Washington, Sept 11 (ANI): South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has said that she regrets calling a female reporter a "little girl" after having read an article, which according to her created "a grossly inaccurate picture" about her.
Republican Governor Nikki Haley had made that comment about reporter Renee Dudley, who wrote an article in The Post and Courier of Charleston, detailing at least 127,000 dollars in taxpayer money the governor and other state officials spent on a European trip aimed at bringing jobs to the Palmetto State, the New York Daily News reports.
"And all I will tell you is: God bless that little girl at The Post and Courier. I mean her job is to try and create conflict," Nikki had said.
However, today she regretted for her choice of inappropriate words against the young reporter.
"The story painted a grossly inaccurate picture and was unprofessionally done, but my 'little girl' comment was inappropriate and I regret that. Everyone can have a bad day. I'll forgive her bad story, if she'll forgive my poor choice of words," Haley said in a statement.
Dudley's September 5 piece describes how Haley and two dozen other officials stayed at five-star hotels, drank at the Ritz Paris and upgraded to a "chalet" at the Paris Air Show, where the state had previously rented a booth, the paper said.
Haley defended the move, insisting she needed to court aerospace companies in her state that were at the events. (ANI)
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