Guess who is doing clean up on Aisle 9 with regards to states seceding from the union? It really is difficult to keep up with Nikki Haley’s not ready for prime time moments, and she really is not ready for the national stage. But you all may recall that the issue of Texas wanting to secede over who controls the southern border was raised on The Breakfast Club.
On Wednesday, Haley had said in response to a question about Texans suggesting the state could leave the union, “If Texas decides they want to do that, they can do that. If that whole state says we don’t want to be part of America anymore, I mean, that’s their decision to make.”
No, Texas can’t secede. It’s the “verdict” from the Civil War. The federal government will not allow any of the states to secede. It’s an act of — say it for me people — insurrection.
NOW, Haley claims that is not what she meant at all!
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday said that states can’t secede, backtracking from remarks she made last week.
“According to the Constitution, they can’t,” she told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”…
On Sunday, the former U.N. ambassador explained she didn’t mean to sound as if she approved of the idea of secession: “What I said is, when government stops listening, let’s remember states’ rights matter. You have to be as close to the people as possible. No one is talking about seceding. That’s not an issue at all.”
No, you lying POS. Right wing extremists are talking about seceding. And you know this because why else would Haley PANDER to those people with talk of “states’ rights” and “when the government stops listening to the people.” This is the same talk that slave owners used to start the Civil War. It’s the same damn language that segregationists used in the South to defend Jim Crow laws.
As the former governor of the SC, which was the first state to secede and start the Civil War, Haley knows all this. And because there are still lots of racists in the Republican Party, Haley wants their votes, so she goes on a popular black radio show to 1) attack Barack Obama for racial and gender divisions and 2) promote secession. White racists LOVE it when Republicans go on platforms for POC and piss all over them.
I’m reminded of Bill Clinton doing that with his Sister Souljah moment with Rev. Jesse Jackson. The Golden Fleece of American politics is the white male working class voter, and those lunch bucket voters smiled when Clinton sent the message, “I’m not kissing your ass Jesse Jackson.” Yes, Clinton is a Democrat, but this was during the time when Democrats were willing to throw blacks and women under the bus to obtain the precious white male blue collar worker vote.
It was the 90’s folks.
But we have had over 40 years of Republicans pandering to racist voters, and to get noticed, Republican candidates decided to just be as overt as possible with the appeal to racism. While some of us thought maybe the “Lost Cause” would finally be dwindling, it really is like we have time warped to the 19th Century. The good news is that in a few weeks we will no longer have Nikki Haley to kick around anymore because she will be suspending her campaign and endorsing Trump.
Good fucking riddance.