Faith, this dude was elected at 25 years old. Recognize him? 🎩
I know the media will never give Biden the credit he deserves but I just have to say the history student in me is still geeking out.
He faced unprecedented challenges – from the largest economic downturn since the depression to the largest pandemic since the Spanish flu. In three years, he not only got kids back in school, but got our economy on track growing faster than any of the G7 with the one of the lowest rates of inflation by far. (It was still high but far less than most countries.)
At the same time he passed the largest climate spending ever of any country in human history, brought chip manufacturing back to the US, added Finland and Sweden to NATO, created the first Office of Gun Violence Prevention ever that oversaw a 20% reduction in gun homicides in Q1 2024, passed the first federal gun law in 30 years that has stopped well over 800 high risk people from buying semi automatic rifles like the AR-15, put billions into school and community safety programs, and so much more.
I think the number one reason Biden was able to do this (besides incredible staff) was because he was first elected to the Senate when he was 29 and had over 50 years experience on the Hill by the time he became President.
Time and time again we see the sooner someone starts in elected office and the more experience they get the better the president they are:
- FDR was 28 when first elected in NY.
- LBJ was 28 when he was elected to Congress.
- Lincoln was 25 when he was first elected to the IL House.
That's why I'm so excited to see what comes from the young candidates Leaders We Deserve endorses. All of them are generational leaders under 35 and all of them need your help to get their start in the critical races they are campaigning in RIGHT NOW.
Thank you,
David Hogg
Leaders We Deserve
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