CNN’s Anderson Cooper corrected for using wrong pronouns during town hall with Bernie Sanders

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper got called out for misgendering a member of the audience during a Wednesday town hall event with Sen Bernie Sanders I-Vt While introducing the audience member s question to the progressive lawmaker Cooper referred to the person as a she prompting the individual to correct him before getting to the question They them pronouns really Thank you the person narrated the anchor likely indicating a non-binary identification JUDGE SAYS MADDOW OTHER MSNBC HOSTS MADE VERIFIABLY FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT EXPERT SUING FOR DEFAMATIONCooper made the alleged error while reintroducing Sanders following a commercial break during the venture And welcome back for our live CNN town hall We re back with Sen Bernie Sanders I want to introduce Grace Thomas She s a local civil rights attorney She s a Democrat Grace he revealed inviting the person to speak Thomas corrected him prompting Cooper to respond Oh Thomas then laughed and moved on to her question which was gender-related Good evening Sen Sanders Polling and turnout statistics indicate that men of all racial demographics are turning away from the Democratic Party But of subject White men in particular do not feel that the DNC s messaging targets them in the issues that they care about The non-binary person then urged Should progressive campaigns craft policies and messaging to better encapsulate these voters And if the answer is yes how do they do so without abandoning marginalized voters of color and gender CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURESanders responded by touting his progressive agenda stances and noting that bringing the Democratic Party up to speed on economic issues and helping the working class will shore up the party s assistance among its diverse contingent I believe that we got to end all forms of bigotry Et cetera Et cetera Not everybody agrees with me But you know what Grace On plenty of economic issues there is widespread agreement and the failure of the Democratic Party he commented The exchange created a buzz on social media with prominent X users mocking Cooper for the flub Conservative influencer Collin Rugg shared a clip of the exchange and added his own sarcastic comment NEW CNN s Anderson Cooper gets corrected after misgendering a civil rights attorney at a town hall event with Bernie Sanders Wow what a bigot JURY FINDS CNN COMMITTED DEFAMATION AGAINST NAVY VETERAN SETTLEMENT REACHED ON PUNITIVE DAMAGESFormer NCAA swimmer and women s rights activist Riley Gaines poked fun at Cooper posting Calling for Anderson Cooper's immediate resignation for believing what his eyes were telling him he saw Bigot Outkick com founder Clay Travis determined the exchange amusing writing Anderson Cooper called out for misgendering during a CNN town hall with Bernie Sanders This is absolutely perfect Conservative columnist Tim Young shared I can t stop cackling at this attention seeking leftist correcting Anderson Cooper on her pronouns They them definitely Democrats will never win another polling again Conservative commentator Paul Szypula joked CNN demands to fire AC straightaway His insensitivity and transphobia cannot be tolerated The Left is a laughingstock CNN did not right now reply to Fox News Digital's request for comment