CORALVILLE, Iowa—People backing Nikki Haley for president say they are unconcerned about the lingering Civil War controversy surrounding her campaign.
On Dec. 27, the former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. found herself in the headlines for an answer she gave to a question at a campaign event in New Hampshire about the cause of the U.S. Civil War.
Ms. Haley attracted criticism for omitting slavery in her answer. She clarified her remarks the following day, saying “of course” the conflict from 1861 to 1865 “was about slavery.”
Susan Lacy, an undecided voter from Mt. Vernon, Iowa, said she thought Ms. Haley’s answer was “inartful” but “she wasn’t wrong.”…
