Ex-Miss Michigan stripped of title over offensive tweets joins Trump reelection effort

Kathy Zhu, the former Miss Michigan winner who was stripped of her title over tweets deemed “offensive, insensitive and inappropriate,” is joining President Trump’s reelection campaign.

“I am so excited to now be part of the #WomenforTrump Coalition Advisory Board! Let’s get Trump re-elected for 2020,” Zhu tweeted Thursday, retweeting a post from the official Trump reelection campaign Twitter welcoming her to the board.

I am so excited to now be part of the #WomenforTrump Coalition Advisory Board!

Let’s get Trump re-elected for 2020 https://t.co/uhdBfdInlh

— Kathy Zhu (@PoliticalKathy) July 25, 2019

{mosads} “@PoliticalKathy is a patriot who has continued to stand for American values despite being stripped of her crown. Thank you for your support of President @realdonaldtrump!” the campaign account tweeted. 

Team Trump welcomes Kathy Zhu to the Official #WomenforTrump Coalition Advisory Board! @PoliticalKathy is a patriot who has continued to stand for American values despite being stripped of her crown.

Thank you for your support of President @realdonaldtrump!

— Team Trump (@TeamTrump) July 25, 2019

Zhu, a University of Michigan student, in since-deleted tweets said she approached a Muslim Student Association booth and declined to wear a hijab, tweeting that “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?” she tweeted, according to the Detroit Free Press. “Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam?”

She also reportedly replied to another Twitter user, commenting, “Did you know the majority of black deaths are caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community before blaming others.”  

In a CNN interview Monday, Zhu defended the tweets.

“I don’t think anything I said was remotely wrong,” she said. “I stand by every tweet that I post.”

Zhu also tweeted screenshots of the email she received from Miss World America, which said her social media accounts contain “offensive, insensitive and inappropriate” content.

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 18, 2019