WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Americans get ready to head to the polls, President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris – who are both showing their age after a long election and stints in Washington – remain neck and neck… or as critics and dermatologists are saying, turkey neck and turkey neck.
While the two haven’t wasted any breath slamming each other on policies or things they’ve said on the campaign trail, many Americans are wondering why they haven’t spent more time attacking their painfully obvious aging facial and neck skin.
But according to some Washington experts, turkey necks have a unique history in the nation’s capital and are often associated with strength and power in D.C. circles.
“A lot of people don’t know this, but having a long or pronounced turkey neck draws a great deal of respect in D.C. and is often a key indicator of how quickly a legislator rises through the ranks. It’s a cultural tradition just like Chinese foot binding or Mayan cranial reformation,” a Washington D.C. historian told The Gas Lamp.
And while it’s long been known that the job of being president has the ability to significantly age those who take the job, the sense of how important turkey necks have been in the careers of leaders like Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, and Diane Feinstein is often overlooked.
Despite the election remaining too close to call, recent polls show Trump with a slight edge over Harris due to the clear superiority he has in saggy neck skin.