Bernie Sanders: Nikki Haley’s demand for mental tests is ageist and ‘absurd’

‘I think we should also be fighting ageism,’ Sanders told CBS’s Face the Nation. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s demand for mental competency tests for politicians older than 75 is “absurd” and ageist, the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said.

“We are fighting racism, we’re fighting sexism, we’re fighting homophobia, I think we should also be fighting ageism,” Sanders, 81, told CBS’s Face the Nation.