[Blaze] Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) slammed GOP former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's proposal to require mental competency testing for politicians over age 75. Sanders made the remarks during an interview with Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation" on Sunday."I think that's absurd," Sanders told Brennan, when asked whether he agreed with or was offended by Haley's proposal.
Sanders, as a joke, initially pretended not to understand Brennan's question. "What did she mean? I don't understand what. . ."
"Yeah, you know, we are fighting racism; we're fighting sexism; we're fighting homophobia. I think we should also be fighting ageism," Sanders told Brennan, expounding on his objection to Haley's proposal, and suggesting it stemmed from age-related bias.
"Trust people, look at people and say, you know, this person is competent, this person is not competent," Sanders also said.
"There are a lot of 40 year olds out there who ain't particularly competent. Older people, you know, you look at the individual, I don't think you make a blanket statement," the senator concluded.