Iowa GOP kingmaker Jan Mickelson defends the Confederacy while speaking to Lindsey Graham http://t.co/ZuSqKAFjdx

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 9, 2015

On Friday, Mickelson spoke to two announced candidates, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who told him during the show that President Obama is “redistributing poverty” to states like Iowa, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

When Graham tried to draw a parallel between the American Civil War and the current conflict in Iraq, Mickelson jumped in to defend the Confederacy: “I don’t consider the North amongst ourselves. You mentioned capturing territory, I’m considering [Fort] Sumter South Carolinian territory and you were invaded, pretty much like the Russians are invading the Ukraine.”