{"id":10153,"date":"2015-07-13T02:27:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T02:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10153"},"modified":"2015-07-13T02:27:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T02:27:50","slug":"gov-haley-is-working-through-her-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10153","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Haley is working through her pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/haley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10155\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/haley.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"haley\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/haley.jpg 318w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/haley-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C., today ended a nationally televised interview with an extraordinary answer.<\/p>\n<p>I think she has just emerged as perhaps my favorite Republican.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; moderator Chuck Todd asked Gov. Haley how she felt about her probable rise in polling as a potential national candidate on a GOP presidential ticket. She called it &#8220;painful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She was on the\u00a0broadcast to talk about the striking of the Confederate battle flag that had flown over the South Carolina statehouse grounds since the 1960s in defiance of the Voting Rights Act. The flag came down and Haley has become a national figure as a result.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"94PMKxYBO8\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/247632-sc-governor-national-spotlight-is-painful\/\">SC governor: National spotlight is &#8216;painful&#8217;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;SC governor: National spotlight is &#8216;painful&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; The Hill\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/247632-sc-governor-national-spotlight-is-painful\/embed\/#?secret=RJmYS1HV2H#?secret=94PMKxYBO8\" data-secret=\"94PMKxYBO8\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mentioning the slaughter of African-Americans in the Charleston church, Haley said: &#8220;Nine people died. We have been dealing with nine funerals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I want people talking about \u2013 the Emanuel nine and how they forever changed this country,\u201d Haley added.<\/p>\n<p>Haley&#8217;s response to a question posed in good faith brought a visible response from Todd, who had asked the question. I don&#8217;t think he expected such an eloquent and graceful answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already been moving in this direction,\u201d she said of the flag removal. &#8220;We\u2019re not the state that everybody thinks we are. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have people getting out of hand \u2013 we had hugs,\u201d Haley said of the flag\u2019s lowering.\u201cWe love our God, we love our country, we love our state and we love each other,\u201d Haley said of South Carolina\u2019s people.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, she was thinking of those nine men and women, one of whom, Haley recalled, begged the shooter to stop the carnage. The gunman killed him anyway.<\/p>\n<p>It was an\u00a0astonishing end to a gripping\u00a0interview.<\/p>\n<p>Well said, Gov. Haley.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Nikki Haley, R-S.C., today ended a nationally televised interview with an extraordinary answer. I think she has just emerged as perhaps my favorite Republican. &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; moderator Chuck Todd asked Gov. Haley how she felt about her probable rise in polling as a potential national candidate on a GOP presidential ticket. She called &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=10153\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gov. 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