Miss USA Walks Back Health Care Position after Leftist Outrage

Miss USA Walks Back Health Care Position after Leftist Outrage

by Jerome Hudson16 May 2017

http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/16/miss-usa-walks-back-health-care/

Newly-crowned Miss USA Kara McCullough is walking back an answer she gave during Sunday night’s competition, during which she called health care “a privilege.”

In an interview Tuesday on Good Morning America, McCullough changed her position and said she now believes health care is “a right.”

“I am privileged to have health care and I do believe that it should be a right,” McCullough said. “I hope and pray moving forward that health care is a right for all worldwide.”

“I just want people to see where I was coming from,” said the 25-year-old chemist and employee of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “Having a job, I have to look at health care like it is a privilege.”

On Sunday night, McCullough sparked a social media firestorm over her answer at the pageant, after she was asked if affordable health care should be considered a right for all Americans.

“I’m definitely going to say it’s a privilege,” she said at the time. “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.”

McCullough also clarified her thoughts on feminism, after saying Sunday that she doesn’t want to be called a feminist and prefers the term “equalism.”

“For me, where I work at with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ‘equalism’ is more of a term of understanding that no matter your gender, you are still just kind of given the same accolades on your work,” McCullough said Tuesday. “I believe that if a person does a good job, they should be, you know, credited for that in a sense.”

She added, “I don’t want anyone to look at it as if I’m not all about women’s rights, because I am. We deserve a lot when it comes to opportunity in the workplace as well as just like leadership positions. I’ve seen and witnessed firsthand the impact that women have.”

McCullough said she was “not at all” surprised by the backlash she faced for her original comments.

“I believe that is what America is based on, like having opinions and views,” she said. “But I would like to just take this moment to truly just clarify … what I said.”

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Charles D. Gibson was a co-host, host for Good Morning America, and is a trustee at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Note: Peter G. Peterson Foundation was a funder for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Committee for Economic Development.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development.

Peter G. Peterson is a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the founder & chairman for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Donna E. Shalala is an advisory board member for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, was a director at UnitedHealth Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Shirley Ann Jackson was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a chairman for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and an EVP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site for Obamacare, and is a contractor for Obamacare.

Michael E. Roach is a director & former president & CEO for the CGI Group Inc., and was trustee at the Conference Board.

George S. Barrett is a vice chairman for the Conference Board, a trustee at the Healthcare Leadership Council, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Alan M. Dachs is a chairman emeritus for the Conference Board, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Edward B. Rust Jr. is a trustee at the Conference Board, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr. is a trustee at the Conference Board, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Nandan M. Nilekani was a vice chairman for the Conference Board, a director at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Ronald A. Williams is a vice chairman for the Conference Board, a director at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Peter G. Peterson is the chairman for the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the founder & chairman for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Roger W. Ferguson Jr. is an advisory board member for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a chairman for the Conference Board, a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team.

Peter G. Peterson Foundation was a funder for the Committee for Economic Development, and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

Charles D. Gibson is a trustee at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, and was a co-host, host for Good Morning America.

Antonio R. Villaraigosa was a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team, and dated Lu Parker.

Lu Parker dated Antonio R. Villaraigosa, and was the 1994 title winner for the Miss USA pageant.

Miss Universe Organization is the owner of the Miss USA pageant.

Donald Trump was part-owner in the Miss USA pageant, and is an outspoken opponent for Obamacare.