Politicsgeneration xDavid Gergen

Gen Xers Get Skipped Again And Yep, That's Exactly What They Expected Anyway

Don't you, forget about me... don't, don't, don't, don't.
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Generation X was forgotten, again. 

David Gergen, CNN analyst and adviser to four presidents, tweeted that it was time for Baby Boomers to step aside and let a new generation take the reins of power. But he skipped right over one:

Notice what’s missing? 

Plenty of people on Twitter did. He completely ignored Generation X ― both in his tweet and during the CNN appearance he promoted ― causing GenX to trend on the social media network with responses such as these: 

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