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Letters: Haley hypocritical on refugees

SC Gov Nikki Haley
SC Gov Nikki Haley jblake@thestate.com

Thank God for Senate Republican Leader Harvey Peeler, who exposed Gov. Nikki Haley’s duplicity regarding President Obama’s refugee program. “You are on record supporting this refugee program,” Peeler wrote. “I implore you to cancel the agreement you and the Department of Social Services have made with third-party groups to provide shelter to potential terrorists.”

In her predictably hypocritical fashion, Nikki Haley has since petitioned Obama to slow approval of “Syrian,” and not international, refugees. Everyone knows that ISIS supporters come from many Muslim countries, not just Syria. Sen. Peeler, who understands the crisis, should run for governor.

Richard Hines

Mayesville

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