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Don Lemon is taking a breather from his hosting duties on CNN after saying GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley isn't "in her prime."

Not particularly competent. you look at the individual. i dont think you make a blanket statement. >> on the flip side a lot of people dont like the prospect of older politicians making critical decisions in a critical time. >> as someone who has been elected office and the youngest person elected when i was first elected i love giving young people a chance. i think we have lots of young folks who have great things to add. i also think we have to look at somebody who can get the job done. right ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) blasted former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, for floating the idea that politicians over the age of 75 should face “competency tests,” calling the thought “absurd.” “I think that’s absurd,” Sanders said in an interview on CBS’s “Face The Nation.” “We are fighting…

When you look, he is 42% for former president donald trump. and then 36% for governor ron desantis, not far behind. he has not even running yet. and haley, a dismal 5%. listen, she is still third. she still has a lead on. pence these are still early, early days, but i think those polling numbers are so telling here, because she is trying to be careful. she is the first republican to challenge trump, something she originally said she would not do. remember, he is also her former boss. she was the...

At an age men are seen as authoritative, women are seen as just old, CNN's Don Lemon showed in dismissing GOP 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley.

Dont need new leadership. the difference is we need new generational leadership, we have to lead the status quo, will leave this chaos behind. we have to start talking about the future. we need a washington outsider who is going to come in and say i understand that families are having to pay more to make their grocery bill. i understand they are worried about their children who may never get back what they lost during covid. i understand the fact when someones factory leaves town he is worried h...

American people expect of them and not the other way around. >> brian: how did donald trump do on the competency test at 76 years old? >> you know, i think he did great. the last time he did it. i had no reason to think he wouldnt do well this time. but i do think we need it and its across the board. i think you look at congress. look at all the members of congress. you have to start doing this for elected officials. when someone sent someone to washington, they need to know they are at the top ...

Oh man. always look for the grown in idaho seal. ♪ ♪ spun out, don lemon over at cnn is doing it again, sparking more accusations of sexism, what is it with this guy? just this morning he said presidential candidate to nikki haley should not promote competency tests for elderly politicians, because she and this is a quote "it is past her prime as a woman." watch it. >> this talk about age makes me uncomfortable, i think its the wrong road to go down, she says people, politicians or something...

Nikki haley was talking about. i think we should have psych tests for anyone who wants to be president. if you want to be the most powerful person in the world you might have a screw loose. >> this vindicates her decision to get in early. generating attention if she wouldnt if she was number ten in a 10-person field. the attacks have been so personal and always after her over her name. nikki saying she made it up because she doesnt want to be an indian american. it is her middle name. >> dana: t...

Hours professionally in the air, this doesnt seem odd. this just seems like a young pilot. theyre saying he was able to set the flight controls from 38,000 feet, where it was at its cruising altitude to 100. thats a big reveal. >> what we cant do, thomas, is mistake experience for competency. you know the captain will be significantly experienced, possibly with tens of thousands of hours and obviously hugely competent. but there will be competency tests through training rigorous training, where ...