Jake Knotts

Reporter: 'There Wasn't Outrage' After Knotts Called Haley A 'Raghead'

Ben Frumin | June 4, 2010, 5:08PM

SC state Sen. Jake Knotts (R)

Last night, South Carolina State Sen. Jake Knotts (R) called Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley a "f------ raghead," and bizarrely suggested that she's some kind of Sikh Manchurian candidate.

Corey Hutchins, a reporter for Free Times, the alt weekly in Columbia, South Carolina, has a great piece today about his interview with Knotts, which came after the state senator said during an internet radio show last night that Haley is a "raghead."

I spoke to Hutchins this afternoon, and he shared some more details on last night's event.

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