It’s hard being a cisgender heterosexual conservative in Trump’s America. Just ask Kathy Zhu.
The 20-year-old pageant queen was stripped of her Miss Michigan title after a string of racist tweets she wrote in 2017 and 2018 resurfaced. Now, she says “coming out as conservative is harder than coming out as gay.”
After it was learned that Zhu had posted offensive musings on her social media accounts, including attacking women who wear hijabs and saying Black people have lower IQs, officials from Miss World America decided she was too racist for their organization.
On Friday, pageant officials informed Zhu she would no longer be representing Michigan in Las Vegas later this year.
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Miss World America's State/National/Chief Director accused me of being racist, Islamaphobic, and insensitive.
They stripped me of my Miss Michigan title due to my refusal to try on a hijab in 2018, my tweet about black on black gun violence, and "insensitive" statistical tweets. pic.twitter.com/K1Btho0Pgq
— Kathy Zhu (@PoliticalKathy) July 19, 2019
Zhu has since deleted the tweets, but she insists “I stand by each and every one of my tweets on my account” and claims her racism is just a “difference of opinions.” Not only that, but she says her opinions are based in “facts.”
“It is honestly sad that the left refers to statistics and facts as racist and insensitive,” she says.
Oh, but it doesn’t stop there.
In a statement to the media, Zhu, who identifies as heterosexual, goes on to suggest that “coming out as a conservative is way harder than coming out as gay in today’s society.”
“I am very glad that I now have the opportunity to speak out about the unjust treatment of conservatives,” the statement continues. “People support that I’ve decided to stand my ground instead of compromise on my beliefs and values.”
Over the weekend, Zhu made the media rounds, where she defended her racism on national television.
After appearing on CNN, she posts a screenshot to Instagram along with the caption: “I would have never thought I’d be on CNN one day! I’m sorry I betrayed you, @realdonaldtrump.”
In 2016, Zhu appeared in a YouTube video titled “Why this 18-year-old is voting for Donald Trump” in which she said have a president who is “not politically correct” is a “good way to show the real side of what is happening in America.”
“Don’t get it twisted,” one Twitter user wrote. “Kathy Zhu was stripped of her title for disgusting tweets. Tweets that were racist. Not because she is a conservative.”
Juanjo
She’s a special little thing, isn’t she? BTW, facts are not racist, cherrypicking and slanting the presentation of facts to support a racist position IS racist.
truthseeker
@Juanjo
So refusing to wear a hijab, that someone forced on your head, because you feel it is oppressive toward women and tweeting about the incident is now racist??
She wrote that she will not wear a hijab because “women in the middle east are getting stoned to death for refusing to obey their husband’s orders to wear hijabs. If this was a catholic rosary that someone forced me to try on and I refused, people would not even bat an eye”. Saying that must’ve infuriated people like yourself
I thought liberals loved empowered women?
Chrisk
truthseeker
Well, if she did make the comment about Black people having lower IQs then I would say racist.
notasjw
@ truthseeker you can’t reason with the alt left. And if you call out their BS they automatically label you a Trump supporter, nazi , racist etc! It’s beyond infantile and does the opposite of what they want, to bring people to their side!
Cam
You right wing troll with the two screenames @truthseeker and @notasjw are really bad at this.
So one of the groups she attacks is black people and because they can’t defend it, they start screaming about Muslims.
We get it, if it’s a bigot, you’ll defend them.
ShiningSex
She is racist and her comments are. How does one not see that? hmmmmmm….i guess racist people don’t see it that way
notasjw
Funny they left out what she said! I’m certainly not taking Grahams word for it he’s a racist after all!
Kangol2
Can you read? It’s there in the article. Try harder, Brody/MoBro/Notasjw!
Chrisk
Wow. She is the complete stereotype of the dumb beauty queen. Not to mention a complete C*nt.
RIGay
Ah-yup! It’s a shame that Orange Hitler is not into Asians, or she could have had a place on his cabinet.
Pii
you can say she’s a c*nt but I’m sure she lacks the depth and warmth
James
GOOD RIDDANCE. NOW SHE CAN GO BACK TO FLIPPING HAMBURGERS FOR MINIMUM WAGE.
Peacemaker
Unless she has ever come out as gay she wouldn’t know.
Cam
That is the entire Republican defense strategy. Keep claiming that racists are the REAL victims.
TruthBeKnown
Here are just a couple of her racist tweets:
“There is a ‘try a hijab on’ booth at my college campus. So you’re telling me that it’s now just a fashion accessory and not a religious thing? Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam?”
And another: “Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community first before blaming others.”
First she bashes a religion, and then she bashes the black community. And then when she gets called out over it, she plays victim? BYE FELICIA!!!
truthseeker
@TruthBeKnown
What is inaccurate about either tweet? The first describes the truth of Islam. If we’re not allowed to bash religion, then I guess you aren’t allowed to bash Christianity.
Secondly, the 2nd tweet is also factually accurate. Black people statistically kill more black people than any other race. Just as white people kill more white people than any other race.
Cam
@truthseeker
It’s just adorable how you try to take a portion of her tweet and then say “But that is right, so what’s the problem?!?”
Funny how you left out the part where she says basically that black people can’t point out problems or issues until some nebulous time when apparently more of them are killed by white people than black people. But then again, it was your intention to cut out the part that absolves racists from any complaints wasn’t it?
Jboo
@Cam – you keep talking, and yet you cite no sources yourself. #Typicalliberal.
Jon in Canada
Sigh, another MAGAt in need of being squashed.
And thanks again CNN, for giving legitimacy to this insipid unctuous bimbo.
Note: I will not be apologizing for Bimbo, because that’s me being kind.
Cam
CNN hired a Trump staffer with Zero journalism experience to run their political arm. Watch for more and more of these people being highlighted.
OzJosh
Fortunately, coming out as stupid has never been easier.
Jboo
I know right? Warren was a real trailblazer for leftists everywhere. May I ask when the first CNN parade is being held?
armandov
While there are many black on black shootings it’s not the number one cause of death for black people. Heart disease is.
Besides not getting her facts right she tries to hammer the point home by being obnoxious and offensive.
I wonder what she would think if the pageant judges asked her how she is able to see through those tiny slits that we non Asians call eyes? Or if she could fix their computer? Would sh think that is racist?
Mr C
But the Tea is every race has high statistical murders! white on white, Asian on Asian, Hispanic on Hispanic all of them not just Black I guess the B1tch never heard of the Chinese Mafia or the Vietnamese & Filipino gangs in Cali? Yeah she’s beyond racist!
Jboo
#HEARTSARERACIST!!!
lcandela123
She discovered that coming out as stupid was the hardest of all.
KerryB
Bitch needs to go back where she came from!
selinastyle
No. What we’re not gonna do right now is respond to racism with more racism. Stop.
darkanser
At first seeing the headline, I truthfully thought that she had come out as both conservative AND gay. Having said that, she really wants to claim she knows ANYTHING about coming out as gay or the difficulty thereof?