Sen. Bernie Sanders blasts 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley's call for 'mandatory mental competency tests' for politicians over 75 as 'absurd'

• Bernie Sanders blasted Nikki Haley's idea of an age-based mental competency test for politicians.
• "There are a lot of 40-year-olds out there who ain't particularly competent," Sanders told CBS News.
• Insider's Bryan Metzger last week found scant support for such a test while on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday blasted 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley over her suggestion that politicians aged 75 and older should be subject to "mandatory mental competency tests," calling her idea "absurd."