Whoopi Goldberg chastised Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley over her recent comments about the Civil War.
Goldberg slammed Haley after she failed to note slavery as the reason for the war during a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, on Dec. 27.
During an episode of “The View” on Jan. 2, Goldberg and her co-hosts discussed the former governor of South Carolina’s comments, and the EGOT winner criticized Haley for not knowing such an important part of American history. After Haley was asked by a man in the audience at the town hall what the cause of the Civil War was, she replied that it was not “an easy question” before claiming it was about the government without mentioning slavery.
“Well, don’t come with an easy question or anything,” said Haley. “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,” she said before asking the man in the audience, “What do you think the cause of the Civil War was?”
The man replied that he wasn’t a candidate for the presidency and wanted to know what Haley thought.
“I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are, 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,” she continued. “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.”
After the man replied that he was shocked she didn’t mention slavery, Haley replied, “What do you want me to say about slavery?”
During the discussion on “The View,” Goldberg noted that Haley called the Civil War question a “gotcha question” before saying, “Nikki, I mean, look, it was slavery. Slavery, straight up. Sla-ver-y. Every time people…
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