*Candace Owens has come to Don Lemon’s defense after the CNN host said Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is past her prime.
“People are gonna force me to actually defend Don Lemon for saying something that simply made sense,” Owens stated on her talk show, OK Magazine reports. “People are outraged.”
“Don Lemon might lose his job. In fact, they’re going to now make him take diversity and inclusion courses. He’s facing all of this pressure because he’s clearly sexist, right?” Owens, 33, continued. “I’m sorry, what was wrong with what Don Lemon just said? Is it the part that it happens to be true? It’s not allowed at CNN? Why is everybody acting so offended by the fact that he basically said water is wet?”
On the Feb. 16 broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Lemon discussed Haley announcing her run for president in 2024 with co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins.
“She says people, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime,” Lemon said on air. “A woman is considered to be in their prime in [their] 20s and 30s, and maybe 40s.” Haley is 51.
Lemon was removed from the air for a few days after his remarks and he must now undergo sensitivity training, according to reports.
Owens wants to know what would the public and political reaction be like if Trump had made similar remarks as Lemon.
“I would probably say I don’t want a 20-year-old running for president because you are more experienced as you age, obviously. You are wiser as you age,” she stated. “Here’s the best part about the conservatives that are taking the bait on this, what if Trump had said that?”
“Now all of a sudden, Don Lemon says it and we’re pretending that we need to be hysterical and crying about it,” Owens added. “Give me a break. This is going into the category of me wondering whether or not conservatives are accidentally becoming what they hate, right? Are we becoming the snowflakes?”
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