Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley said Sunday that she doesn’t believe states can secede from the United States just days after she appeared to suggest Texas could.
“No, under the Constitution, they can’t,” Haley, 52, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The comments marked a change from an appearance on the “Breakfast Club” radio show last week, where Haley told host Charlamagne Tha God that “if that whole state says, ‘We don’t want to be part of the United States anymore’ , I mean, that’s your decision.
“Let’s talk about what the reality is. “Texas is not going to secede,” she added.
On Sunday, Haley claimed those comments were misinterpreted.
“What I said is when the government stops listening, let’s remember that states’ rights matter,” he said. “You have to be as close to the people as possible. Nobody talks about secession. “That’s not a problem at all.”
He noted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent assertion that the Lone Star State’s right to defend itself is the supreme law of the land.
Nikki Haley lost to Donald Trump by double digits in both Iowa and New Hampshire. REUTERS
Abbott has vowed to continue deploying state resources as well as razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border in response to what he calls the federal government’s failure to prevent an invasion.
“Texans are frustrated, and rightly so,” Haley explained. “Governor Abbott is frustrated, and rightly so. When have you seen a president not support a governor when he tries to keep people safe from him? “It’s a real problem.”
Prior to Haley’s comments on secession, Haley previously prompted him not to mention slavery as a cause of the Civil War.
The backlash to the mistake forced her to later say, “Of course, the Civil War had to do with slavery.”
Haley’s home state of South Carolina, where she served as governor from 2011 to 2017, was the first to secede in 1860 following President Abraham Lincoln’s victory.
Nikki Haley hopes to build momentum from her home state of South Carolina. fake images
The Constitution makes no direct mention of secession, but after the Union victory in the Civil War, the Supreme Court ruled in 1869 in Texas v. White that states cannot secede unilaterally.
Haley is former President Donald Trump’s latest heavyweight challenger in the battle for the party’s nomination.
She is banking heavily on a strong showing in her home state of South Carolina on February 24.
“Why are we doing this? Why are we allowing ourselves to have two 80-year-old people who can’t serve eight years and who are diminished, either in their character or in their mental capacity,” Haley said on CNN.
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