Elie Mystal Dings Nikki Haley's Civil War Remarks

The Nation's Elie Mystal managed to get a shot in at Nikki Haley and her refusal to say slavery caused the Civil War, while explaining why Republicans are huge hypocrites on the issue of states' rights.

Here's Mystal on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes this Thursday being asked about the news that Maine just barred Trump from their primary ballot:

JOHNSON: Elie, what is it going to matter, will it matter actually to the Supreme Court, appellate courts, federal courts, that this decision is primarily out of a Secretary of State's office, as opposed to Colorado, where it's a decision that came from state judges? Is that going to matter to anyone since they're both sort of basing it off the same principles from 14th Amendment?

MYSTAL: I think it should matter because, and want to be really clear about this, and I would like, if she's listening, Nikki Haley to like lean in and listen real close to what I'm about to say, because the Civil War was about slavery, but this right here, this, my friend, is about states' rights.

Like, that's what's actually going on here. All of the Maine Secretary of State is saying is that she has the authority to protect the integrity of the Maine ballot according to the laws of Maine. That is a straight up states' rights issue. Right?

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