Nikki Haley and the Confederate flag

Published: July 10, 2023, 9:29 p.m.

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley often depicts her removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina\u2019s State House as her key move to take on the history of enslavement. Today on \u201cPost Reports,\u201d we hear how that chapter is more complex than portrayed. 


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As she runs for the GOP presidential nomination, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley often portrays her decision to remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds as the culmination of her work to move South Carolina beyond its history of succession and enslavement.

Today on \u201cPost Reports,\u201d political investigative reporter Michael Kranish tells us about Haley\u2019s meetings with Confederate heritage groups while she was governor and how she let the flag fly until a massacre forced her hand.