Nikki Haley Says U.S. Has ‘Never Been A Racist Country’

Photo: Getty Images GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley believes the US has “never been a racist country.” Haley made the remarks during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday (January 16) in response to MSNBC’s Joy Reid questioning whether the former South Carolina governor could nab the GOP nomination as a woman of color, per CNN. The Republican candidate suggested that Reid “lives in a different America than I do,” citing her rise from her immigrant parents to becoming governor and ambassador to the United Nations. “I mean, yes, I’m a brown girl that grew up in a small rural town in South Carolina who became the first female minority governor in history, who became an UN ambassador and who is now running for president. If that’s not the American dream, I don’t know what is,” Haley said. “You can sit there and give me all the reasons why you think I can’t do this. I will continue to defy everybody on why we can do this. And we will get it done.” When asked if the Republican party was racist, Haley claimed the US has “never been a racist country.” “We’re not a racist country, Brian. We’ve never been...