Haley Explains Remarks That the US Has ‘Never Been a Racist Country’

When asked by The Epoch Times following an event in Hollis, New Hampshire, if saying America was never racist was a slip of the tongue, she said ‘no.’

Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at her caucus night event in West Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15, 2024. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

MANCHESTER, N.H.—GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley explained on Jan. 18 why she said two days ago that the United States has “never been a racist country.”

When asked by The Epoch Times following an event in Hollis, New Hampshire, if saying that the United States has “never been a racist country” was a slip of the tongue, the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations answered “no.”