Opinion: First, they came for Trump. Now they’re coming for the rest of the boomers

A version of this article was first published in the Right to the Point newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox every Wednesday morning and to vote in subscriber-only polls. At 80 years old, President Donald Trump is at the high end of the arc of the baby boomers. And with the vanquishing of MAGA in the midterm elections, it didn’t take long for someone to draw a straight line from Trump to the rest of the boomers. It was Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh. I think we're done with geriatric politicians now. If you're a Republican politician thinking about running for the presidency in 2028, and you're already over 70 years old, don't waste your energy. We've had Boomer presidents for like 30 years now. Time to give another… — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 5, 2026It was a post designed to inflame, as many of Walsh’s posts are. And it was clearly unfair.

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