Miss District of Columbia, Kara McCullough, was chosen as the next Miss USA last night, but it was her position on rights vs. privileges that was bound to spark a freakout:
Miss USA: Health care 'a privilege,' not a right: https://t.co/vhezbQw9Re pic.twitter.com/n2fd6WwADT
— TODAY'S TMJ4 (@tmj4) May 15, 2017
A contestant for Miss USA said health care was a “privilege,” not a right. Minutes later, she won the pageant. https://t.co/KN9WytAUOL pic.twitter.com/EsSH5JDUxG
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) May 15, 2017
Those who understand what constitutes a “right” agreed:
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/864059089965514752
You don't have a right to the labor of others, so…what's wrong with what she said?
— While Supplies Last (@corrcomm) May 15, 2017
I'd say it was an "essential." That doesn't make it a "right" in the sense it's being used by progressives, which is: you must pay for me.
— Lona Manning (@LonaManning) May 15, 2017
It's possible to be beautiful AND smart. https://t.co/W6YxZk2bFO
— Hayekian Triangle (@hayektriangle) May 15, 2017
She gave the right answer. https://t.co/7Ava8BbtV9
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/Moj_kobe/status/863989749186416640
Why did you put scare quotes around "privilege" but not "right?" Those were her 2 choices per the question. Kára didn't pick the terminology
— Anita Sia Perpwalk (@NewYearsDani) May 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/863993756575555584
https://twitter.com/FLGatorKing/status/864064823927222277
But of course, there are many who aren’t happy with McCullough’s answer at all:
I guess it's a privilege of wealth to not be infected by the uninsured. Good luck with that. https://t.co/cXhwGuz2sx
— Neil S Davis (@NeilSDavisRN) May 15, 2017
#MissUSA Miss DC just lost me with that answer….Affordable healthcare is a privilege? Girl bye. pic.twitter.com/Q5mU7PIlx1
— Kat J? (@dazella_may) May 15, 2017
So #MissDC wins #MissUSA after saying healthcare is a privilege not a right? This is the world we live in now??? Yikes. No. Just no.
— Eliza Orlins (@eorlins) May 15, 2017
Fuck Miss DC for that trash ass answer about healthcare being a privilege. https://t.co/D0rle4nVB6
— BLACKNESS! (@BadNewsMaestro) May 15, 2017
Miss DC was my fav but… not after that answer. Everyone has a right to healthcare. #MissUSA pic.twitter.com/lM9V90B4Lh
— Charlsley? (@MrsCharlsley) May 15, 2017
#MissUSA
Me at Miss DC right now. pic.twitter.com/vhrpL6ZfPy— Chun-Tee (@terri_zhane) May 15, 2017
Well, she's not *my* Miss America https://t.co/QXid7GGxXI
— Miles Sittish (@oppidus) May 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/Court_Blakely/status/863930181978927105
Miss DC USA sucks. Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. But then again the whole concept of beauty pageants is strange. ??♀️
— boy bye (@youheartKIYA) May 15, 2017
Miss DC USA just said healthcare is a privilege. Not a right!?!? Ma'am!!! What? #MissUSA pic.twitter.com/EbPYMJ7luD
— Makho Ndlovu (@makhondlovu) May 15, 2017
MFW I was rooting hard for #MissDC and she had to go and say healthcare is a privilege not a right #MissUSA pic.twitter.com/pB9EdjSDY4
— Chandler (@ChndlrVlndr) May 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/TyHobsonPowell/status/863929232031977472
https://twitter.com/ShanayThompson_/status/863939756274601984
WOAH… she said this? I was happy about Miss DC winning until I saw this shit. NOPE, fuck that noise. https://t.co/Jc4DdcKYHE
— Charlotte Clymer?️? (@cmclymer) May 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/KaraSisenstein/status/864006641980776448