<p>Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday that Nikki Haley calling for competency tests for office was &#8220;absurd&#8221; and ageist.</p>
<p>Haley, 51, made the call when announcing her presidential bid in South Carolina last week. But Sanders, an 81-year-old former presidential candidate himself, told CBS News on Sunday that voters could determine a candidate&#8217;s competency by looking at them, and should focus on ideas over age.</p>
<p>&#8220;You know, we are fighting racism, we&#8217;re fighting sexism, we&#8217;re fighting homophobia, I think we should also be fighting ageism,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;Trust people, look at people and say, you know, this person is competent, this person is not competent. There are a lot of 40-year-olds out there who ain&#8217;t particularly competent.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSanders</a> says 2024 GOP presidential candidate <a href="https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NikkiHaley</a>’s proposal for a mandatory mental competency test for politicians older than 75 is “absurd.”</p>
<p> “We are fighting racism, we&#39;re fighting sexism, we&#39;re fighting homophobia, I think we should also be fighting ageism.” <a href="https://t.co/MsRDL71VCA">pic.twitter.com/MsRDL71VCA</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1627335202862166020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During her first rally in Charleston, SC on Wednesday, Haley decried career politicians and the gerontocracy in American politics. “In the America I see, the permanent politician will finally retire,” </span><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3859468-haley-calls-for-mental-competency-tests-for-politicians-over-75/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haley said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “We’ll have term limits for Congress and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haley has centered her </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-declares-her-candidacy-for-the-presidency"><span style="font-weight: 400;">campaign</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on ushering in a “new generation” of younger conservative leaders.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Haley’s comment previously drew an offensive rebuke from CNN’s </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/don-lemons-sexist-slam-of-nikki-haley-draws-sharp-rebuke-from-cnn-co-host"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don Lemon</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, who said accused women in their mid-to-late 40s of being past their prime. Lemon quickly apologized and backtracked, but Haley </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-torches-sexist-middle-aged-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-in-viral-post"><span style="font-weight: 400;">fired back</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Twitter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“To be clear, I am NOT calling for competency tests for Sexist middle-aged CNN anchors; only for people who make our laws and are 75+,” Haley tweeted Thursday.</span></p>
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