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[TangoAlphaLima]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...debate-during-pageant/?utm_term=.c25e6f0aa593

Then Miss D.C. stepped up to answer a question about the most currently contentious subject in the country: ”Do you think affordable health care for all U.S. citizens is a right or a privilege, and why?"

McCullough, a 25-year-old scientist who works at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, tied in her own experience to her answer. ”I'm definitely going to say it's a privilege," she said. ”As a government employee, I am granted health care. And I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you need to have jobs. So therefore, we need to continue to cultivate this environment that we're given the opportunities to have health care as well as jobs to all the American citizens worldwide."

Bonus bad answer on feminism!

Later, McCullough also stirred up debate online for her answer on feminism. (”As a woman scientist in the government, I'd like to lately transpose the word feminism to equalism.") But as it turns out, a possible controversy doesn't necessarily matter to the judges — at the end of the night, she was named the winner.

EDIT:

Full answer on feminism question:

”I don't really want to consider myself — try not to consider myself like this die-hard, you know, like, ‘Oh, I don't really care about men.' But one thing I'm gonna say, though, is women, we are just as equal as men when it comes to opportunity in the workplace."

”And I say firsthand: I have witnessed the impact that women have in leadership in the medical sciences, as well as just in the office environment," she added. ”So as Miss USA, I would hope to promote that type of leadership responsibility globally to so many women worldwide."

Additional quote from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-the-miss-usa-pageant/?utm_term=.4f92113232dd

Crown me if old.

 

[cwmartin]

Should I be worried we let idiots be nuclear scientists?

 

[Whompa02]

I don't think she understands what she's saying.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

And I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you need to have jobs.

This is the purest expression of capitalism there ever is.

 

[metalslimer]

McCullough, a 25-year-old scientist who works at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, tied in her own experience to her answer. ”I'm definitely going to say it's a privilege," she said. ”As a government employee, I am granted health care. And I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you need to have jobs

What.the.fuck.

This is the purest example of fuck you got mine possible.

 

[xxracerxx]

Should I be worried we let idiots be nuclear scientists?

Dr Christmas Jones takes offense at this!

Bonus:

 

[NealMcCauley]

So basically "Fuck you, got mine?"

 

[Heroman]

She is truly is miss USA.

 

[PreyingShark]

My mom works her butt off as a Director of Nursing and her health care has become kind of a joke over the years. Real incident from pharmacy:

"All right, your insurer is paying... Wooooow, basically nothing. That will be $95.38."

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Sounds american to me.

 

[NewFresh]

At this point, she just sounds like an honest representation of the USA....sadly.

Should I be worried we let idiots be nuclear scientists?

She might be great at that and just a terrible person overall.

 

[kirby_fox]

"I get mine, so screw the rest" is what I read there.

 

[Sidewinder]

I know it's not right, but people like that deserve to lose their job because of a serious illness and be fucked at least for a couple of years.

 

[djkimothy]

So people layed off don't deserve health care. ok

 

[Glass Shark]

I don't think she understands what she's saying.

Yeah, both statements make absolutely no sense. It reads like a neural network attempting to string words together.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Says the privileged idiot.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Just because you're intelligent doesn't make you smart. Exhibit A, Ben Carson, Exhibit B, her

 

[Nepenthe]

I bet if you asked her about the coal miners with no jobs and black lung disease, she'd be totally logically consistent and essentially answer they should die!

 

[benicillin]

I can see why she won, that's a fairly USA answer.

 

[Skatterd]

Even without Trump involved, the spirit of him lives on

 

[sphagnum]

It kind of sounds like she took the question literally, like she's answering a test, rather than answering what it should be. "Well of course it's a privilege, you don't automatically have it, duh!"

 

[metalslimer]

Yeah, both statements make absolutely no sense. It reads like a neural network attempting to string words together.

Or just a rich person who has never had a single struggle with cognitive dissonance

 

[Ogodei]

I don't think she understands what she's saying.

That's kind of the vibe i get here too. Answer comes off MRA-ish.

 

[Linkura]

This is the best they could do for Miss USA?

 

[E-Cat]

And I see firsthand that for one to have health care, you need to have jobs.

Wasn't this more of an "ought to or not" question than a test on her observational powers of the status quo...

 

[TatteredHat]

In a way she's a perfect representation of the USA., great pick.

 

[Guevara]

Seems like healthcare actually is a privilege in this country, and that's a bad thing.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Bonus bad answer on feminism!



Crown me if old.

Whats wrong with making feminism about equality?

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

This is the best they could do for Miss USA?

To be fair, there were other dubious answers from Top 5 contestants:

Before Miss D.C. stepped forward, the questions to the Top 5 were at typical degrees of difficulty: “How would you like the global community to view the United States?” (Miss Minnesota: The U.S. should be viewed as accepting and empowering.) “Which specific issue regarding women’s rights is most important to you?” (Miss Illinois: Women should be able to speak honestly about their experiences at work without retaliation.) “What action would you take as Miss USA to help [suicidal] teenagers?” (Miss South Carolina: Teenagers need to make sure their voices are heard, with counseling or other resources.)

 

[Kysen]

Wait till she loses her job. 'Fuck you got mine' wont last.

 

[Hellwarden]

Dr Christmas Jones takes offense at this!

Worst Bond girl.

 

[cdyhybrid]

Whats wrong with making feminism about equality?

It already is

 

[Vincent Grayson]

To be fair, there were other dubious answers from Top 5 contestants:

Those are bland, generic answers, rather than heartless, ignorant ones.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Whats wrong with making feminism about equality?

When the protesters shout "Black Lives Matter!", are you countering with "All Lives Matter!"?

Those are bland, generic answers, rather than heartless, ignorant ones.

I think they're all relatively ignorant. But yes, Miss DC/USA's health care answer is the most ignorant, and is also heartless.

 

[Wag]

So she won't mind if Trump takes her healthcare away?

 

[Lightning_Roller]

Well fuck you then, Miss USA.

 

[LiK]

Someday we'll get a good answer from these question segments at dem pageants.

 

[Kinyou]

Why do they have to answer questions like this to begin with?

When the protesters shout "Black Lives Matter!", are you countering with "All Lives Matter!"?

Isn't a difference there that feminism's goal isn't to highlight a specific issue, but strives for general equality?

 

[TemplaerDude]

Future GOP senator right here, folks.

 

[hypernima]

Should I be worried we let idiots be nuclear scientists?

It's Carson's syndrome.
When you are so damn brilliant in your occupation/field, yet such an idiot when it comes to social issues.

 

[HStallion]

Says the famous beautiful model...

 

[King_Moc]

Miss World: "I think the jobless and poor should die in the street like the dogs that they are".

I mean, that's pretty much what she's saying.

 

[Davenday]

No chance of being Miss Universe there, it seems

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Why do they have to answer questions like this to begin with?

To see if they are "well rounded".

 

[JeTmAn81]

Whats wrong with making feminism about equality?

I didn't have a problem with that answer. I find the aggressive attitude of some people to force anyone who believes in gender equality to label themselves as a "feminist" to be quite off-putting. Words have meanings, and I've never been able to identify with that one. I prefer egalitarianism.

 

[darscot]

Sounds very American to me

 

[mreddie]

The influence of Trumpy lingers on.

 

[Deepwater]

She played the base and won for it. I wouldn't call her dumb (or her answers disingenuous, I'm sure she actually believes it), but her type isn't uncommon. She's a well-to-do black in a predominately white/male space (in her career, in the pageant), of course she's going to give respectability politics. That's how people like her survive.

 

[HStallion]

Why do they have to answer questions like this to begin with?

Gotta make sure they aren't just a pretty face...

 

[Mael]

Wait...
so retired people shouldn't have healthcare?