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Miss Mississippi, Charlene Fingascrost, was crowned Miss Conservative American 2018 Sunday night in Atlantic City's Trump Casino, in New Jersey following an evening of tough political questions during the "Question-Answer" session.
The first question Fingascrost was asked was whether she believed former president Barack Obama should stay out of current political discussions and quit attacking the Trump administration.
Her answer surprised no one: "I believe Mr. Obama lacks the ability to remain neutral on issues he cares deeply about, such as socialism and partnering with Islamic countries in the fight against Israel. And yes, I believe he should stay out of politics, take up gardening and grow some class."
In another onstage interview, Miss Wyoming, Debbie Waitless, was asked if Trump was wrong to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord.
"The Paris Climate Accord was nothing more than a 'handshake' between nations promising to fight manmade climate change. While it's plausible that mankind has some influence on the climate, scientists still have no idea how much influence nor what can actually be done about change. The accord said that richer countries would pay poorer countries money to deal with climate change, but that they had 30 years in which to get off their butts and do something. It was a bad deal to begin with, and the United States is already limiting carbon emissions while the other big polluters, Russia, China and India, are doing squat."
The audience went wild.
Miss Montana, Jennifer Lustwagon, was asked to be "the jury" on whether President Trump or Hillary Clinton colluded with the Russian government in order to win the 2016 presidential election.
"In the United States, a person is said to be innocent until proven guilty. While there is no evidence that Trump colluded with the Russians, there is a greater possibility that Hillary Clinton had more to do with the Russians. For example, her husband was paid half a million dollars to speak at a sanctioned Russian bank known as Renaissance Capital. It was sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act and the speech was made while Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state.
"The sanction was named after Sergei Magnitsky, a whistle blower attorney who was put in a Russian prison in 2009 and later died there under suspicious circumstances. Magnitsky represented a U.S. investor, Bill Browder, the largest foreign investor at that time, and he claimed Russian organized criminals colluded with the Russian government officials to collect over two hundred million dollars on a tax rebate on Browder's companies.
"In 2015, Hillary opposed the Magnitsky Act while serving as secretary of state and this coincided with the time Bill gave his speech for Renaissance Capital, whose executives were at risk for being hurt by the sanctions.
"Hillary had also received a huge payout by Renaissance Capital in 2010, so if either Hillary or Trump were involved with Russian collusion in the election, I would imagine Hillary Clinton would be my first choice. But as a conservative, I still believe a person must be proven guilty, which is why I believe she needs to be fully investigated for this and other dealings."Again, the crowd cheered wildly for Ms. Lustwagon.
Miss Nevada, Amanda Fanbubble, was asked to give her opinion on Confederate statues and whether they should be removed from public display.
"The entire statue issue is silly," she began. "The statues have been standing for years and suddenly they've become offensive to the leftists who claim moral superiority over all things dealing with race. Rather than actually fighting real racism, they object to inanimate objects and illegally knock them down as if they're actually fighting a Confederate soldier.
"The Civil War was about slavery, but it was also about state's rights, which was the issue many in the south were fighting for--in fact, most confederate soldiers didn't even own slaves.
"But yes, the idea of slavery is repugnant, except to Democrats in the KKK and other Democrats like Robert Byrd, George Wallace and Bull Connor," Fanbubble said. "And it was the Democratic Party that mostly voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act, while the Republicans overwhelmingly voted for its passing."
The casino crowd began to applaud loudly.
"So removing statues of Confederate generals and soldiers is a joke and a distraction from real issues such as tax reform, health care and the spread of terrorism in the West."
Miss Alabama, Hortense Flaturlance, was asked about her thoughts regarding Trump's comments after the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he blamed "both sides." A counter-protester, Heather Heyer, died there when a white supremacist mowed his car into the crowd of counter-protesters.
"It was absolutely horrible that Ms. Heyer was killed. The individual who killed her must be brought to justice along with anyone at the rally who initiated violence.
"The terrorist group known as Antifa was at the rally. They came with makeshift shields and weapons. They came to start trouble.
"The white supremacists disgust me and should disgust every decent human being who believes in human dignity. But denying anyone their right to free speech disgusts me just as much. This was the purpose of Antifa, so yes, President Trump was right to blame "both sides," but I also think he should have specified exactly what he meant by it. Also, I believe he should have immediately admonished the KKK and the neo-nazis for their beliefs instead of waiting two days before he did.
"Finally, it should be obvious that when Antifa initiates violence against the neo-nazis and KKK, it serves the purposes of the white supremacists."
Miss Missouri, Hope Springs, was asked if she thought Maxine Waters is "over the top" in her call for President Trump's impeachment.
"I think 'Aunty Maxine' should be evaluated for either a nursing home or a mental institution and Joe Biden should get a room next to hers."
Lustwagon and Fanbubble were First and Second Runners-Up, respectively.
