Nikki Haley’s campaign reaches peak cringe just ahead of the Iowa primary
pic.twitter.com/qEA0UkmB3F"I mean, I watched almost all of the Roots series."It’s 2024 and people are still defaulting to “I have black friends” https://t.co/bx3jXjeQl7Ah yes, reminds me of all the conversations about race and slavery I had with the white kids in elementary school… https://t.co/WWSOe6KNMYWith Haley now only trailing Donald Trump by four points in New Hampshire, GOP donors are trying to line up behind her should she somehow find a way to clinch the party’s nomination.
But she seems determined to squash her momentum.The real trouble began last week, when a Granite State voter asked her the cause of the Civil War, and she replied with “freedom.” She initially backtracked when her ridiculous claim went viral, only to double down and blame a “Democratic plant” for her misstep.But now, she’s in total spin mode and she still can’t address the question properly.
Haley’s response to the controversy has been so bad, she was even confronted about it on Fox News.Nikki Haley on her viral Civil War/slavery response: “Really, the media is the only one that has talked about this issue.”Fox News’ @HARRISFAULKNER: “No, that’s actually not true.”Haley: “Not one person on the ground in New Hampshire or Iowa are talking about it.” pic.twitter.com/lMbYQROwNHAmazingly, Haley and Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis both participated Thursday in CNN’s town hall, and she came off looking more disingenuous, which is really, really hard to do.But there she was, talking about the need for kids to take off their shoes and empty their pockets before heading into first grade. “We have to secure our schools the same way we secure our airports and our courthouses,” she said.Haley went on to list an array of dystopian security measures she would like to see schools undertake. “We have to do whatever we need to to make sure nothing comes through, bullet-wise or otherwise,” she said. “We need to have a security officer at the front of every school.”“We need to have one-point entries, no side.