Nikki Haley digs another hole over Civil War comments: ‘I had Black friends growing up’
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley sought to make amends for her recent failure to cite slavery as a principle cause of the Civil War – but ended up digging herself a deeper hole by offering the patronising get-out: “I had Black friends growing up.”
Speaking during a town hall in Des Moines, , on Thursday, the former governor was asked by host Erin Burnett to clarify her thoughts on the conflict and’s contention that she had attempted to dodge the issue for fear of alienating potential GOP voters.
