Nikki Haley declines to say US civil war was about slavery

Nikki Haley declines to say US civil war was about slavery

Thank you Ambassador thank you please um what was the cause of the United States Civil War well don’t come with an easy question or anything I mean 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

What do you think the cause of the Civil War was I’m sorry I’m running for president I I I I wanted to see your on the cause of the Civil War I mean I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the

Rights of the people are and we I will always stand by the fact that I think government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people it was never meant to be all things to all people government doesn’t need to tell you how to live your life they don’t

Need to tell you what you can and can’t do they don’t need to be a part of your life they need to make sure that you have freedom we need to have capitalism we need to have economic freedom we need to make sure that we do all things so

That individuals have the Liberties so that they can have freedom of speech freedom of religion freedom to do or be anything they want to be without government getting in the way thank you and in in the year 2023 it’s astonishing to me that you answer that question without mentioning the word

Slavery what do you want me to say about slavery no um youve answered my question thank you next question

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley declined to say that the US civil war was caused by slavery when asked by a voter in Berlin, New Hampshire. Responding to the questioner Haley said: ‘I mean, I think it always comes down to the role of government and what the rights of the people are’