#shorts On 2/17/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “switching topics. On a topic that you brought up —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Uh-oh. (Laughs.)
Reporter: — with John Kirby earlier —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh.

Reporter: — when you said that neither you or he are — have “hit your prime yet.” Does the President have anything to say about this national conversation that was sparked after a claim that was seemingly made in defense of the President, that Nikki Haley is not in her prime because women hit their prime in their 20, 30s, and 40s?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: You know, I’m not going to comment directly to that. That is something, clearly, that needs to be addressed by —
Reporter: Right, I only bring it up because you — you brought it up with John.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, no. No, no. I’m going to say something. Just give me a second. I — I have something to say. When you look at this President’s administration, and we have talked about the numbers before, it is — there are more women in his senior — in his senior advisor, in his senior staff roles than men.

Now even White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has chimed in on CNN’s Don Lemon’s sexist comments about women not being in their ‘prime’ past their 40s.

Asked about Lemon’s comments, which were made about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday, Jean-Pierre said at Friday’s briefing that ‘that is something clearly that need to be addressed.’

She wouldn’t take a direct slap at Lemon, who co-hosts CNN This Morning, but used the opportunity to highlight President Joe Biden’s own record of elevating women – which includes a number of women older than 40. ‘When you look at this president’s administration – and we have talked about the numbers before – there are more women, in his senior adviser and his senior staff,’ Jean-Pierre said.

On Thursday morning, Lemon and his co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins were discussing Haley’s proposal that politicians older than 75 submit to ‘ competency tests.’

Haley had made the pitch at her campaign kickoff event Wednesday afternoon in Charleston, South Carolina – and it looked to be aimed at 80-year-old President Joe Biden, but also 76-year-old former President Donald Trump, so far Haley’s only rival in the 2024 GOP primary.

Lemon argued that discussing the merits of age in politics was ‘the wrong road to go down.’ ‘She says people, you know, politicians are suddenly not in their prime. Nikki Haley isn’t in her prime,’ Lemon said.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/5tVbZrWgp3k
CNN’s Don Lemon’s sexist comments Nikki Haley is not in her prime? A: more women in roles than men