Nikki Haley makes campaign-ending mistake - Brian Tyler Cohen

[TexasTowelie]

Nikki fails to acknowledge that slavery was the cause of the Civil War and uses the stale states rights argument as the underlying cause.

[rso]

1. RSO

I don’t think that’s a fatal mistake. In fact, it may actually play well with today’s extremist GQP.

[TwilightZone]

2. It's nowhere near campaign-ending.

On the GOP side, it will probably increase her support.

[stopdiggin]

3. we'll see.

somebody might be seeing a different GOP than I do - but in my opinion - that base has achieved a real comfort level with dog whistles.

[johnnyfins]

4. I gotta say...

BTC, just cuts right through the bs. We need many more like him.

[Marcuse]

5. Pot, meet Kettle.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2023/12/28/ron-desantis-slams-nikki-haley-for-omitting-slavery-as-civil-war-cause-iowa-caucuses/72052001007/

DeSantis was quick to criticize Haley at an Ankeny campaign stop Thursday morning. He told reporters she is "not a candidate that's ready for prime time."

"The minute that she faces any kind of scrutiny, she tends to cave," DeSantis said. "I think that that's what you saw yesterday. Not that difficult to identify and acknowledge the role slavery played in the Civil War, and yet that seemed to be something that was really difficult."

DeSantis claimed the abolition of slavery was a "partisan achievement."

"The Republican Party was founded to put a stop to the growth of slavery in this country. And the abolition of slavery was — and to this day, remains — the party's top achievement," he said.