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Nikki Haley, the former Governor of South Carolina, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, got asked during a campaign event, “What started the Civil War?”
Her rambling answer involved the role of government in protecting freedoms while not telling folks what to do. No mention of slavery. (I guess that wasn’t a freedom that came to her mind.) When the man asked, “What about slavery? “ she said, “What do you want me to say about slavery?” He replied, “That answers my question.”
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She took forever to get that nasty Confederate flag removed from S.C. capitol.
Spineless.
@johnldeboer This is ridiculous. I thought this sort of mindset died out by now. People used to talk like this (i.e. saying the Civil War was not really about slavery but about "states rights") when I was a child, but I thought by now most of the world had learned better. Evidently not Nikki or her base.