Post by pavel on Jan 13, 2016 23:49:28 GMT -6
South Carolina (Yes, South Carolina) Governor: We've Never 'Passed Laws Based On Race Or Religion'
It's been a rough 24 hours for South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley.
She delivered probably the best Republican response to any of President Barack Obama's State of the Union Addresses, denouncing hate and bigotry from her party's extremists, like Donald Trump. And for that, was verbally and digitally annihilated by a great many right wing pundits – not far right, but mainstream Fox News right. To add insult to injury, she was praised by many on the left.
But Haley stood strong.
Wednesday afternoon, Haley spoke at an education event, and said something incredibly false, and, from a first-generation Indian-American and sitting governor of a conservative Southern state that was the first to secede from the Union, outlandish.
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/south_carolina_yes_south_carolina_governor_we_ve_never_passed_laws_based_on_race_or_religion
It's been a rough 24 hours for South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley.
She delivered probably the best Republican response to any of President Barack Obama's State of the Union Addresses, denouncing hate and bigotry from her party's extremists, like Donald Trump. And for that, was verbally and digitally annihilated by a great many right wing pundits – not far right, but mainstream Fox News right. To add insult to injury, she was praised by many on the left.
But Haley stood strong.
Wednesday afternoon, Haley spoke at an education event, and said something incredibly false, and, from a first-generation Indian-American and sitting governor of a conservative Southern state that was the first to secede from the Union, outlandish.
Read more: www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/south_carolina_yes_south_carolina_governor_we_ve_never_passed_laws_based_on_race_or_religion