It's time. Thank you for your years of service.

Thank gawd!

Good. They need to hand the torch to young enthusiastic leaders that can say FU to big money and rally voters through action. The old guard needs to retire.

Good

Has he already, or will soon, endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ?? He cited the party needing a generational change. I so hope he does… that would show “leader” @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

more of this plz

NEW YORK WILL STAY BLUE, PLEASE

Thank god, change out the old guard, onward!

Great news! Another geezer gone.

good, he deserves rest and we deserve an invigorated HOR.

If you can have a bottom end age of being a politician, you can have a top end age of being a politician. Term limits and age limits.

AGE LIMITS. Nice guy, but new blood needed

About time. Thanks for your service.

Good riddance

Good for you, Rep. Nadler. You served well. Thank you for understanding it’s time for another generation to step up. Enjoy your retirement.

Get the boomers out!

Their dropping like flies on both sides of the aisle. Who is going to be left to carry the load the GOP has created?

Hood for him and let him bring forward a young person and introduce them!

I always liked the guy, but we need new and younger blood in Congress more than the Executive Office!

New and younger blood comes in democrat and republican. Right now, age isn't the issue as much as affiliation. We need democrats.

Thank you @nadler.house.gov for representing me and my family in Congress so ably for so many years. You have a great legacy, and I hope you can convince @schumer.senate.gov he can best protect your and his legacies by following your example before the 2026 midterms. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...

About time…and I’m not that much younger than he is…

time for new blood to revive the Democratic Party and strengthen itself in order to undo the damage done by maga, trump and the cowardly gqp in the past decades. there are supreme court justices who currently need impeachment for their dereliction to their oath of office and their corruption of it

Yay….

Term limits...age limits...cmon

Where one exists, the other should as well.

We call for age limits for Grassly, McConnell, Trump, we need them for Dems too. 78 was a good run. Time to step aside. "Your old road is rapidly agin' Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand For the times they are a-changin'"

He’s a good human! He will be missed.

As he should.

I'm down with the medal of freedom for nadler. Of course I'm in Ohio, so I don't have the home state info or feel for the fellow. But still.

RETIRE NOW. Fuck your bipartisanship BULLSHIT.

Now do Pelosi

Smart move. I like him but like him even more that he can read the room and know it’s time to enjoy the beach and read a book.

I wonder what it is about politics that so many of these people feel the need to just… well they act as if they’ll die mid-day in office.

😢

Good!

He is a nice guy but has passed his expiration date.

Schumer next I hope.

Enjoy those golden yrs...

Thank god...now do Chuck and Nancy

Your turn, Nancy

Thank you for your service and for stepping down now.

Good!

good...let's move on to the living

Finally.

Word

It seems a lot of politicians in their late 70s and older need to retire…

B-but that's ageist said the Neoliberal who's scared of change.

Definitely!

Now, not next year.

He is only 78?

Good -- there is some integrity in that

We thank him for his dedication to public service.. it’s time for a new face!!

I've always admired him, but we need more of this.

Schumer. Seeing this? Something to thing about. Just sayin'.

IMO there should be a maximum age limit to be in Congress. 78 is too old!

Convince people to stop voting for inappropriate candidates! We do this to ourselves.

Country before self. Thank you sir

Given his reason for leaving the House, would Nadler support Term Limits (t/b nice, give them 4 terms, but not more than 9 yrs) & Mandatory Retirement Age of no greater than 70 yrs old, irrespective of terms served?

Right- that's a federal employee rule, the age of 70, isn't it? That whoooole federal elected thing has become a racket and needs overhauling.

Good. I'm appreciative of his time serving but we need younger more go-get 'em representation now.

“Mr. Nadler said he had tried to make the Declaration of Independence’s claim that “all men are created equal” his north star. “Much of the evolution of our country is broadening the definition of what that meant,” he said. “And I like to think I played a part.” T

As he should be.

GOOD we need to get rid of all these ancient rotting assholes that have sold us out and can't fight for us.

Good it looks like Bingo night anymore. We need some young people to step up.

Good. He served well for many years, but we really need the Democrat gerontocracy to move on. I’m glad he’s not going to waste anyone’s time, energy or money on a primary fight.

Or like the Republican Senator Chuck Grassley who is almost 92.

Seriously, right? 90 fucking 2 and he’s running again⁉️😳 He’s Republican though - so does it matter? 🤣

I always heard people say Grassley was staying in the job until his grandson could replace him. Damn, his grandson must be 40 by now.

His grandson is prolly gonna run for Joni's seat, so Iowa could have 2 grassley senators.......argh!

That is totally ridiculous and shouldn't even be allowed. WTF is wrong with his constituents?!

Pale, Male, and Stale.

But for why?

Time for young energy and fresh ideas I’m glad he KNOWS that it’s time to go Maybe he should persuade some of the others to retire too

Thank you @nadler.house.gov for representing me and my family in Congress so ably for so many years. You have a great legacy, and I hope you can convince @schumer.senate.gov he can best protect your and his legacies by following your example before the 2026 midterms. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...

Finally, Nadler will be able to eat again.

Democrats want and we need far more:AOC, Zohran Mamdani, Jasmine Crockett, Ilhan Omar, we don't want or need the Ole Guard.

God bless, who can blame him? Who wants to be part of this shitshow any longer? Especially at his age. Go find some peace and enjoy getting away from the chaos, Rep Nadler. You can be proud of a job well done.

Good!

That’s GOOD NEWS!!

It is; he's setting a great example.

Kudos.

Rep Nadler is a great man and will be missed.

Go AOC!

When you can only respond to constituents' desperate "what can we do?!" with "donate" it is well past time to bow out.

Thank you, Representative Nadler for your many years of service.

Enjoy your retirement, Jerry.

Good ... hope we have someone younger & willing to FIGHT in the wings

We need fresh blood and new minds for these new times

Good news need young minds and ideas 💡

Finally

Well he's 78.

Hopefully the DNC has a strong candidates lined up for possible replacement.

Good. Now, someone tell Nancy to get lost. She has lost her ability to guide the party, and her push for Gerry Connolly over AOC was a huge mistake. Connolly's death left yet another seat open, giving the GOP more wiggle room for votes. If you are over retirement age, you need to retire from office.

👊 I’m running to primary Hakeem Jeffries for NY-8. This is a rebellion against corporate interest. I’m not just running against Jeffries, I’m running against the machine. It will be a mutiny against every establishment official who traded our lives for a donor check ✊Learn more at VanceBforNY8.com

Sadly you can win! I’m all for purging AIPAC. I like Jeffries sometimes.

We will win! Hakeem Jeffries is done for! We can no longer have these establishment puppets in office. If we don’t make a major change, the cycle will only continue. We can’t keep asking for change and doing the same thing over and over again… Change is HERE! ✊ United we stand stronger!

Kudos for gracefully exiting

About time.

Rats are jumping ship!!

Useless @schumer.senate.gov needs to be next ...

Buh bye

He was a good one.

Thank you for your service @nadler.house.gov. Much appreciated.

Rep Nadler, although a good man, had no backbone. He and Schummer, always giving in.

I wish him well as he continues to battle his health challenges.

Good. Next up, @schumer.senate.gov and @pelosi.house.gov and everyone else noted in this article 👇🏻 www.axios.com/2025/05/15/h...

Time for younger people to get into office! This is good!

Tell those youngsters to get busy. People vote so it is their prerogative right or wrong to vote for who runs.

OK, @schumer.senate.gov your turn.

Why? He’s just the right age to be president finally

Every politician over 70 ought to seriously consider whether to run again. It’s time to let the next generation hopefully lead us into the light!

And then let's see if the younger generation wants to vote for term limits. I'd bet they won't be any more likely to do it.

Join him, @schumer.senate.gov

And @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

I like Jerry because he is a strong and wise man who knows what he is doing.

old pig

Good decision.

Time for older gen to get out of the way & give the reins to those who won’t be beholden to AIPAC.

👍👏👏

... and the NRA.

...yet

The party definitely could use younger blood. It's going to take a lot of energy to clean up this mess, prevent it from happening again, and fix the SCOTUS.

Time for Gen X and Gen Z to clean up from the Silent Generation and Boomers again.

Did you just skip over Millennials? Is this what it feels like for Gen X being forgotten all the time? 😆 We’ve been cleaning up after the Silent Gen and Boomers our whole lives.

Gen X here. Our reality has always been a bit…. Different

Yeah, pretty much. :) But yeah... I don't know all the generation names.

lol. Millennials are Gen Y. We’re in our 30s and early 40s (29-44). Gen X are late 40s and 50s (45-60). Gen Z are teens and 20s (13-28). And then there is the newest generation: Gen Alpha, which is newborns through 13 yo. They finished the alphabet (X, Y, Z) and then started the Greek alphabet.

I don’t know who makes these decisions anyway. 😅🤷‍♀️

The Boomers deserve more than you’re giving them.

I think Boomers have more than they need. A lot more.

Yeah, they always seem to do that.

Whatever that means.

Such a Miranda thing to do.

AFT

Had a beer with an off-duty pilot yesterday. He nailed it: you’re qualified to fly and be responsible for 250–500 lives at an average age of 35–40, and you’re forced to retire between 60–65. Shouldn’t the same rules apply to governing a country of 350 million lives? #resist

Wow! He is not seeking re-election? But he is so young

Years too late but ok.

It's way past time for these folks to give up the reigns and let the younger generations lead the way.

He’s pulling a Nancy and stepping aside for a new generation. What a statesman he is and a great politician. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💙⚖️

If only Nancy would retire...

Attention @schumer.senate.gov

Cause hes almost dead - rally should have age limits and term limits - 2 terms and max 65

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 He gets it.

Too bad, although I well understand. He’s one of the best.

Thank you. Good call.

Thank you Jerry for a long, distinguished career, and for opening the way for a younger Dem to step up!!!! 🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥🇺🇸🔥

Thank god

he’s my congresscritter, and that’s fine. And no, if nominated I will not run ...

Why not step down?

👏🏼

Thank you @nadler.house.gov 💙💙💙 for your service to our country.

We need fewer Zionists. More 2-staters. Fewer officials who enjoy and support genocide.

Thank you for your service!! Well done sir!! 👏👏👏

Thank you for your service, Jerry! And thank you for this 💫

Have to admit I didn't pay alot of attention to him, but always though of him as a good democrat.

Such a good man

Certainly hope more of these elderly statesmen and women do the same. Time for the younger generation to take over

Nice!!!

Another geriatric gone? Good!

Fair well and thank you

Good. No one should stay in Congress that long.

Seems like a safe blue seat. I'm glad he's opening it up for someone younger.

I'm ok with it. At 78 they should not seek reelection

Good riddance to another genocide supporter. Always voted to give fascist Netanyahu’s NazIDF more bombs and $ for its genocide in Gaza and its apartheid in the West Bank. Bought and bossed by AIPAC. Shameless enabler of war criminals.

Although he hadn't been especially effective in recent years, he is one elder Dem who always seemed dedicated & sincere. I hope he can enjoy a good long retirement surrounded by his loved ones. He deserves it.

He did a wonderful job. Sick of age discrimination.

This is good news. Thank you Representative Jerrold Nadler for your service to America.

Thank you for your service It's time for the next generation to step up💙

He served our country admirably and accomplished so much! I am very grateful and respect him for retiring.

He did good.❤️

He's done such a great job and contributed so much to the nation and NYC. Sad to see so much ageism cloud people's ability to actually educate themselves on the resume of a lifelong public servant. With an eye to the future, does anyone know if Bill Lander is in his district?

He’s done a great job but at age 78 it’s time to move on and let someone else take up the task. Retire with honor, on his feet.

Unfortunately, he is not. District 12 cover the UWS, UES, and all of midtown. Lander lives in Brooklyn.

Because he is gearing up for his Presidential Campaign. At that age, is when you seriously need to consider running for President.

Good. Now do Chuck Schumer.

Now is the time for the "old guard" to step aside and let the now take control. And what's wild, is they can STILL use their clout and influence to HELP the younger generations. And since none of them seem interested in this we can tell whose side they are really on.

Every politician over 70 years of age should follow Congressman Nadler’s example!!

Sigh so many agists here. But if he doesn’t want to fight then good.

...what?

He’s 78, how do you think time works?

It’s so stupid. 3 geriatric and chronically ill Dem reps died in office weeks after the news Congress was seated and didn’t get to vote on any of the bills passed this year. I have a lot of respect for Jerry. He was a good rep but it’s time to go. And he needs to take another dozen Dem reps with

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Exactly! someone could be 105 and the ageist crowd would come out defending them.

Rep. Nadler has cancer. I wish my then-Rep had done the same, then his seat wouldn't have been left vacant for nearly a full year thanks to DeathSantis not calling for an election.

If thinking a 78 year old should retire from Congress makes me an ageist, so be it.

It does. The question should be around whether they can do the job or want to do the job that’s required of them.

Good news

We will get another Dem. We are READY.

Too much senile members should resign

Hopefully they can plug in someone a bit older and more experienced. #sarcasm

😆

Hallelujah

We need term limits.

Great! but why do they wait until so late in the game... who's running???

Now if only all the other over 65s would follow suit…

Mmm.

It’s a good start

I find it hard to believe only 51% are millionaires.

Great news…….new faces, new ideas!!

Sorry to see this one go. Experience is helpful for the new people, and we do need more new people.

Shocker.

Good. He did his job.

Thank you for not trying to die in your seat.

Great! There are plenty of young people who would like a chance to participate in the government. We need fighters for us now.

Good. Long last retirement age.

Thank you for your service, sir.

Thanks for your service, but you’re 78 bud. Should have given up the seat 15 years ago!

Congressional primary voter turnout is 18%. Nobody needs to “give up” a seat. Just vote.

💯

I mean I can’t vote for this guy as I don’t live there. Just saying there should be an age restriction (at bare minimum) on these position. If you are over 65….yeah just retire and let the next gen take over. Also, I do vote in all my local primaries. Can’t have good representation if you don’t vote

Kudos to you for voting in primaries but if everyone who wanted the old incumbents out would do the same they’d be easily replaced without arbitrary age limits or any other anti-democratic method. Forced retirements is the wrong solution to low voter engagement.

He’s been a great Congressman and when needed, a real thorn in the side to Trump. But it’s time for a new generation to step up and take on the fight. Thank you, Sir.

Good.

Thank you for your service

I agree with all these comments but they are seriously bereft of any mention of this one extremely aged guy from Vermont.

what??? why?? he’s only 78!

God bless you, Rep. Nadler, a true mensch.

Thank you, Rep. Nadler. It is time to pass the torch to a younger generation. Provide your years of experience in counseling the next candidate, but it is time for new voices. More of your colleagues should follow suit.

Aww Darn.

Good news

He’s worked really tirelessly for democracy.

This should have happened years ago

Wishing him best for his retirement…34 years is a significant time. Now what and who for NYC?

Good

As a Boomer, I’m all over this. Make way for the young energy and fearlessness I remember from the 60’s that gave us equal rights, the clean air act and protests for abortion rights that were ultimately realized from a credible Supreme Court in the early 70’s.

Time to retire, nothing wrong with that at 78. I hope someone serious steps up to run. We can't lose any Senate seat.

Thank you Jerry for decades of the good fight. You have been steadfast and a giant. Time to pass the torch? Yes but it in no way devalues your leadership

Let's youthen that seat.

Very smart idea!

Amen

Thank you

Thank you for all you have done 👍

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, old man.

And yes, I know he was one of the 'good guys' but I'm fed up with all these old white cats.

Well he deserves to retire and relax a bit

Good

Good. Time for the next generation to take over.

About damn time.

I'm sorry to see him go! He was a great rep. Let's try to get a progressive democrat elected to replace him.

It’s about 10 years too late

Good

Good idea.

This is good news. Thank you for your service Rep Nadler.

Love Jerrold Nadler & this is just another reason why he understands the party needs young blood and fight magarepubs fire 🔥 with fire 🔥 we need more Dems like Jasmine Crockett AOC Ted Lieu. .

Age cap and term limits for all of Congress. Maybe they would actually do some meaningful work that doesn’t involve mean tweets. 👍

Finally, an old Dem gets the idea!!! Take a hint, Chuck Schumer. 🧐

The Baileys would want him to retire. 😆

Time for new blood in the government trenches.

We need a lot more of these old folks to step down and step aside. They got us where we are now.

No they didn't, the Republican Party did. WTF?

Old politicians in general. Other than Bernie, name one over 65 that actually fights for the people. I’ll wait.

Elizabeth Warren.

I'm 65. You think 65 is old? *mute

I think 65 is too old to be making decisions about a future for someone else.

Good

I hope someone just as good, but you get, will take his place.

Thank god

Nadler is 78 and looks tired. He wants a life of retirement. This is good since it allows a younger person to take his place. Good for him.

Time for some young blood.

Could it be he saw polling about his primary challenger?

Good...bring in someone who is fresher!

I would’ve pegged him at about 10 years older

If any of these old ass crypt keepers tried to get a new job at their age without using connections, they would be SOL Congress needs term limits. Gosh I wonder why they haven’t set term limits yet? Hmm… maybe it has something to do with this

Good, now can Schumer join Nadler in retiring next?

Good he and a few others have lost their edge. These are edgy times.

Good

I’m inconsolable

That’s a good move for him and the party. Influence from the outside and enjoy some well deserved time off.

Good. New blood. 👏👏👏

Finally

It's weird all these Republican's not standing for reelection, do they know something we don't?

Thank fucking goddess!!!

👍

Good. It's time to step aside and make way for the younger generation. You old codgers have fucked up our country enough.

The only thing I lament about this is, that these old timers understand how to navigate Congress and the political landmines of Washington. They should be mentoring/training the younger generations, instead of just leaving and taking their experience with them.

Young people would have to want to be mentored.

Great American Patriot! #DemocraticWarrior

Honestly, this is the correct thing to do. No one should be holding office past 78. If running for President, age limit 70 so out of office by 78. Senate? 72, out of office by 78. SCOTUS should all retire by 78.

Seems reasonable to me.