💬 the tellers' own words: “a lot of anger and frustration with how people see their leadership class” “a lot of younger people start to take the reins of leadership.” “challenging their party's aging incumbents.” “Democrats can win some of those vaguely normal people with this new generation of people” “for the first time in my life, I'm going, here's a guy who's about my age” “I view this as a generational change election.” “It's a new day for Democrats and we need to continue to move forward, not backward. Time to pass the baton, Chuck.” “It's always the younger, reform-oriented outsiders.” “just that he pass the mantle to a leader better suited to these extraordinary times” “Like we tend to not win with like the older establishment politicians.” “New generation of Republican talent.” “Now it is absolutely time to embrace the current wave of Democrats elected by the people and pass the baton securely and willingly without fumbling it.”