Fox’s Cavuto Hammers Rand Paul for ‘Condescending Swipe’ at Hillary’s Age

Fox’s Neil Cavuto scolded Senator Rand Paul today for his “condescending swipe” at Hillary Clinton for maybe being too old to be president. Paul said yesterday that Hillary might not be ready for the “rigorous physical ordeal” of a presidential campaign.

Well, Cavuto thought that was a pretty cheap shot, worse than Chris Christie shouting at someone to “shut up.” He pointed out that Ronald Reagan was 69 on inauguration day, as Clinton would be, and no Republican would say he wasn’t up to the job.

And just to stick the knife in a little further, Cavuto invoked Paul’s father, who happens to be a couple of years older than Clinton. Cavuto said Paul’s done some “damage with that condescending swipe” and told him to stop “pull[ing] this nonsense.”

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