Rahm Emanuel calls for mandatory retirement age of 75 for people in public office
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a potential White House hopeful for 2028, said on Wednesday that he wants a mandatory retirement age of 75 for the president and people holding...
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Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a potential White House hopeful for 2028, said on Wednesday that he wants a mandatory retirement age of 75 for the president and people holding office in other branches of government. "You’re 75 years old: done," Emanuel, a Democrat, said at a Center for American Progress event. "And that would be in the legislative branch, it’d be in the executive branch — including the Cabinet — and it’d also be in the Supreme Court, and all the federal courts." Emanuel, 66, acknowledged that he would be affected by this proposal if he happens to be elected president in 2028 and seeks re-election, as he would be 73 at the start of a potential second term. WHITE HOUSE RACE UNDERWAY: WITH 2026 LOOMING, BOTH PARTIES ARE ALREADY PLAYING FOR 2028 "I know where I am in my age. Of course it would apply to me," Emanuel told Politico. "You can’t say 'here’s what I want to do to change Washington, one of the things I want to do' — but I get an exemption because I bought it beforehand." The proposal would make President Donald Trump , 79, ineligible to continue serving and would have prevented former President Joe Biden, now 83, from serving his term in the White House. In Congress, 17 senators and 45 House members are currently 75 or older and would be impacted by the standard. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas, 77, and Samuel Alito, 75, would also be barred from continuing to serve on the bench, while Justices Sonia Sotomayor, 71, and John Roberts, 70, are nearing Emanuel's mandatory retirement age. "You can’t serve in the armed forces, you can’t serve in private sector jobs," Emanuel told reporters on Wednesday. "Go work on your golf swing, it’s not that good to begin with." Emanuel, who served as ambassador to Japan under Biden and chief of staff under former President Barack Obama, is reigniting a topic that was hot during the last presidential election. Biden, then 81, and Trump, then 78, were both campaigning for a second term ahead of the 2024…