their right to vote," Pressley said on the House floor in 2019. "In this country, we affirm that when a person walks into the voting booth and pulls that lever, there is no meritocracy or hierarchy. The booth is the equalizer."

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Some states have taken interest in the issue as well. Hawaiian lawmakers introduced a bill in January that would lower the voting age from 18 to 16.

Fox News' Brooke Singman and Bradford Betz and FOX Business' Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.

[BUGEYE]

Having once been a 16yo, I can tell you that they are not mature enough to vote.
All the boys have on their minds is girls.
All the girls have on their minds is boys.

The democrats/communists must be in some kind of competition to see who can be the most STUPID.

[Dee]

It's a draw. The 16 year old ls are smarter.

[scattershot]

Personally, I think the  voting age should be raised to 25.

[Tommyt]

 They will stoop to anything for a Vote
Nothing but a Filthy Party

[Doublebass73]

"A sixteen-year-old in 2021 possesses a wisdom and a maturity that comes from 2021 challenges, 2021 hardships, and 2021 threats," Rep. Ayanna Pressley, one of the members of Congress behind the amendment, said in a statement on Monday. "Now is the time for us to demonstrate the courage that matches the challenges of the modern-day sixteen- and seventeen-year-old."

If that's the case how come the government doesn't allow them to buy cigarettes, alcohol or a gun?

[Graybeard]

I think we should go back to allowing only land owner's to vote.

[Dee]

I think we should go back to allowing only land owner's to vote.

Praise the Lord, and pass out the voting ballots! That's a pistol of an idea!

[BUGEYE]

"A sixteen-year-old in 2021 possesses a wisdom and a maturity that comes from 2021 challenges, 2021 hardships, and 2021 threats," Rep. Ayanna Pressley, one of the members of Congress behind the amendment, said in a statement on Monday. "Now is the time for us to demonstrate the courage that matches the challenges of the modern-day sixteen- and seventeen-year-old."

If that's the case how come the government doesn't allow them to buy cigarettes, alcohol or a gun?

Great question.

[ironglows]

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  Rep. Ayanna Pressley, one of the members of Congress behind the amendment, said in a statement on Monday. "Now is the time for us to demonstrate the stupidity* that matches the shallowness* of the usual* modern-day sixteen- and seventeen-year-old."

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  *  Denotes word changes by me.

[buckbeast]

I think we should go back to allowing only land owner's to vote.

My thoughts too.... or at least those paying their own taxes. They at least have skin in the game and understand what is at stake.

[Dee]

When I lived in north Central Texas, renters in the school district ran the district. They would literally bring the voting boxes to football, and basketball games to get school bonds past.

[ironglows]

  I have to agree.. A voter should "have some skin in the game".  The way it is now, there are too many people who are voting for big expenditures...who don't have to pay the tab for them !

  Of course, if the voting age were lowered to 16, then the far left teachers' unions will really dig down to brainwash the kids !