Media Matters falsely smears Nikki Haley over interview she did with Glenn Beck

by The Right Scoop

The smear merchants at Media Matters have now attacked Nikki Haley claiming she said something she clearly did not say. First, here’s the interview clip that a Media Matters researcher posted:

They write “Nikki Haley says the Confederate flag was about “service, and sacrifice, and heritage” until Dylan Roof “hijacked” it.” But she didn’t say that at all. Here’s a few rebuttals that Haley retweeted in her timeline:

From Phillip Klein: To be clear, she wasn’t saying she viewed the flag that way, but arguing many South Carolinians viewed it that way. (she says “people saw it as…”) She used a similar equivocation in her announcement on removing the flag.

From Reagan Battalion:

Haley also tweeted this to remind people that she actually took the confederate flag down:

And lastly, she retweeted this:

I’d elaborate more but I’d just be repeating what they said. I think they all nailed it pretty well.


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