A day after giving a stumbling answer about the conflict’s origin that did not mention slavery, Ms. Haley told an interviewer: “Yes, I know it was about slavery. I am from the South.”
A pointed question, at a town hall in New Hampshire, raises a complicated topic for Nikki Haley, who as governor of South Carolina wrestled with issues stemming from the Confederacy.
The federal judge ruled that claims that nearby graves were at risk of damage were “misinformed or misleading.” The memorial has been criticized for its sanitized depiction of slavery.