Pelosi made her remarks at her weekly press conference last Thursday. As the Daily Caller reports, "‘I myself have always been for lowering the voting age to 16,’ Pelosi said when asked by The Daily Caller about her thoughts on the issue. ‘I think it’s really important to capture kids when they’re in high school when they’re interested in all of this when they’re learning about government to be able to vote.’”

Question: If kids start learning about civics and government in middle school, will Pelosi support lowering the voting age to 12? If practical application at the point of first instruction is an imperative, does she support children having sex as soon as they’re given sex education?

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Nonetheless, people who normally infantilize the young — wanting them to stay on their parents’ insurance till age 26, for instance — apparently believe they achieve situational maturity upon entering a voting booth.

For example, Oregon lawmakers proposed lowering the voting age late last year, with Democrat State Senator Shemia Fagan saying that 16-year-olds should have the chance "to participate in the ballot — about decisions that affect their homes, their clean air, their future, their schools and, as we’ve seen, their very lives.”

Alright, but question: Why is 16 the magic number? Why not 10?

Don’t laugh. In 2017 I made the crack, "I’m just waiting for these leftists to echo NAMbLA and chant, ‘If they’re eight, it’s too late,’” but this has since apparently been trumped by reality. While it smacks of satire, Cambridge University head of politics, Professor David Runciman, seriously proposed last year lowering the voting age to six. A little crumb-cruncher is qualified as long as he can read, is his reasoning.

Posted by: Kelly Reynolds at October 20, 2019 07:59 AM (3zc7E)

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