Conservatives Declare War On New Miss America Mallory Hagan Over Gun Comments

Still reeling from losing the election and being ostracized from the majority of public opinion, conservatives are striking out at the newly crowned Miss America.

On Saturday’s pageant broadcast, Mallory Hagan (Miss New York) was asked for her opinion on posting armed guards outside of schools in the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting, a proposal promoted by the NRA. In response, Hagan said, “The answer is not to fight violence with violence.”

The conservative Media Research Center (MRC) blasted her answer, writing that she was “espousing liberal conventional wisdom on guns” while ridiculing her for supposedly suggesting that “law enforcement officers carrying guns fuels violence.”

Commenters on MRC’s website agreed:

- “That idiot answer only reinforces the dumb blond stereotype”
- “The girl is cute, but she lives in a bubble like her head.”
- “this girl is f-ing stupid”
- “More idiocy from people who know nothing about guns”

Conservative activists on the far-right Free Republic website condemned Hagan:

- “So Mallory Hagan rather the victims get killed than fight back? She belongs in the UK (with Piers Morgan) not America.”
- “She got the looks, but I think she missed the brains line.”
- “Spoken like a true libtard.”