‘Pathetic’: Nikki Haley Slammed For ‘Bizarre and Wrong’ Answer to Question of Why the Civil War Started

Ken MeyerDec 28th, 2023, 8:11 am
 

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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley got torn apart by critics for her refusal to cite slavery as a cause of the Civil War.

The former governor of South Carolina was asked at a town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday night what she thought was the cause of the Civil War in the United States.

“Well, don’t come with an easy question,” Haley joked before saying, “I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run, the freedoms and what people could and couldn’t do. What do you think the cause of the Civil War was?”

“I’m not running for president,” the man said, which led Haley to suggest the role of government was the primary catalyst behind the war.

“In the year 2023 it’s astonishing to me that you would answer that question without mentioning the word ‘slavery,’” the man eventually told Haley. To this, she retorted “What do you want me to say about slavery?”

“You’ve answered my question, thank you,” the man said, and Haley moved on.

Her comments subsequently went viral online over her refusal to acknowledge the reality, which most historians agree upon, that slavery was at the root of the political, social and economic factors that sparked the Civil War.

Haley was slammed by liberals and conservatives, from rival Republican campaigns to President Joe Biden and DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison, who called out Haley’s history of waffling on the Confederate flag.

They were hardly alone in their criticism, however:

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