“Donald Trump is the biggest issue facing our country today,” Collins responded. [...] “Unfortunately, he has caused a lot of divide in our country, and until we can trust in him and the choices that he makes for our country, we cannot become united.”
Ultimately, Collins lost the interview portion of the contest to [...] Gabriela Taveras, who fielded a question about how Americans traveling abroad should interact with foreigners. We should let them know that “we as Americans are supporting them and that we are there to help them,” she suggested [...] (yeah, this sounds odd, but I think she meant we should support them here?)
On Thursday, when asked how the NFL should handle players kneeling during the national anthem, [...] Emili McPhail, emphasized that the protests are not anti-patriotic, but are “absolutely about police brutality.” “Kneeling during the national anthem is absolutely a right that you have, to stand up for what you believe in, and to make the right decision that’s right for you,” she said.
Not exactly the Miss South Carolina of old. (Bless her heart)