Haley Struggles With Civil War Question, Slowing Her Momentum in Gift to Trump

Asked, by a man she called ‘a Democratic plant,’ a question about the cause of the Civil War, Ms. Haley failed to mention slavery. Her enemies were delighted.

AP/Charlie Neibergall, file
Governor Haley on December 18, 2023, at Nevada, Iowa. AP/Charlie Neibergall, file

Opponents of Governor Haley’s bid for the presidency are seizing on her stumble over a question about the origins of the Civil War, hoping her failure to mention slavery as the cause will doom her surge against President Trump.

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