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March 15, 2013--Gov. Nikki Haley (SC) introduced former Gov. Mitt Romney, first making a few remarks on South Carolina.  "It is so great to be here in Washington, DC.  Not really," she began.

"The president and Washington, DC are the hardest part about being the governor of South Carolina.  And I will tell you they have thrown it at us pretty good.  When you look at the fact that him and his union thugs turned around and threw it at a thousand non-union workers in South Carolina.  You know what we said?  Not in South Carolina.  Those thousand workers are now 6,000 workers.  His Department of Justice threw it at us and said you can't have voter ID; we're not going to let it pass.  You know what we said?  Not in South Carolina.  Every election in our state now requires photo ID before you vote.  And now they're trying to throw Obamacare and tell us that we have to bust our budgets and expand Medicaid.  Do you know what I'm saying?  Not in South Carolina.  As long as I am the governor of South Carolina, we will not expand Medicaid on President Obama's watch.  We will not expand Medicaid ever.  We are going to make sure that we take care of the people that we know best to take care of and we don't need Washington's help to do it."

Lauding Romney, Haley stated,

"This is a leader who is a servant because he loves his country.  This is a leader who's back to tell you thank you.  This is a leader we need to stand up and give the loudest applause ever and say we appreciate your fight and we appreciate your love for this United States of America..."   >

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