Gov. Nikki Haley: 'We've never in the history of this country passed any laws' based on race

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Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 at 8:31:16am PST

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 02: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley addresses a Newsmaker Luncheon at the National Press Club September 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. Governor Haley spoke on 'Lessons from the New South.' (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley continues to defend her (gentle) criticism of Donald Trump in her State of the Union response, saying that Trump's demands to "ban all Muslims" were “the one thing that got me."

After all, she says:

"When you've got immigrants who are coming here legally, we've never in the history of this country passed any laws or done anything based on race or religion. Let's not start that now," she said while speaking to reporters in South Carolina.

Nikki Haley is the current Republican governor of South Carolina, an American state.

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