South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has cooled her seething anger over our Snowjam.
We told you this week that the Republican from next door said she was
of the icy gridlock that froze metro Atlanta in its tracks.
Well, Columbia's The State newspaper reported that Haley has called Deal to apologize for the remarks:
"This was not me being furious at Georgia," she said. "This was me being furious as a sister not being able to get to her brother. I don't want this to be a state-to-state issue. Gov. Deal did what he thought was best."
Robinson characterized the two as good friends who don't hold grudges. It's quite a contrast from earlier this week, when Deal spokesman Brian Robinson offered this retort to Haley's furor:
"To say South Carolina did a better job responding to the storm than Georgia is like saying Tennessee did a better job than Louisiana responding to Hurricane Katrina. We experienced completely different weather events."
Haley told The State she was just worried about her brother, a diabetic who was stuck on an Atlanta interstate for 27 hours. She said she was on the phone with him as the storm barreled in on her state.
"It was never meant to be a slight to Georgia or Gov. Deal," she said. "I would not do that because every governor goes through their own challenges."
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