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She Meant It. Nikkki's Racism Is Not A Bug, It's a Feature [1]
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Date: 2023-12-29
In my book, Nikkki is spelled with three K’s.
While reading about Fox’s attempt to paper over her very real beliefs, I saw that the person who asked the question about the Civil War says they were trying to find out whether she had changed her extremist views on the Civil War and her warm feelings for the Confederates. Apparently, she has not.
From a 2010 interview with the Sons of Confederate Veterans:
In her interview, Haley also described the Civil War in terms sympathetic to the southern cause and did not mention slavery. “I think you have one side of the Civil War that was fighting for tradition, and I think you have another side of the Civil War that was fighting for change,” ... “Tradition versus change on what,” asked the interviewer. “On individual rights and liberty of people,” she responded... “You know, for those groups that come in and say they have issues with the Confederate flag, I will... talk to them about the heritage and how this is not something that is racist. This is something that is a tradition that people feel proud of… When asked about secession, Haley said… she believed under the Constitution that states have the right to secede from the rest of the country... “The Union, I think that they do,” Haley inaccurately said. “I mean, the Constitution says that.” The Supreme Court ruled in 1869 that states do not have a constitutional right to unilaterally secede. Haley declined to say if she would support South Carolina if it “needed” to secede… Haley also said she supported South Carolina’s “Confederate History Month”… “it’s part of tradition,” she said. “And so, when you look at that, if you have the same as you have Black History Month and you have Confederate History Month…
Someone who thinks Black History Month and Confederate History Month are the same is not a moderate. They’re an extremist. Likewise, they have no business even running for president. Nikki Haley’s presence in the GOP primary is a stain on this country and many people in mainstream news seem to be so tired of Trump that they’re gaslighting Americans into voting for a truly loathsome racist.
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