CNN anchor Don Lemon seemed to cause some on-air tension Thursday morning after boldly claiming GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not “in her prime” — and should not comment on …
Lemon quickly tried to save himself by claiming he wasn’t stating his personal beliefs.
“That’s not according to me,” he said. “It’s like, prime. If you look it up. If you Google when is a woman in her prime, it’ll say 20s, 30s and 40s.” Nikki Haley, 51, launched her presidential campaign last week and said politicians over the age of 75 should be required to take a mental competency test.He continued: “I’m just saying Nikki Haley should be careful about saying that politicians are not in their prime and they need to be in prime when they serve. Because she wouldn’t be in her prime according to, you know, Google.”
Lemon then suggested that Haley ought to be careful with such proposals as they could potentially turn away older voters. The exchange drew criticism from both sides of the aisle, with many condemning Lemon as both sexist and politically biased.
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