The Mary Sue Article RatingI Can't Decide Which Is Worse: Nikki Haley's Embarrassing Civil War Comments or Her Failed Attempt to Backpedal
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-36% Moderately Liberal
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| "She went on to say that our goal is to make sure we never go back to the stain of slavery, which is a dangerously simplistic read of American history and systemic racism." | Positive | 28% Conservative |
| "A better goal for Haley might be to educate herself about the ways in which the history of slavery still impacts Black Americans and fuels racial divides across social, political, and economic lines to this day -- and, as a politician, to work to combat those institutional inequalities." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "Sure, I guess it's a goal to never return to institutionalized slavery -- although that institution is still alive and kicking in the form of incarcerated labor so mission already failed, Haley." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
| "Yes, Nikki, it was about the economic freedom and individual right to enslave people!" | Positive | 30% Conservative |
| "By Thursday morning, Haley was ready to backpedal." | Positive | 22% Conservative |
| "We know that, that's the easy part of it.If it's so easy, one might wonder why Haley didn't just say that in the first place." | Positive | 12% Conservative |
| "At a town hall event in New Hampshire on Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked an extremely basic question about American history: What was the cause of the Civil War?" | Positive | 6% Conservative |
| "According to Haley, the entire thing was a set-up using a Democratic plant to trip her up." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "He told reporters that he was following up on a similar answer Haley gave when she was ruing for governor of South Carolina back in 2010." | Positive | 4% Conservative |
| "In an interview with The Pulse of NH, Haley said, Of course, the Civil War was about slavery." | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "Seems like Haley could have mentioned that!" | Positive | 0% Conservative |
| "He asked an extremely basic question that Haley should have been able to answer." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "Haley also insisted, Yes, I know it was about slavery." | Negative | -4% Liberal |
| "A better goal for Haley might be to educate herself about the ways in which the history of slavery still impacts Black Americans and fuels racial divides across social, political, and economic lines to this day -- and, as a politician, to work to combat those institutional inequalities." | Negative | -2% Liberal |
| "In fact, Haley is the former governor of South Carolina, the first state to secede from the union." | Negative | -6% Liberal |
| "The voter told Haley, In the year 2023, it's astonishing to me that you answer that question without mentioning the word 'slavery.'" | Negative | -8% Liberal |
| "By refusing to acknowledge that slavery was the major cause of the Civil War because that answer seems too easy, Haley makes it clear that she is refusing to grapple with that actual history and its continued effects." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "It was definitely a Democrat plant, Haley said in the interview." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "And Patrick was only going off the precedent Haley set for herself." | Negative | -14% Liberal |
| "In the moment, Haley responded to that voter's comment with a terse What do you want me to say about slavery? and an even terser Next question." | Negative | -16% Liberal |
| "If you notice something missing from Haley's brief response, you're not alone!" | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "Also, the voter -- who did identify himself to reporters as Patrick according to CNN -- probably didn't give his full name or other identifying info because he was concerned Haley might sic a bunch of angry Republicans accuse on him by accusing him of being a Democratic plant in a radio interview!" | Negative | -20% Liberal |
| "At the event Wednesday, Haley responded to that voter's question by saying, I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was goa run -- the freedoms and what people could and couldn't do, Haley said." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "At the event Wednesday, Haley responded to that voter's question by saying, I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was goa run -- the freedoms and what people could and couldn't do, Haley said." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "In a sudden pivot, Haley says that the media is refusing to coect the dots on what she thinks really went down at that town hall." | Negative | -24% Liberal |
| "Sure, I guess it's a goal to never return to institutionalized slavery -- although that institution is still alive and kicking in the form of incarcerated labor so mission already failed, Haley." | Negative | -18% Liberal |
| "From there, Haley takes a bizarre turn into tinfoil hat territory." | Negative | -42% Liberal |
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
64% : She went on to say that "our goal is to make sure we never go back to the stain of slavery," which is a dangerously simplistic read of American history and systemic racism.48% : A better goal for Haley might be to educate herself about the ways in which the history of slavery still impacts Black Americans and fuels racial divides across social, political, and economic lines to this day -- and, as a politician, to work to combat those institutional inequalities.
29% : Sure, I guess it's a "goal" to never return to institutionalized slavery -- although that institution is still alive and kicking in the form of incarcerated labor so mission already failed, Haley.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.