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A 68-year-old congresswoman is retiring partly to set a greater instance for different getting old politicians.

New Hampshire Representative Annie Kuster informed The Boston Globe that she hopes a few of her colleagues will likely be impressed to depart Congress, and that she needs President Joe Biden had stepped apart earlier.

She added that her determination to depart Congress was primarily based on a number of components, together with President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, but in addition on her hope that it’s going to make room for youthful members.

“I’m trying to set a better example,” she informed the newspaper. “I think there are colleagues — some of whom are still very successful and very productive — but others who just stay forever.”

“I’m just not the best gladiator for it right now,” she mentioned of Trump’s return, noting that his comeback, the January 6 Capitol riot, and making room for youthful individuals, all performed a task in her determination.

Kuster simply narrowly escaped as rioters headed to the House chamber throughout the Capitol riot.

“I’ve said somewhat facetiously, he tried to kill me once, I’m not available for that again,” she mentioned relating to Trump. “What we went through on January 6 and his attempt to overthrow the government took a toll. That was really hard, and not just personally, but on my ability to work across the aisle.”

Her final votes as a member of Congress additionally pushed her out the door as Elon Musk took down a bipartisan spending deal, nearly resulting in a authorities shutdown.

She mentioned it was “a big part of the reason to leave … There’s a theme developing when billionaires make decisions about hard-working families’ lives, it comes out just mean. It’s cold-hearted.”

Kuster revealed her determination in March, lengthy earlier than Trump received the election and earlier than Biden bowed out to make room for Vice President Kamala Harris.

She informed The Globe that she thought Trump would be capable of win after a visit to New Hampshire with Biden when she spent an hour with the president and began to doubt his reelection prospects.

“Just in my heart, [I] reached the conclusion that this would be a very challenging campaign for him, and to put himself out there for another four-year term was going to be a struggle,” she informed the paper, noting that the 81-year-old president is able to ending his time period however that his getting old was clear and that he spoke “very softly,” suggesting that Biden’s staff “may have” hid his getting old.

“It was hard for me at that time, like, what can one person do?” Kuster requested The Globe. “You know, I did talk with people about [it] and talked with the campaign, it’s just hard to know, looking back on it.”

Following Biden’s June 27 debate with Trump which finally led to his departure from the race, Kuster hosted a video name with Biden and the New Democrat Coalition, a gaggle of reasonable Democrats of which she’s the chair. The assembly grew tense when members challenged Biden on his health to proceed in workplace.

Kuster mentioned it was “painful” to arrange her remarks for the decision. “I haven’t had these kinds of conversations since I talked to my own parents about, you know, their aging and their limitations,” she mentioned.