Bernie Sanders Says Nikki Haley Calling For Mental Competency Tests Is ‘Absurd,’ Ageist | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday that Nikki Haley calling for competency tests for office was "absurd" and ageist.

    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's competency by looking at them, and should focus on ideas over age.

    "You know, we are fighting racism, we're fighting sexism, we're fighting homophobia, I think we should also be fighting ageism," Sanders said. "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't particularly competent."

    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," Haley said. "We'll have term limits for Congress and mandatory mental competency tests for politicians over 75 years old."

    Haley has centered her campaign on ushering in a "new generation" of younger conservative leaders.

    Haley's comment previously drew an offensive rebuke from CNN's Don Lemon, who said accused women in their mid-to-late 40s of being past their prime. Lemon quickly apologized and backtracked, but Haley fired back on Twitter.

    "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.

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Considering how abjectly corrupt and civilly abusive the Left has become regarding the corrosive effect of their elected leaders; their entrenched and ruling bureaucracy; employing their failed Education Industry as Indoctrinators; their collusive private sector operators, such as the terminally discredited Legacy Media and Big Tech censorship of Free Speech: What will be the best course forward for hardworking Middle Americans, including the Patriot Class?

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Since only about 20% of the News Media has any shred of Journalistic Integrity remaining: How does our Constitutional Republic continue without a "Free Press"?

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  We Democratic Socialists are doing just fine, thank-you, by promoting lies while having very little real knowledge about so much.

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Considering the renewed and unequalled dishonesty in elected politicians, at all levels of governing, and their associative nefarious bureaucrats doing their corrupt bidding: What is your opinion of YOUR government, and what do you intend to do about it?

  Today's overall government is just fine, and I will continue to vote for politicians that make promises to suit my individual needs.

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