‘Pass the torch’: The Democrat Party undergoes an internal, generational battle

Published July 15, 2019 9:06pm ET



A defining moment of the 2020 election was when Eric Swalwell looked at Joe Biden, the 76-year-old front-runner, and told him to “pass the torch.”

“I was six years old when a presidential candidate came to the California Democratic convention and said it’s time to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans,” said Rep. Eric Swalwell, a 38-year-old Democratic representative from California. “That candidate was then-Sen. Joe Biden. He was right when he said that 32 years ago. He is still right today.”

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