Nikki Haley faces criticism for failing to mention slavery as the cause of the Civil War in her response to a question. Presidential candidates are expected to give compelling answers, but sometimes unpreparedness becomes a problem.
UPDATE (Dec. 28, 2023, 10:56 a.m. ET): This post has been updated to include comments Nikki Haley made on Thursday addressing the backlash to her Civil War explanation a day earlier. Typical presidential candidates spend months on the campaign trail, interacting with voters, fielding questions at town-hall-style meetings, and sharpening their message over time. As is true with most things, more practice leads to better results, and White House hopefuls learn how to give compelling answers.
But every once in a while, candidates hear a question they haven’t fully prepared for — and it becomes a problem. NBC News reported early Thursday: The South Carolina Republican certainly said a lot of words in response to the question, but Haley never got around to mentioning slavery. “I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run — the freedoms and what people could and couldn’t do,” the former U.N. ambassador said at the beginning of her response. Haley added, “I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are
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