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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley and Gustaf Kilander

Nikki Haley claims ‘Democrat plant’ sent by Biden tripped her up with Civil War question

AP

Nikki Haley has attempted to clean up her failure to cite slavery as the cause of the Civil War at a New Hampshire town hall on Wednesday by claiming she was set up by a “Democrat plant” sent by Joe Biden.

The GOP presidential candidate was in damage control mode on Thursday after being widely denounced for stating the deadliest war in US history began due to “freedoms, and what people could and couldn’t do” at the campaign event in Berlin.

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