Voter calls out Haley for not mentioning slavery in Civil War answer

A voter in New Hampshire confronted GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on the campaign trail for not mentioning slavery in her response to his question about the cause of the Civil War.

Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, said during a town hall in the early voting state that the cause of the war came down to the role of government.

“Well, don’t come with an easy question, right,” Haley said to the crowd at the event in Berlin, N.H. “I mean, I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run, the freedoms and what people could and couldn’t do.”

Haley, who has made significant strides in the Granite State ahead of the Jan. 23 primary thanks to several strong debate performances, added that it “always” comes down to the role of government.