Slaves of Trumplandia
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Patrick Last Name Unknown is apparently a whole lot better at that whole journalism thing than 99% of the people paid to cover politics by our leading media outlets:
Nikki Haley was confronted on Wednesday by a voter in New Hampshire who called her out for not mentioning slavery in her response to his question about the cause of the Civil War.
Haley — who, as governor of South Carolina, ultimately called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds — told the crowd that the war was about government interfering in people’s freedoms.
“I mean, 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,” Haley said in a visit to Berlin — the first of five events in the Granite State as she attempts to close the gap with Republican front-runner Donald Trump ahead of next month’s primary.
The former UN ambassador then asked the voter what he thought the cause of the Civil War was, to which the voter responded, “I’m not running for president.”
“I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are,” Haley added. “I will always stand by the fact that I think government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people. It was never meant to be all things to all people,” she added.
The voter criticized her for not mentioning slavery in her answer. “In the year 2023, it’s astonishing to me that you answer that question without mentioning the word slavery,” the voter said.
“What do you want me to say about slavery?” Haley asked.
“You answered my question,” he responded.
“Next question,” Haley said as attendees applauded.
Speaking to reporters after the town hall, the voter, who only identified himself as Patrick, called his question “pretty fundamental and frankly pretty easy.”
He said a video of Haley being asked “essentially” the same question when she was running for governor of South Carolina had prompted him to ask it again now that she’s running for president.
“The answer that she gave was very similar to the answer that she gave tonight,” he said, adding “I was just curious if she would answer it any different.”
Well, it’s pretty easy question to answer if the base of your party isn’t made up of white supremacists . . .
The most striking thing here is that Haley worked to get the Confederate flag to stop being flown on the statehouse grounds when she was governor of South Carolina. Today, that same position is as about as acceptable for a GOP presidential candidate as being in favor of mandatory sex change operations for toddlers, or having a minimum wage.
The Civil War has never really ended.