A.G. Gancarski
National figures continue to weigh in on the murder of three Black people at a Jacksonville Dollar General Saturday, an act perpetrated by a White man with swastikas on his AR-15 and malice in his heart.
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley told radio host Hugh Hewitt that “hate online with social media” combined with “mental health issues and “the rhetoric that is happening in America of division” to create a “bad cocktail.”
“When you get that, people die, and we have to stop this and there is no place in America for hate of any sort whatsoever. We have to call it out when it happens,” Haley said.
She then pivoted to emphasizing collective responsibility in preventing these acts beforehand.
“We also have to understand every person in America has a responsibility, a responsibility for what you see, a responsibility for how you act, a responsibility for how you raise your children. A responsibility (for) the way things are talked about in the classroom. And a responsibility to not let the narrative of America be to define people based on how they look, how they act where they’re born, what their hair color is, what religion they are. All of that,” Haley said.
“We have to see every person as a mother, daughter, sister, father, son, brother and know that every person is a child of God. And you know, we just can’t stop until this stops happening. It’s horrible.”
Haley, who governed South Carolina when Dylann Roof killed nine people at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, said her state “turned away from that fear, we turned toward God and we turned toward the values that make this country great” in the wake of not only that incident but the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, last decade.
She hearkened back to the “I Have a Dream” speech in the interview also, saying it was “60 years ago that Martin Luther King gave that speech.”
“Look at how far we’ve come in 60 years. That should be the motivation in saying we’re not done yet. We’re not done yet, but we can do it. We have proven we can do it. And our goal in America is to make today better than yesterday,” Haley said.
“Our goal as Americans is to make sure that every American feels a responsibility that Americans take care of each other, that we love each other and that we continue to teach our children to be that way. And you know, that falls on the media, that falls on politicians, that falls on leaders, that falls on teachers, that falls on pastors, that falls on parents.”
16 comments
Michael K
August 28, 2023 at 10:06 am
This is what a true leader says in times of crisis and healing.
My Takee
August 28, 2023 at 2:03 pm
After the Charleston church murders she was able finally to get the Confederate flag off the SC State House grounds.
It was there to show black citizens who was in charge.
My Take
August 28, 2023 at 4:15 pm
GOPers might accept her as a VP.
Poitically experiemced, a woman, and a mother would have draw. And she’d pick up some Asian votes. Her father taught at a black university and that probably reveals some sympathies.
Mr. Haney
August 28, 2023 at 4:32 pm
Uh no. It’s what an airhead says in order to avoid accepting responsibility for bigoted behavior and not condemning such in the past to get elected.
trumptard
August 28, 2023 at 8:01 pm
This is what a fascist right wing nut looking for southern wyte tr@sh racist votes would say. DeSantis and MAGA have created a safe space for hate in Florida with their policies. The shooter was MAGA.
Earl Pitts "Earl Told Ya So" American
August 28, 2023 at 10:14 am
Good mornting America,
Nikki should have hired a real campaigne manager, like me, Earl Pitts American, who would have advised her that such a “Me Too” flippant response so early to the great tradgidy in America’s Govornor Ron Desantis’ State just comes accross as “Cheap Free Press For Me” and insincere.
Get a new campaine manager Nikki,
I, Earl Pitts American, am currently assisting another candidate, but my brother, Charley Pitts American, is avalable,
EPA
PeterH
August 28, 2023 at 3:58 pm
…..and let’s remember Nikki Haley’s divisive debate closing argument rhetoric when she wrongful stated that American citizens are only made up of two genders! No Nikki ….. there are two sexes but several genders. Look it up!
Michael F
August 28, 2023 at 6:46 pm
No right wing fascists’ will ever be evolved enough to be a true leader
Hector J FERNANDEZ
August 28, 2023 at 9:41 pm
When you say “we are all responsible”, what you are saying is “no one is responsible”. It’s like the weather. Violence against Black, Jewish, Asian or Gay Americans by White supremacists is really nobody’s fault, right?
No Nikki! Say the words. That White supremacist violence is the leading cause of terror violence in the US. That hate crimes doubled during Trump. That when Haley talks about how “politicians need to stop dividing”, she does not mention how Trump is the lead divider, or that Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville says that “White nationalists are just good Americans ” and that Trump is quick to call any Black person who is prosecuting him a racist (Alvin Bragg, , Fani Willis, Judge Chutkin).
The rights new golden boy, Vivek Ramaswamy says he does not believe white supremacists exist. That some may exist, like unicorns, but he has never seen one. Well, i guess now he has after this latest shooting.
Frederick Horne
August 28, 2023 at 9:45 pm
Clever. She blames everyone. But she mentioned the murder in Charleston of 9 black people in their church, after letting the white murderer in. And she cited this recent Jacksonville crime of black people being murdered at a grocery store by a white kid.
These aren’t collective responsibility crimes. These are hate crimes committed by white southern kids brought up to hate blacks, and encouraged by violent imagery from their elected MAGA representatives.
Nikki doesn’t have to blame America for these deaths. They aren’t collective; they are pinpoint specific. She needs to pinpoint the responsibility. I do give her credit for removing the Confederate flag from the SC statehouse.
My Take
August 29, 2023 at 11:39 pm
It can be more complicated. I personally know a man who personally knows the father of that church murderer in SC. That kid wasn’t raised like that. His school friends say he notably changed after he transferred to a high school in Joe Wilson’s redneck home county. He reportedly also absorbed the racist online hate from the Council of Conservative Citizens.
K. Falcon
August 28, 2023 at 10:07 pm
They say whatever sounds good at the time to get elected……..meaningless rhetoric!!!!
Andy C
August 28, 2023 at 10:42 pm
No mention of the role easy access to extreme firepower might play. Just another cowardly Republican.
Earl Pitts "The Real Mayor Of Real-Ville" American
August 29, 2023 at 8:40 am
Good mornting America
The Dook 4 Brains Leftist Commenters above all make a great case as to why Nikki Haley will never be elected POTUS along with why Ron Desantis wull 100% be elected POTUS for the next 8 Glorious Years.
Thank you America,
Earl Pitts “America’s Go To Political Guru” American
Sonja Fitch
August 30, 2023 at 5:14 am
Excuse me ms Haley Your GOP is responsible for promoting and spreading hate! You may be a voice but call out the participants in your party that promote and spread hate!
My Take
August 31, 2023 at 12:26 am
The GOP IS a party of hate n.ow.
The GOP is THE Party of Hate now.
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