Guess what America? Your debate sweetheart is a millennial

That’s right. Ken Bone is a millennial.

At age 34, the red sweater-wearing debate sensation is one of us. This is important not only because Mr. Bone asked the most substantive, policy-driven question of the largely superficial 90-minute debate, but also because the town hall style did not feature anyone else obviously or self-declaring as a millennial.

Where are millennials represented in the election? If you’re like most millennials, we’re frustrated with the bad rap we often receive from the other generations for being lazy, incompetent, entitled snowflakes and a host of other accusations that perhaps represent a small fragment.

The millennials I know and work with, like Centennial Institute director Jeff Hunt and Millennial Policy Foundation president Jimmy Sengenberger, are some of the most innovative, creative, driven, aware, informed, and passionate conservatives you’ll ever meet. The young millennials I am privileged to teach at Colorado Christian University are also passionate advocates for policy issues for this country and are inspired and genuinely concerned and informed students.

Yet… Where are millennial policy issues represented in this election?

If the Ken Bone sensation should stand for anything it is that millennials might not fit in with the average suit and tie standard of generations past, but we are substantive, policy-driven, concerned Americans and will not be ignored. In fact, we’ll become the story.