Donald Trump Insists Steve Harvey Miss America Snafu Would Never Happened on His Watch
Donald Trump is boasting the Miss Universe snafu, in which host Steve Harvey temporarily declared the wrong person the winner, would never have occurred on the presidential candidate's watch.
The former pageant owner and current Republican front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination also later tweeted more.
Very sad what happened last night at the Miss Universe Pageant. I sold it 6 months ago for a record price. This would never have happened!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2015
Harvey announced Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez Arevalo the winner long enough for her pose for pictures and take a victory salute before an adoring crowd. However, Harvey then corrected himself and rightfully informed the audience Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach was actually the victor.
In Trump's view, after the damage had been done declaring the wrong person the winner, both contestants should have been crowned as winners.
"I think I'd make them a co-winner," Trump said. "It would be very cool."
Both Harvey and pageant officials have repeatedly apologized, with organizers releasing a statement asserting that it was a "human error" that occurred during "the excitement of live TV."
Meanwhile, Harvey took to social media to express his remorse and apologies, admitting that it was brought on by a "terribly honest human mistake."
Unfortunately for the talk show host and media mogul, his first post misspelled both the words Philippines and Colombia.
In the latest Fox News poll, Trump leads a crowded Republican field with 39 percent of the vote, more than double the support garnered (18 percent) by his closest challenger, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Trump's latest showing represents a personal high. Over the last month, his support has dramatically risen by 11 points. His bbiggest uptick in support has come among men, white evangelical Christians and voters without a college degree.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (11 percent), Ben Carson (9 percent) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (3 percent) round out the GOP Top 5.
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