{"id":1680573,"date":"2022-10-09T12:19:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1680573"},"modified":"2022-10-09T12:21:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T16:21:24","slug":"democrat-rep-calls-for-new-blood-in-her-party-when-asked-if-she-would-support-bidens-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-calls-for-new-blood-in-her-party-when-asked-if-she-would-support-bidens-re-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Rep. Calls For \u2018New Blood\u2019 In Her Party When Asked If She Would Support Biden\u2019s Re-Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-rep-calls-for-new-blood-in-her-party-when-asked-if-she-would-support-bidens-re-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1680573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin called for a \u201cnew generation\u201d and \u201cnew blood\u201d in the Democratic Party when asked about President Joe Biden\u2019s possible re-election campaign while offering her support if he decides to run.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet The Press\u201d Sunday, guest host Kristen Welker pressed the Democrat on her support for the president amid questions regarding Biden\u2019s 2024 plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been very vocal, including with my own leadership in the House, that we need a new generation and we need new blood, period, across the Democratic Party, in the House, the Senate, and the White House,\u201d Slotkin said, adding, \u201cI think that the country has been saying that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her comments come as questions regarding the president\u2019s re-election plans have been raised in recent months. Biden has yet to formally announce his intent to pursue a second term, although Al Sharpton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sharpton-says-biden-told-him-he-will-run-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> last week that Biden told him he was planning on running.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: When asked whether she&#8217;d support Biden in 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSlotkin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepSlotkin<\/a> (D-Mich.) brings up the need for &#8220;new blood&#8221; in the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the sitting president decides to run, we are going to support him. \u2026 But I think we need new leaders.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ODtPkLbA7e\">pic.twitter.com\/ODtPkLbA7e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1579107022603067392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the sitting president. If he decides to run again, I\u2019m going to support him, the party\u2019s going to support him. That has a long history in our country,\u201d said Slotkin.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, 79, would be the oldest person re-elected as president if he were to win another term in 2024, starting the second term at 82 years old. Since taking office, questions regarding Biden\u2019s cognitive health have been growing. Last month, he raised eyebrows when asked whether he would run again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-biden-raises-eyebrows-with-answer-on-whether-he-is-running-for-re-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> it was his intention, but that it \u201cremains to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The oldest serving member of Congress is Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), at 89 years old, while the eldest member of the House is Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), at 86. Both women were first elected in 1992.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin added that she was one of a small group of Democrats who had not voted for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as House Speaker, saying, \u201cI would love to see new leaders. I would love to see some midwestern leaders in there, right? That\u2019s been important to me, is, reflect the middle of the country, we\u2019re here too. But, I do think new blood is a good thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Similar comments have come from former Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, who said last month, \u201cAll of our leadership \u2013 and I say this as somebody who\u2019s ancient \u2013 you know, a lot of old folks are running the Democratic Party now in every part of the Democratic Party.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A CBS News Poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elected-officials-maximum-age-limits-opinion-poll-2022-09-08\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> last month found that 73% of respondents were in favor of maximum age limits for elected officials. 71% of Democrats support limits, while 75% of Republicans and independent voters were in favor. 40% of respondents agreed that 70 years old should be the maximum age limit, while 18% thought that over 80 was too old, and just 2% thought 90 should be the limit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin is campaigning against Republican Tom Barrett, who currently serves as a Michigan state Senator, for the newly drawn 7th District. Slotkin currently represents Michigan\u2019s 8th congressional district. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin called for a \u201cnew generation\u201d and \u201cnew blood\u201d in the Democratic Party when asked about President Joe Biden\u2019s possible re-election campaign while offering her support if he decides to run.\u00a0 Appearing on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet The Press\u201d Sunday, guest host Kristen Welker pressed the Democrat on her support for the president &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1680575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1680573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1680573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1680575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1680573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1680573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1680573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}