Nikki Haley Says ‘Of Course’ Civil War Was About Slavery, Following Criticism

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Thursday the Civil War was caused by a fight over slavery as she tried to tamp down a political uproar hours after she failed to mention it when asked about the conflict’s origins.

“Of course the Civil War was about slavery, we know that, that’s the easy part of it,” she said on a Pulse of NH radio show. “I’m from the South. Of course you know it’s about slavery.”

The earlier omission of slavery by the former South Carolina governor at an event...