Nikki Haley backtracks after comments on Texas seceding from US: ‘They can’t’
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Sunday that she does not believe states can secede from the United States, days after suggesting Texas could.
“No, according to the Constitution, you can’t do that,” Haley, 52, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
This comment is “Breakfast Club” On her radio show last week, Hailey told host Charlamagne Tha God:
“Let’s talk about what reality is: Texas is not going to secede,” she added.
On Sunday, Haley claimed those statements had been misinterpreted.
“What I said is, when the government stops listening, let’s remember that states’ rights are important,” she said. “We have to get as close to the people as possible. No one is talking about secession. It doesn’t matter at all.”
She pointed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recent assertion that the Lone Star State’s right to defend itself is the supreme law of the land.
Nikki Haley lost both Iowa and New Hampshire to Donald Trump by double-digit margins. Reuters
Mr. Abbott vowed to continue deploying national resources and razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the federal government’s failure to stop the invasion.
“Texans are frustrated, and rightly so,” Haley explained. “Governor Abbott is frustrated, and rightly so. Have you ever seen a president who doesn’t support a governor when he’s trying to keep the public safe? That’s a real problem.”
Prior to Haley’s remarks on secession, Haley provoked secession when she failed to mention slavery as a cause of the Civil War.
The backlash over this gaffe later forced her to say, “Of course the Civil War was about slavery.”
Haley’s home state of South Carolina, which she served as governor from 2011 to 2017, first seceded from the state in 1860 following President Abraham Lincoln’s victory.
Nikki Haley is looking to regain momentum from her home state of South Carolina. Getty Images
Although the Constitution does not directly mention secession, in 1869, in response to the Union’s victory in the Civil War, the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that a state could not unilaterally secede. did.
Haley is the Republican front-runner and former President Donald Trump’s last major rival for the party’s nomination.
She is betting big on a strong showing in her home state of South Carolina on February 24th.
“Why are we doing this? Why are we allowing two 80-year-olds who haven’t served eight years in prison and whose personalities and mental capacity are declining?” Haley said on CNN. he said.
Nikki Haley backtracks after comments on Texas seceding from US: ‘They can’t’
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Sunday that she does not believe states can secede from the United States, days after suggesting Texas could.
“No, according to the Constitution, you can’t do that,” Haley, 52, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
This comment is “Breakfast Club” On her radio show last week, Hailey told host Charlamagne Tha God:
“Let’s talk about what reality is: Texas is not going to secede,” she added.
On Sunday, Haley claimed those statements had been misinterpreted.
“What I said is, when the government stops listening, let’s remember that states’ rights are important,” she said. “We have to get as close to the people as possible. No one is talking about secession. It doesn’t matter at all.”
She pointed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s recent assertion that the Lone Star State’s right to defend itself is the supreme law of the land.
Mr. Abbott vowed to continue deploying national resources and razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the federal government’s failure to stop the invasion.
“Texans are frustrated, and rightly so,” Haley explained. “Governor Abbott is frustrated, and rightly so. Have you ever seen a president who doesn’t support a governor when he’s trying to keep the public safe? That’s a real problem.”
Prior to Haley’s remarks on secession, Haley provoked secession when she failed to mention slavery as a cause of the Civil War.
The backlash over this gaffe later forced her to say, “Of course the Civil War was about slavery.”
Haley’s home state of South Carolina, which she served as governor from 2011 to 2017, first seceded from the state in 1860 following President Abraham Lincoln’s victory.
Although the Constitution does not directly mention secession, in 1869, in response to the Union’s victory in the Civil War, the Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that a state could not unilaterally secede. did.
Haley is the Republican front-runner and former President Donald Trump’s last major rival for the party’s nomination.
She is betting big on a strong showing in her home state of South Carolina on February 24th.
“Why are we doing this? Why are we allowing two 80-year-olds who haven’t served eight years in prison and whose personalities and mental capacity are declining?” Haley said on CNN. he said.
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