NOW is joining the wagon train.
Via The Hill
The president of the National Organization for Women criticized billionaire Warren Buffett’s comments on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as sexist.
NOW president Terry O’Neill told The Hill that Buffett’s remarks on CNBC earlier this week about Warren were “hypocritical.”
“She would do better if she was less angry and demonized less,” Buffett said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
“I do find Warren Buffett’s comment sexist,” O’Neill told The Hill. “Calling a woman angry is often a way to shut her down when she is being assertive and powerful.”
In his CNBC interview, Buffett said he believes “in praising by name and criticizing by category, and I’m not sure that I’ve totally convinced Elizabeth Warren that’s the way to go.”
O’Neill said those statements don’t add up.
“He claims he believes in ‘praising by name and criticizing by category,’ but turns around and criticizes Sen. Warren by name — not category — saying ‘she would do better if she was less angry and demonized less,’ ” O’Neill said.
Representatives for Buffett and Warren could not be immediately reached for comment.
Buffett posted a rare tweet Thursday to support Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In campaign, which advocates against workplace gender bias, among other policies.
Buffett tweeted a photo with the caption: “Mary Rhinehart, a Berkshire CEO, is successfully running a $2.5B company in a male-dominated field #LeanInTogether.”