Young Democrat wants cognitive tests for aging members of Congress

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mgp-democrat-cognitive-test-congress-members-b2788627.html

46 comments

  2. If something like this were done it would need to be everyone regardless of age and it would certainly end up terribly corrupted.

  3. You should better track down their financial and backers.

    Is not abour age. It’s about corruption.

  4. There’s a reason literacy tests were banned by the Civil Rights Act of 1965. This will be and has been abused.

  5. An age limit is far less messy than any test which could never be handled completely fairly.

  6. Perez my embarrassment of a representative who is constantly siding with the right and avoids the Democratic voters thatput her in office.

  8. I’m in my 50s and I support not electing or appointing anyone over the age of 62.

  9. Why not cognitive tests for anyone working for the government in a position of power? In fact, instead of hiring off nepotism, maybe the government should adhere to some sort of standards when hiring people. Maybe then we wouldn’t have an entire DoD and DoJ fail to do their job.

  11. Just don’t vote for old or stupid candidates. It’s your fucking responsibility to elect good, clear minded politicians.

  12. Cognitive tests with the results on public record.

  13. I hope the test is a lot harder than “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.”

  14. There’s no constitutional basis for this. It inherently disenfranchises the voters.

  15. Do we need cognitive tests or do we need voters to pay attention?  I realize the latter is apparently impossible to get,  but we’re never going to do better as a country if we clearly can’t be bothered to do the most basic civic duty of paying the fuck attention.  

  16. Think they are missing an ‘s’ in that headline

  17. The ageism of the Democrats is noteworthy. The test is the ballot box. That is the test that matters.

  18. Or don’t vote for someone if you think they aren’t cognitively aware.

  19. Ironically enough, a 36 year old from Washington State who votes pro-Trump most of the time, and still calls herself a “Democrat” is probably the first person who should get a cognitive test.

    Because she’s pretty much in the same category as John Fetterman. But at least we know about his documented medical issues. What’s your excuse, Marie?

  20. I want young people to vote instead of complaining about everything.

  21. This is a bad idea. Those test only show severe cognitive issues at that moment. My grandmother has dementia and keeps passing them. Then they can rightly say they are fine the tests proved it.

  23. The cognitive test is suppose to be the fucking morons who elect them…

  24. I’m not confident Marie Gluesenkamp Perez can pass it.

  25. We do have cognitive tests. We test both the electorate and the politicians. It’s called elections. Currently everyone is failing.

  26. Cognitive, and drug testing administered by an independent 3rd party. Congress should be held to the same requirements placed on federal workers or welfare/medicaid recipients.

  27. If we’re going to do this, can we make it a legit test? It seems like they’d vote to approve the same “Man, Woman, Camera, TV” test Trump took, then bragged about the results.

  28. Person, Woman, Man, TV, Camera

    There, see! 100% stable genius.

  29. Why make it based on age? Just make it annual for all members. Make the questions geared around clinical cognitive decline though.

  31. I’d like to see a test on basic U.S. History, civics and government, too.

  32. We should have them for all members regardless of age. Cause I’ve seen some young dumb ones.

  33. Democrats need to focus on winning and quit getting distracted going down rabbit holes.

  34. We should have cognitive tests for everyone. Senator Fetterman is 55

  35. The cognitive test is getting past voters who actually have standards, aren’t brain dead cult members, and the voting system is open, transparent, honest and accountable.

  36. just enforce term limits or age limits. lower and raise based on the average life expectancy of the population. something like 30 year terms and no one can be apart of the government if they are older then the average life expectancy

  38. We also need to test for sociopaths, psychopaths and narcissists – just as they shouldn’t be doctors they also shouldn’t be president. They don’t have the basic tools needed for the job.

  39. Tests for representation have an ugly history in the US, permanently ruining them for everybody. Fortunately, there is a better way: actually convincing people of your viewpoints rather than trying to legally lock the opposition out. If you can’t convince people, that’s your problem, not theirs.

  40. Millions and millions of young Americans don’t give a 💩 enough to even vote.

  42. Ask them to list grocery prices and health insurance cost

  46. I actually agree with this and an age limit of 65 years old no older and only 2 terms max

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