{"id":1851517,"date":"2023-02-17T15:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T20:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851517"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T20:12:29","slug":"nikki-haley-torches-sexist-middle-aged-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-in-viral-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-torches-sexist-middle-aged-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-in-viral-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikki Haley Torches \u2018Sexist Middle-Aged CNN\u2019 Anchor Don Lemon In Viral Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnikki-haley-torches-sexist-middle-aged-cnn-anchor-don-lemon-in-viral-post%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>After she was torched, Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley became viral \u201csexist middle-aged CNN\u201d anchor Don Lemon for saying she wasn\u2019t \u201cin her prime\u201d Following her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nikki-haley-declares-her-candidacy-for-the-presidency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcement<\/a> that she\u2019s running for president in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Tweet: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nikki-haley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">51-year-old<\/a> Former Ambassador to the United Nations called out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/don-lemons-sexist-slam-of-nikki-haley-draws-sharp-rebuke-from-cnn-co-host\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lemon<\/a> Thank you for the comment, after she called on Americans not to accept leaders \u201cpast\u201d They \u201cprime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo 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+,\u201d Haley tweets<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let me be clear. I do not advocate for competency tests for CNN anchors of middle age who are sexists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wvUNCcNdVt\">https:\/\/t.co\/wvUNCcNdVt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1626316021215666176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lemon spoke on Thursday&#8217;s CNN morning show. \u201cNikki Haley isn\u2019t in her prime. Sorry, when a woman is in their prime [is] in [her] 20s and 30s and maybe 40s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemon\u2019s co-host Poppy Harlow knew the comment would create a stir and asked him to clarify. \u201cWhat are you talking \u2014 Wait \u2026 prime for what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not according to me,\u201d Lemon replied. \u201cIt depends. It\u2019s just like, prime. If you look it up. If you Google when is a woman in her prime, it\u2019ll say 20s, 30s, 40s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, the CNN anchor tweeted that his comments regarding Haley were \u201cinartful and irrelevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reference I made to a woman\u2019s \u2018prime\u2019 this morning was inartfiul and irrelevant, as colleagues and loved ones have point out, and I regret it,\u201d Lemon\u2019s tweet read. \u201cA woman\u2019s age doesn\u2019t define her either personally or professionally. I have countless women in my life who prove that every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The reference I made to a woman\u2019s \u201cprime\u201d As colleagues and family members have pointed out, this morning was inartful, irrelevant and a waste of time. A woman\u2019s age doesn&#8217;t define her either personally or professionally. Every day, I am surrounded by women who are proof of this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Don Lemon (@donlemon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/donlemon\/status\/1626288396636225538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later, the ex-governor doubled down on her remarks and told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericaNewsroom\/status\/1626601857010348032?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> \u201cLook, he [Lemon] made that comment, I wasn\u2019t sitting there saying sexist, middle-aged, CNN anchors need to have mental competency tests, although he may have just proven that point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LEMON&#8217;S SEXIST REMARKS REBUTTAL FROM &#8220;WOMEN&#8217;S PRIME&#8221; ahref=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#8221;>@NIKKIHALEY<\/a>: &#8220;Look, he made that comment, I wasn&#8217;t sitting there saying sexist, middle-aged, CNN anchors need to have mental competency tests, although he may have just proven that point\u2026&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillHemmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BillHemmer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandraSmithFox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SandraSmithFox<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Xx5Vc7bQO\">pic.twitter.com\/6Xx5Vc7bQO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 America&#8217;s Newsroom (@AmericaNewsroom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericaNewsroom\/status\/1626601857010348032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I was saying is, we need to be transparent,\u201d She added. \u201cThose elected officials that are making key decisions for us Americans on national security and keeping our kids safe and the debt, yes we need to know exactly that we\u2019re sending someone competent to do that. \u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/megyn-kelly-says-don-lemon-has-a-pattern-of-making-sexist-comments-to-his-female-colleagues-brings-receipts\">Megyn Kelly says Don Lemon Has \u2018A Pattern\u2019 The Art of Making \u2018Sexist\u2019 Comments To His Female Colleagues; Brings\u00a0Receipts<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley went viral Thursday after she torched \u201csexist middle-aged CNN\u201d anchor Don Lemon for saying she wasn\u2019t \u201cin her prime\u201d following her announcement that she\u2019s running for president in 2024. In a tweet, the 51-year-old former United Nations Ambassador called out Lemon for making the comment after she called on Americans &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1851520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[18958,9373,5742,16093,18959,5739,4899,6514,6865,6143],"class_list":["post-1851517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-anchor","tag-cnn","tag-haley","tag-lemon","tag-middle-aged","tag-nikki","tag-post","tag-sexist","tag-torches","tag-viral"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}