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Mike Alfonso: “The founding fathers wrote the constitution and said 25 year…”

Featuring: Mike Alfonso, Republican Party | Candidate, Wisconsin State Assembly District 7

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Michael Alfonso Joins Ben Dryden To Discuss Campaign For Congress

Published | Video Starts at 28:16

So what have you identified are those things are going to be, well, like you said, age. They're going to hit me on age. You know, The founding fathers wrote the constitution and said 25 year olds can run for office and they let the people decide. I ask, you know, let me prove it. This is a very long campaign. Even the primary isn't until August. I'm gonna prove it to voters that I'm not just some 25 year old kid. (28:16–28:23)

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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution allows 25-year-olds to run for office.

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