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Molinaro says older politicians with health issues should know when to step down

Sep 06, 2023 12:45 pm

Mid-Hudson News reports that it is difficult to tell if local Rep. Marc Molinaro was talking about 81-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell or 90-year-old Senator Dianne Feinstein, or the two leading candidates for president next year, but he said some older politicians need to know when it is time to retire. Molinaro said, “At some point, whether it is you are confronting a mental or physical health concern that requires you to take stock and focus on yourself, or you have some health concern later on in life, as a public official, you need to know when it is time to exit the stage.... And there are plenty of people in public office who need to decide to exit the stage and allow the next generation to step forward.” Both the Republican McConnell and the Democrat Feinstein have had public incidents this year where they seemed to freeze, or were confused, in public. Molinaro, a Republican who is 47, has been in politics since age 18 when he was elected mayor in Tivoli. He now represents the 19th Congressional District. Read more about this story at Mid-Hudson News.