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→Hate-Group Affiliated Staffer: resignation
The committee ultimately voted 5-1 in favor of not investigating Haley further.
===Hate-Group Affiliated Staffer===
In May 2013, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] accused a Haley grassroots steering committee member of belonging to the Council of Conservative Citizens, designated by [[SPLC]] as a "white nationalist hate group." <ref> Reilly, Molly, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/26/nikki-haley-volunteer_n_3340433.html Nikki Haley Volunteer Steps Down Amid Controversy], The Huffington Post, May 26, 2013 </ref> Committee member Roan Garcia-Quintana was asked to step down by Haley's administration a week after calls for her previously refusalresignation were made, through a statement: <ref> Pearson, Tim, [http://columbia-sc.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/nikki-haley-asks-controversial-volunteer-to-resign-he-does Haley asks controversial volunteer to resign], May 31, 2013 </ref>
:"While we appreciate the support Roan has provided, we were previously unaware of some of the statements he had made, statements which do not well represent the views of the Governor. There is no place for racially divisive rhetoric in the politics or governance of South Carolina, and Governor Haley has no tolerance for it."
