CNN’s Wolf Blitzer apologized on-air for misidentifying former First Lady Nancy Reagan ahead of Wednesday’s 6 p.m. CNN debate.
“It’s so exciting to see Nancy Reagan, 94 years old, and she’s here. She’ll be enjoying this evening I’m sure,” Blitzer said, as the camera panned to a woman in a green suit.
Here was the camera’s shot:
Later in the broadcast, Blitzer apologized to viewers.
“By the way, we want to apologize to our viewers. We thought we saw Nancy Reagan here in the hall. We are now told that was not Nancy Reagan,” Blitzer said. “We’re going to find out what exactly happened, but that’s an apology from all of us here.”
h/t: Politico
Isn’t Wolf Blitzer older than 94 year-old Nancy by now? Time for him to retire. I cannot stand his voice or his 1930’s view of the world.
None of the Republicans would have recognized Reagan these days either…and he wouldn’t recognize them as responsible, sane Republicans.
They should have known by all the people entering at the same time that it wasn’t Nancy. Queen Nancy only enters a room when everyone is seated. Still loves to make an entrance.
The only way Wolf would have respected her was if she was sporting a Combover. The Reagans have been relegated to the same status as the Eisenhowers. They used Ronnie and Nancy and now they are just museum pieces.
I forget where the last time I saw her was but Marco Rubio was escorting her somewhere. She was so incredibly frail, it was just amazing to see she was still walking.