Nikki Haley Faces Misleading Attacks On Her Tax Record

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : In fact, the state legislators who were pushing for the gas tax increase were unable to enact it until she left South Carolina to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
39% : In response to the multi-year, well-funded push to raise South Carolina's gas tax, then Governor Haley countered by telling state legislators she would only consider a gas tax increase if it were tied to an income tax cut of greater size.
37% : Nikki Haley made a written promise to oppose and veto all net tax hikes as governor, a commitment to South Carolinians that she upheld to the chagrin of state legislators who wanted to raise the gas tax without any associated income tax relief.

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