Nikki Haley doesn't think people saw Confederate flag as racist until after Charleston shooting

Nicki Haley.
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Marianne Dodson
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It wasn't the white supremacy or enslavement of African Americans that gave the Confederate flag a bad rap — it was just one bad egg in South Carolina. At least, that's how former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley sees it.

Haley, South Carolina's ex-governor, said in an interview with The Blaze's Glenn Beck that the Confederate flag was a symbol of "service and sacrifice and heritage" until Dylann Roof opened fire in a Charleston church, killing nine black worshipers.

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Marianne Dodson
Marianne Dodson

Marianne is The Week’s Social Media Editor. She is a native Tennessean and recent graduate of Ohio University, where she studied journalism and political science. Marianne has previously written for The Daily Beast, The Crime Report, and The Moroccan Times.

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