SC Gov. Nikki Haley To Give GOP Response To State Of The Union

Gov. Nikki Haley, R- S.C., delivers a speech on "Lessons from the New South" during a luncheon at the National Press Club, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Gov. Nikki Haley, R- S.C., delivers a speech on "Lessons from the New South" during a luncheon at the National Press Club, on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is expected to give the GOP’s response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 12.

Haley made headlines this summer when she called for the Confederate flag to be removed from the grounds outside of the state capitol.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) chose Haley to give the party’s response.

“This is a time of great challenges for our country, but also of great opportunities. I intend to speak about both,” she said in a statement.

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  1. “This is a time of great challenges for our country, but also of great opportunities. I intend to speak about both,” she said in a statement.

    If you are responding to a speech that you haven’t heard yet, how do you know what you will say?

  2. Avatar for dv01 dv01 says:

    Stay thirsty my friend.

  3. I’m guessing her response is already written.

  4. She will speak of her incredible bravery in removing the Confederate flag even though the CEOs in SC had no problem with it.

    What I can tell you is over the last three and a half years, I spent a lot of my days on the phones with CEOs and recruiting jobs to this state. I can honestly say I have not had one conversation with a single CEO about the Confederate flag

  5. I look forward to Nimrata coming clean about her affair with a GOP blogger :hankey:

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