Don Lemon Apologizes for ‘Inartful and Irrelevant’ Comment About Nikki Haley’s Age: ‘I Regret It’
thewrap.comPoppy Harlow: "Are you talking about prime for like child bearing?""Don’t shoot the messenger! I’m just saying what the facts are!
Google it!" pic.twitter.com/n1HmtkWTplHarlow pumped her fists in relief at hearing “40s.”“So I’ve got another decade,” she said jokingly.“I”m not saying I agree with that,” Lemon added.Harlow asked for qualification from Lemon, asking if he meant prime in the terms of childbearing.Haley herself responded to Lemon’s comment.“Liberals can’t stand the idea of having competency tests for older politicians to make sure they can do the job,” she wrote on Twitter. “BTW it’s always the liberals who are the most sexist,” Haley said.Several users pointed out that Lemon is five years older than Haley and that he didn’t cite Hillary Clinton’s age when she ran for president.Others cited the double standard for conservative women, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ age and how British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher took on that role at the age of 53.This is one of the most sexist things a "news host" has said in recent memory, but nothing will happen to Don Lemon, of course https://t.co/sog0BrrcpCOMG..
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