Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Monday condemned President Biden's past racist and insensitive comments, while also accusing the media of launching a “week-long tantrum” over last month's Civil War gaffe.
The Biden attack comes as the president visited Haley's home state of South Carolina to speak at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, where nine black members were murdered by white supremacist Dylann Roof in June 2015. It happened on occasion.
South Carolina is scheduled to hold its first Democratic primary sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee on February 3, and Biden is hoping to get a good turnout from Black voters in the state, as he did in 2020. Are expected.
“Before the media criticizes Mr. Biden for his politicized and racist comments, they should take a look at his long and controversial history,” said Haley Public Relations Director Natchama Soloveitchik. “The media would lose their minds if a Republican made the same comment. It's time to hold Joe Biden to the same standard.”
A statement and accompanying video released by Haley's campaign cites Biden's opposition to court-ordered busing in the 1970s and recent comments, including her description of then-Sen. . In 2007, he described Barack Obama as “the first mainstream African American who was articulate, bright, clean and good-looking.”
Other incidents include in 2006 when Biden said, “You can't go to 7-Eleven or Dunkin Donuts without a slight Indian accent,'' and when he was a presidential candidate, he said “Poor kids are just as good as white kids.'' “He is intelligent and talented,” he said. In 2019.
“Nikki Haley's failure to mention slavery, even though she quickly acknowledged her blunder on a question about the Civil War, sparked a week-long media tantrum,” the campaign said in a statement.
“But the media completely ignores Joe Biden's history of praising racists and degrading racists.” [b]They are understaffed, lied about their participation in the civil rights movement, and perpetuate negative racial stereotypes,” the campaign continued.
Former 2024 presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said in a separate video statement that Biden “stokes fear at a time when his numbers among every minority group are dwindling.” “I came to Charleston for this purpose,” he said.
“As the economy is unstable, people of color and Americans across the country are losing faith in the president,” Scott said, urging the president to pursue policies that “unite our country, not divide it.” requested.
Biden addressed Haley's gaffe in his speech, but did not mention the former Palmetto governor by name.
“For those of you who don’t think I know, let me be clear,” he said. “Slavery was the cause of the Civil War. There is no negotiation about that.”
