Miss Puerto Rico suspended for anti-islam rant
Miss Puerto Rico Destiny Velez has been indefinitely suspended by the official Miss America Organization after sending a series of offensive anti-muslim messages on Twitter.
Velez, 20, launched an anti-muslim tirade at filmmaker Michael Moore on Thursday after he shared a photo of himself outside of Trump Tower in New York City with a sign reading: ‘We are all Muslim.’
Moore’s photo was in response to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US, which inspired the hashtag #Weareallmuslim on social media. The former beauty queen sent a number of tweets directed to Moore including one that said Muslims have ‘terrorizing agendas,’ according to a grab of the tweets obtained by the Atlanta Journal-constitution. The brunette beauty wrote: ‘Muslims use our constitution (sic) to terrorize USA & plant gas stations.’
Another tweet that Velez directed to the filmmaker said: ‘All what Muslims have done is provided oil & terrorize this country & many others.’
She added: ‘There’s NO comparison between Jews, Christians & Muslims. Jews nor Christians have terrorizing agendas in their sacred books.’
Her tweets sparked a furious backlash online, with many Twitter users calling her a bully with the hashtag #nonosrepresentas, which translates from Spanish to ‘you don’t represent us.’
Velez, 20, launched an anti-muslim tirade at filmmaker Michael Moore on Thursday after he shared a photo of himself outside of Trump Tower in New York City with a sign reading: ‘We are all Muslim