CNN host lambasted for saying presidential candidate Nikki Haley, 51, isn’t ‘in her prime’
Amid ongoing criticism over his feedback about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, Don Lemon was absent Monday from CNN This Morning. Co-host Poppy Harlow instructed viewers that, “Don has the day without work.”
Lemon has not been on the air since Thursday, when throughout a dialogue on CNN This Morning in regards to the ages of politicians, he mentioned that the 51-year-old Haley was not “in her prime.” A girl, he mentioned, was thought of in her prime “in her 20s, 30s and perhaps her 40s.”
Challenged by Harlow, Lemon added: “Do not shoot the messenger, I am simply saying what the information are.”
Lemon, 56, has since apologized, however he has been broadly condemned, together with by CNN CEO Chris Licht. CNN reported that Licht chastised Lemon throughout an editorial name Friday, saying his remarks had been “unacceptable” and “unfair to his co-hosts.”
A CNN spokesperson had no quick touch upon whether or not Lemon can be again Tuesday.
Lemon arrives on the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala in New York Metropolis on Dec. 6, 2022. Lemon was absent from work Monday after his feedback about Haley. (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Photographs)
Haley responds to ‘sexist’ remarks
Haley weighed in on Lemon’s remarks on Twitter.
“I’ve at all times made liberals’ heads explode. They cannot stand the concept of a conservative minority lady operating for president,” she wrote.
I’ve at all times made liberals’ heads explode.
They cannot stand the concept of a conservative minority lady operating for president. pic.twitter.com/2m1S4WP1Xs
In another tweet, she wrote that it is “at all times the liberals who’re essentially the most sexist.”
Haley, the previous South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, introduced her candidacy for president final Tuesday, changing into the primary main challenger to former president Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination.
If elected, Haley can be the nation’s first feminine president and the primary U.S. president of Indian descent.
