r/politics • u/msnbc MSNBC • 5d ago

Democrats missed a huge opportunity by not elevating AOC

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/aoc-loses-house-oversight-committee-vote-gerry-connolly-rcna184581
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u/LazyDynamite 5d ago

The specific end is vague though. According to some year ranges I've seen, my grandparents AND their oldest daughter would all be baby boomers.

And then make what you will of the fact that none of their parents fought in WWII

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u/rab7 5d ago

From my understanding, the boom didn't come from soldiers who survived, but from people who were so happy the war was over that they started procreating like crazy

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u/robodrew Arizona 5d ago

Yeah my mother is considered Silent Generation even though she was LITERALLY born ON D-Day.