Nikki Haley says the Confederate flag was about "service, and sacrifice, and heritage" until Dylan..

[demmiblue]

Nikki Haley says the Confederate flag was about "service, and sacrifice, and heritage" until Dylan Roof "hijacked" it

Link to tweet

Complete horseshit. All of it.

[TwilightZone]

1. So much for the "smart" one in the GOP....

All is relative, it would seem.

[bitterross]

38. Oh, she knows better. She's just pandering.

She knows damn well what that flag means. She's just pandering to the racist Trump cult. She wants to run for some office soon. She's just consolidating her base.

[GoCubsGo]

42. Pandering is one of the things she does the best.

It's how she became a state rep, the Governor, and the UN Ambassador. She's full of shit, and always has been.

[politicaljunkie41910]

49. When she was named Governor of SC, it was reported in the news that the Gov of SC was one of the

least empowered Governors in the country. The vast majority of the legislative powers in SC are bestowed on the state legislature. The Gov of SC is a just a pretty face, and Nikki Haley filled that role precisely.

[dalton99a]

2. Despicable bullshit.

[keithbvadu2]

60. That guy in the middle - was he in Blazing Saddles?

That guy in the middle - was he in Blazing Saddles?

[marble falls]

3. And she's the "smart one".

[deminks]

4. So, who told her to say that load of crap.

[GoCubsGo]

44. Nobody.

This is classic Nikki Haley. She's the female version of Trump. She says whatever she has to to get support. It's beyond me why anyone, at this point in time, thinks she's anything other than another crooked, lying panderer. She is, and always has been, as phony as a three dollar bill. This is who she has always been.

[LenaBaby61]

53. If I hear my friend speak to me one more time about Chris Matthews ...

Saying how great of a candidate she would be as POTUS, I'm gonna barf

She was a mostly lousy governor, and it's obvious after listening to her ridiculous book tour interviews where she said tRump is honest, that she's NO BETTER than 99% of tRump/putin/ruskie lovers who used to be called Republicans.

[guillaumeb]

5. The slaves provided the unpaid service.

And the slaves made the ultimate sacrifice.

And the heritage is a heritage of a system based on chattel slavery.

And that she is mentioned as one of the upcoming GOP stars shows how far the GOP has fallen.

[Cartoonist]

6. Dylan who?

I'm 65. I knew in grade school that the conflag was a symbol of racism and treason.

[Aristus]

19. Dylan Roof is that incel loser who murdered nine worshippers in an African-American church in

Georgia.

[Cartoonist]

22. Ok

I knew who he was. I was just making the point that Dylan Roof was nothing new.

Thanks

[Aristus]

26. Sorry...

[Cartoonist]

41. No prob

[Ilsa]

36. South Carolina, not Georgia.

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, SC.

[Mike Nelson]

7. The Confederate flag...

...stood for the Confederate Sates of America... I think she and Mr. Roof may be "on the same page," actually...

[fleabiscuit]

8. She must not have seen all those torch carrying white pointy hats marching with them. nt

[Iliyah]

9. Seems like all of these Republicans have some type . . .

of mental illness.

Trying to keep human beings in slavery because to Confederates they were not even considered human but property in itself sick.

[LiberalArkie]

10. She must be the most naive person in the world.. She can't be from the south if she believes that.

[Big Blue Marble]

16. She is not naive.

She is a shill; intent on walking back her disavowal of the Confederate Flag in order to troll for votes when
she either runs for the Presidency or is chosen by Trump to replace Pence.

[delisen]

31. Yes. Evident she is running for 2020 slot.

[Big Blue Marble]

48. Yep

Just waiting in the wings to go on stage. How obvious can she be?

[ScratchCat]

11. They're just prepping her

Because if she's gonna be on the ticket in 2020, they need her on record saying all the buzzwords and catch-phrases that the idiot base eats up.

[LonePirate]

12. You would think her non-white ethnicity would clue her into the reality behind that rag of treason.

Evidently not.

[Hekate]

35. Some days I guess she feels Aryan. Real Aryan.

Ironic, isn't it, than none of those white nationalist scum will ever get the joke.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Sure. Just like the swatzika was an Indian

symbol of peace before Hitler, so it's OK.

[2naSalit]

14. She needs to just go home

and stay inside until she can make sense.

[Anon-C]

15. HELL NO!!!!!

This is what the Confederate flag stands for!

[Ilsa]

37. Flags of losers. nt

[Three Eagles]

17. Some of my best friends are Black

Nicki is sucking up to the Southern Trump base with the hopes she will be his VP pick in 2020. Sorry Mike, your turn under the bus is next.

[Hoyt]

18. Roof didn't hijack it. It's been a symbol of a heritage of hatred for decades.

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[Wounded Bear]

21. So much this...nt

[LuvNewcastle]

20. She's nothing but a beard for white nationalists.

They're already lining up behind her. Some of them want Donald to dump Pence and run her as VP. I know there is some overlap there, but it would be fine with me if the white nationalists and the fundagelicals got into a big fight over this. It would make my day.

[muntrv]

23. Explain the Cornerstone Speech, Nicky!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech

[magicarpet]

24. Yes and a noose on a southern tree,..

Is akin to a macrame of hand woven love and heart felt welcome from the white to the black community.

[UniteFightBack]

25. What a pathetic panderer. nt

[gratuitous]

27. Haley one second: "We don't have hateful people in South Carolina"

Literally the next sentence, "There's always a small minority that's always gonna be there." 25 to 30 seconds.

It reminds me of this:

[Ohiogal]

28. Shut up Nikki.

[Sneederbunk]

29. The Confederate flag is ultimately a symbol of defeat.

[NBachers]

30. They're still pissed that they can't own slaves anymore.

[Paladin]

32. Depressing how many people will eat this shit up. (nt)

[The Polack MSgt]

33. Oh, you know nobobody is surprised she said this

Racists gotta do Racism

That's why the GOP exists after all

[randr]

34. So now we know who she owed alligiance to

[lapfog_1]

39. Sorry Nikki

I grew up in Kansas... bloody Kansas... if anyone had flown that hated flag there when I was a child, they would have been completely ignored ( if not worse ).

now, of course, I'm sure their a lot of racist people in Kansas with that flag... and I weep for the state of my birth. But that flag has always stood for racism, hatred, and the traitor Confederates.

[DFW]

40. Sure: involuntary service, black sacrifice and European heritage

Maybe one day, she'll get it.

Anyone holding their breath?

[StevieM]

43. The Confederate flag has always been about treason and racism. (eom)

[SaschaHM]

45. At the rate we're going, racism won't have begun until 2025.

[budkin]

46. Holy shit... no words...

...

[TheBlackAdder]

47. Anchor Baby says What?

[struggle4progress]

50. "I'm Nikki Haley, and I'm proud to stand for Aryan supremacy"

[lunasun]

54. ++ for pictures that show nikki is full of it when it comes to history

[struggle4progress]

51. Jimmy crack corn

[Retrograde]

52. Pander all you want, Nikki - the UDC

still won't let you join.

[yellowcanine]

56. Okay I guess that is why rednecks in Wisconsin and Pennnsylvania fly it.

She is so ignorant.

[Garrett78]

57. Yeah, before Roof, it wasn't widely viewed as a symbol of racial oppression. And Haley...

...is considered a legitimate future presidential contender. Good grief. The Republican Party is absolutely batshit crazy and evil.

[standingtall]

58. No the Confederate flag always represented racism,oppression and treason

republicans will try to justify anything.

[Captain Stern]

59. Dylan Roof didn't hijack it. He knew exactly what that flag stands for.

Q: How can you tell when things are fucked up beyond rational recognition?

A: You find yourself, rightfully, 'defending' Dylan Roof against your country's former ambassador to the U.N.

[keithbvadu2]

61. Dylan Roof 1

The flag they respect

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[keithbvadu2]

62. DR 2

The flag they burn

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[SMC22307]

63. She truly is a POS.

I know that's not a nice thing to say, but she's no different than the rest of them.