Ummm, maybe you've missed the context. Meredith is (for the moment) a Senator. In the Senate. Senators are appointed to the Senate, not so they can find a far younger person to have sex with, but so they can deliberate  on our laws with some authority  That's what a Senator, in the Senate is supposed to do. To be credible. 
You think Meredith is a good example of a Senator?