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87-year-old Maxine Waters refuses to say 100 is too old for Congress

Nypost · · 386 words · By Ariel Zilber
Political accountability Age limits in politics
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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“87-year-old Maxine Waters”
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Multiple independent web search results (TMZ and Mediaite) explicitly refer to Maxine Waters as an '87-year-old'.
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“Rep. Maxine Waters refused to say whether a 100-year-old should be allowed to serve in Congress during a Capitol Hill exchange with a TMZ producer”
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Two independent sources (TMZ and Mediaite) report that Maxine Waters was asked if 100 is too old to serve in Congress and declined to say it was too old, stating 'no one is too old to serve if they're good'.
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“TMZ producer Jacob Wasserman approached Waters after a Working Families press conference”
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Both TMZ and Mediaite report that TMZ producer Jacob Wasserman approached Rep. Maxine Waters after she spoke at a Working Families press conference.
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web search NEUTRAL — Maxine Moore Waters is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine_Waters
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacob Wasserman, one of TMZ’s new on-the-ground producers in Washington, DC, caught up with Rep.But as a spry 87-year-old, I just saw you talk at the Working Families press conference.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/maxine-waters-wont-say-100…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mediaite reported: Jacob Wasserman, one of TMZ’s new on-the-ground producers in Washington, DC, caught up with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on her way into the U.S. Capitol on Thursday and asked the 87-y…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/maxine-waters-dodge…
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“He is enriching himself and his family with cryptocurrency.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Latest news on President Donald Trump, including updates on his executive orders, administrative decisions from his team, news on his court cases and more.
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