Opinion

Nikki Haley’s Slavery Gaffe Shows How Scared She Is of MAGA Republicans

UNCOURAGEOUS

In the dumbest of unforced errors, the GOP primary challenger fumbled an easy question about the Civil War, then tried to blame it on a “Democratic plant.”

Matt Lewis
Matt Lewis 

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