Former Trump official Nikki Haley sparks Confederate flag furor with new interview
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley ignites controversy with a new interview in which she discusses the Confederate flag.
Haley told The Blaze that South Carolina residents viewed the Confederate battle flag as being about "service, and sacrifice, and heritage" before white supremacist mass shooter Dylann Roof "hijacked" it by killing nine black church members in the state in 2015."I beg you to stop pandering to racists," said one message directed at Haley.
"At the same time, for many others in South Carolina, the flag is a deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past," she said. Haley continued: "We don't have hateful people in South Carolina. There's always the small minority that's always gonna be there. But people saw it as service, and sacrifice, and heritage, and – but once he did that, there was no way to overcome it."
New York Times contributing op-ed writer Wajahat Ali tweeted Haley is "going full MAGA and racist leading up to 2024. Told ya. This is the only way for a candidate to be appreciated by the Republican Party now. No country for moderates, adults or Never Trumpers. Also the Confederate flag was for treasonous criminals who enslaved people."
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