Reelz has not yet released its statistics regarding how many individual viewers tuned in. However, the stream ratings suggest that the pageant did, indeed, observe a high business loss as a result of the exodus and widespread condemnation of Trump’s controversial statements.
You might think that after repeatedly defending his pageants and slamming his critics, Trump would take a night off of his campaign to support the contestants in person. Well apparently, no.
Olivia Jordan started the contest as Miss Oklahoma before receiving the Miss USA title at the end of night. Jordan has not made any comments about Trump in particular, but the Q&A section was ripe with
“We are still having problems and we keep hearing about new issues that are coming up,” Jordan said. “We really need to work on being an accepting society and being a society where every single person…is given the same rights and privileges and opportunities.”
[h/t Newsweek]
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