Rick Santorum in New Hampshire, at an event held by Cornerstone, a local supporter of Nullify Now! New Hampshire held in 2011:

“We had a war about nullification. There was a war about nullification. The Civil War was about nullification, and I’m not sure I want to go there,” Santorum said. “If the state doesn’t like what the federal government is doing and they believe it’s unconstitutional, they can go to a federal court and they can take it up in a federal court. There is a process by which states can litigate.”

Seems like Rick got these talking points right from Rachel Maddow, who’s been saying pretty much the same thing for over a year now. For example, in her MSNBC segment last year called “Confederates in the Attic,” she said things like:

“The Confederacy and its politics are in fashion again.” “Nullification led to anti-US militancy which led to cannons firing…” “Nullification, which helped steer South Carolina into its militant anti-US stance is now enjoying a remarkable renaissance.”

Does that make you pause? It should.

By the way, the Nullification Crisis in South Carolina did NOT “lead to the civil war” as so many idiots claim. That happened almost 30 years prior. Read about it here. And, when the South seceded, it wasn’t an expansion of their nullification efforts. South Carolina’s complaint – which led to their secession was because of the NORTH using nullification. The secessionists were opposed to the nullifiers. Read about that one here.

Michael Boldin

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