“She’s smart and she knows better. And she didn’t say it because she’s a racist — because she’s not. I know her well and I don’t believe Nikki has a racist bone in her body… The reason she did it is just as bad, if not worse, and should make everybody concerned about her candidacy: She did it because she’s unwilling to offend anyone by telling the truth.
”— Chris Christie, at a New Hampshire town hall, on Nikki Haley dodging the slavery question.