Don Lemon has spoken out after Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley backtracked on her comments about the Civil War.
Haley neglected to mention slavery as the cause of the conflict while speaking at a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, on Dec. 27.
According to WSPA 7 News, the former governor of South Carolina was asked by a man in the audience, “What was the cause of the United States Civil War?” Haley seemed unprepared to answer the simple question as she replied, “Well, don’t come with an easy question or anything,” before stating that the government was the cause while failing to mention slavery.
“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 continued before returning a question back to the man. “What do you think the cause of the Civil War was?”
The man replied that he was not a candidate for president like Haley, but he would like to hear her thoughts.
“I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are,” she replied. “And 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. Government doesn’t need to tell you how to live your life. They don’t need to tell you what you can and can’t do. They don’t need to be a part of your life.”
“In the year 2023, it’s astonishing to me that you answer that question without mentioning the word slavery,” the man told the former governor, prompting her to ask, “What do you want me to say about slavery?”
Haley’s poor answer received the attention of President Joe Biden, who shared a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “It was about slavery,” wrote the POTUS.
After Haley received backlash for her comments, the following day, she appeared on the radio show,…
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