Rahm Emanuel Proposes Age Limit on President and Members of Congress

Rahm Emanuel is a likely dark-horse candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. A 66-year-old seasoned politico — he was White House chief of staff under President Obama, mayor of Chicago for two terms, and Joe Biden’s ambassador to Japan — he wants to yank his party somewhat to the center. Bill Clinton accomplished a similar move in the early 1990s and won back the White House for Democrats.

To that end, Emanuel has said Democrats must get “comfortable” talking about crime and dropping “defund the police” rhetoric. On education, he argues that his party’s left has “stopped holding schools accountable on the presupposition that there is no real way for educators to lift up children living in poor, crime-ridden, drug-laden neighborhoods.” When asked on Megyn Kelly’s podcast, “Can a man become a woman?” his answer was “No.’

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Rahm Emanuel is a likely dark-horse candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. A 66-year-old seasoned politico — he was White House chief of staff under President Obama, mayor of Chicago for two terms, and Joe Biden’s ambassador to Japan — he wants to yank his party somewhat to the center. Bill Clinton accomplished a similar move in the early 1990s and won back the White House for Democrats.

To that end, Emanuel has said Democrats must get “comfortable” talking about crime and dropping “defund the police” rhetoric. On education, he argues that his party’s left has “stopped holding schools accountable on the presupposition that there is no real way for educators to lift up children living in poor, crime-ridden, drug-laden neighborhoods.” When asked on Megyn Kelly’s podcast, “Can a man become a woman?” his answer was “No.’