Apparently , sit still is too much for an 80 - year - old man , but being chairperson is n’t .
SighLast week we talked about Fox News host Jesse Watters and his recent appearance on thePBDpodcast, wherehe suggested that fast food workers earning $20 per hour equals about $100,000 a year.(Spoiler, it’s more like $40,000 a year full-time.)
Now, the 45-year-old is slipping onto timelines again in a viral clip where he and four otherThe Fivepersonalities discussed formerpresident Donald Trump’s historic criminal trialand whether he should be made to sit for it.
And Jesse’s case against having Trump sit for his trial? Well, because Trump is “almost 80.”
“The guy needs exercise,” Watters said. “He’s usually golfing. And so you’re going to put a man who’s almost 80 sitting in a room like this on his butt for all that time?”
“It’s really cruel and unusual punishment to make a man do that,” he concludes.
Also Watters- Make this man who ca n’t baby-sit through 8 hours of court of justice the President of the United States .
And though I don’t think Watters meant to support this with his statement, his concerns do highlight an ongoing conversation in the US centering around the age of our current leaders.
Just last year , the Pew Research Center lead asurveyacross the US that find 79 % of Americans are in favor of implementing maximal years limits for federally elect officials .
The presumptive nominee for the Republican party, Donald Trump, is 77 years old. Joe Biden is 81.
Underscoring this sentiment, one person tweeted: “Now Trump’s too old to sit in a courtroom? Then he’s too old to be POTUS, Jesse.”
Now Trump ’s too old to sit in a courtroom ? Then he ’s too quondam to be POTUS , Jesse .
Everyone had the same question.
He ’s primed to be prexy but not sit still in a courtroom?https://t.co / N304IySPSy
And it’s kind of backfiring.
Watters really did n’t think this one through , did he ? He really made the perfect argument for why Trump should ill-treat down!#NeverAgainTrumphttps://t.co / osHPqZxgyp
Watters : cornet needs exercise . He ’s normally golf and you ’re going to put a gentleman’s gentleman who ’s almost 80 sitting in a elbow room like this on his hindquarters for all that clock time ? It ’s not healthy . He needs sunlight . He need natural process . It ’s really vicious and strange punishmentpic.twitter.com/xT1RKZyIgc
