Facing Younger Primary Challenger, Waters Says No One Is Too Old To Serve…

At 87 years old, Waters is among the oldest serving members of Congress and is facing a stiff primary challenger from a younger progressive candidate. Waters is facing off against 53-year-old Myla Rahman, a nonprofit executive who’s worked in politics. “She’s a force… Since I was 6 years old, she’s been in office, but as I do my work in the community, walk through the districts, talk to people, people want new leadership,” Rahman said. That’s a big difference… When you talk about relatability, when you talk about going to the store, the price of affordability – I’m a renter,” Rahman said.

“Being able to afford housing. Raising my children in the district and school there, talking to their friends. And elections are about the future. They’re not really about the past,” Rahman added. Waters says her experience and the energy she brings to the job every day are why she’s running for re-election.

Waters appeared at an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles in February, chanting “ICE out of L. A. ” hours before the demonstration descended into violence and police made multiple arrests. “What I see here at the detention center are people exercising their constitutional rights,” Waters said while standing in front of officers wearing riot gear, Fox News reported. “And, of course, they’re now trying to tear gas everybody. It’s in the air, but people are not moving.”