Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass) announced Wednesday that he will challenge Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass) for his Massachusetts Senate seat, arguing that the 79-year-old lawmaker, who has served in Congress since 1976, is “too old.”

“Is he too old?” Moulton said in an interview with the Boston Globe . “Look, every political consultant will tell me not to say this, but the honest truth is, yes.”

“Senator Markey is a very nice guy,” the congressman continued, “but he’s been in Congress for 50 years, and he’ll be 86 years old at the end of his next term as our junior senator.”

Moulton, a 46-year old Iraq War veteran and six-term congressman, acknowledged that he and Markey see eye-to-eye on “the vast majority of issues,” but said, “it’s time for a new generation of leadership for Democrats and for

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