House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to lower the voting age to 16.
Why she chose this random age as the right time for someone to be able to walk into a voting booth and choose our elected officials, who knows? Likely, it has to do with gathering more support for the Democratic Party.
Yes, at 16 most people are able to operate a motorized vehicle. But does that mean they are mature enough to vote and make decisions that will have an effect on the lives of others?
Probably not.
Teenagers are capable to some pretty stupid, insane acts. In order to show just how idiotic Pelosi’s suggestion of lowering the voting age truly is, social media responded with some of their own decisions as a 16-year-old.
When I was 16, my friends and I threw bowling pins into the air above us, and closed our eyes. First one to run away from the falling pins had to go catch a raccoon. https://t.co/05XQBj9oti
— Jake Zigenfus (@zigensomethin) March 17, 2019
when i was 16, my friends and i bought a live lobster, put it on a leash, and walked it around the neighborhood at 2am https://t.co/8NBuLTCjYu
— Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) March 15, 2019
When I was 16, I got in 6 fender benders in 6 months. Every single one of them was my fault. https://t.co/ieCW9JnebX
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) March 16, 2019
When I was 16 I wore parachute pants https://t.co/LRFItv3LKE
— Kat Timpf (@KatTimpf) March 16, 2019
when I was 16, I was flipping out because my xbox 360 had red rings of death https://t.co/LeTNE7U08H
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) March 16, 2019
When I was 16 I pierced my own belly button with a thumbtack and was genuinely surprised when it got infected https://t.co/JAaFAeZOVE
— Autumn 🍂 (@cope_autumn) March 16, 2019
When I was 16, my friend and I blew weed smoke into the ceiling tiles at his house because we thought the smell would go in there and disappear https://t.co/j1c2eo82PN
— zach (@Z__Salk) March 16, 2019
When I was 16 I poured and licked acid off my hand during a chemistry final to figure out if my last unknown solution was that or water. And I was an honors student https://t.co/XQvn0Fp9nZ
— Kait (@kaitbickel) March 16, 2019
I teach Government to High Schoolers. This is a bad idea… https://t.co/fTcTChGLKp
— Will Lange (@WillTangClan) March 16, 2019
When I was sixteen me and my friends put on ski masks & hoodies and drew penises on the Drivers Ed car at 3 AM https://t.co/vyS7Qzf1Lk
— P Medlin (@MedlinPayton) March 16, 2019