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Line 66: ===Confederate flag=== Before June 2015, Haley supported flying the [[Flags of the Confederate States of America|Confederate flag]] on the statehouse grounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/10/15/nikki_haley_its_ok_to_have_the_confederate_flag_at_the_statehouse_because_not_a_single_ceo_has_complained/|title=Nikki Haley: It's OK to have the Confederate flag at the statehouse because not "a single CEO" has complained|last=Brinker|first=Luke| work =[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|access-date=January 25, 2017|date=October 15, 2014}}</ref> In the immediate aftermath of the [[Charleston church shooting]], Haley did not take a position on removing the flag, saying, "I think the state will start talking about that again, and we'll see where it goes."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/19/dylann-roof-charleston-police-charged-with-murder-black-church/28975573/|title=Dylann Roof charged with 9 counts of murder in Charleston attack|work=[[USA Today]]|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=July 1, 2017|first1=Yamiche|last1=Alcindor|first2=Doug|last2=Stanglin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/19/confederate-flag-south-carolina_n_7620490.html|title=Nikki Haley, Mark Sanford Weigh In On Confederate Flag Debate|last=Lavender|first= Paige|date=June 19, 2015|journal= <blockquote>"These grounds [the State Capital] are a place that everybody should feel a part of. What I realized now more than ever is people were driving by and felt hurt and pain. No one should feel pain." Haley also said, "There is a place for that flag," but she added, "It's not in a place that represents all people in South Carolina."<ref>{{cite news|last1= Scott|first1=Eugene|title=Nikki Haley: Confederate flag 'should have never been there'|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/10/politics/nikki-haley-confederate-flag-removal/|access-date=April 12, 2016| In July 2015, Haley signed a bill to authorize [[Modern display of the Confederate flag#Removal from South Carolina State Capitol|removing]] the Confederate flag from the flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?327026-1/south-carolina-confederate-flag-removal-bill-signing-ceremony|title=South Carolina Confederate Battle Flag Removal Bill Signing Ceremony|publisher= [[C-SPAN]]|date=July 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/07/09/421531368/south-carolina-gov-nikki-haley-to-sign-confederate-flag-bill-into-law|title=South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley Signs Confederate Flag Bill Into Law|publisher= [[NPR]]|date=July 9, 2015}}</ref> In December 2019, she defended the people of South Carolina, saying that "some people" in South Carolina saw the flag as a representation of "service and sacrifice and heritage" before the flag was hijacked by the white supremacist mass killer [[Dylann Roof]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/11/nikki-haley-says-confederate-flag-couldnt-removed-today/4405665002/|title=Nikki Haley: Confederate flag could not be taken down in South Carolina in today's 'outrage culture'|last=Santucci|first=Jeanine|website=USA Today|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/07/us/Nikki-Haley-confederate-flag.html |title=Nikki Haley's Confederate Flag Comments Spark Backlash|last=Ortiz|first=Aimee|date=2019-12-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||