.LisaSongSutton spoke to us about running as a young Republican woman and how winning a beauty pageant has helped her campaign
billions of dollars for the president’s long-threatened “border wall,” Sutton advocates for what she calls “a pragmatic, realistic approach” to immigration reform.
Sutton, a first-generation immigrant beauty queen turned entrepreneur turned politician, believes that anyone who cares about their communities can and should make their voices heard in the political process. She speaks to MTV News about running as a young Republican woman and how winning a beauty pageant has helped her campaign.It was the fall of 2013, and I competed for my local title which was Miss Las Vegas. I won, which allowed me to represent Las Vegas at the state level for Miss Nevada.
[The] very first customers we had the day we opened were these two little old ladies who lived in these apartments across the street, and they were so happy they could at least buy stamps. Without us they had to take a bus to the closest post office, which is a 45-minute journey one-way on a bus. They needed two things: A place to buy stamps and a secure place to post their mail because that's how they pay their utility bills. That set the tone for our store’s presence in that neighborhood.
I was so surprised to see that in this city of so much abundance, that we had this pocket of society that was just kind of trying to get by on their own. I was like, “What more can be done here?” I started to hear from our customers that they were upset with the current congressman, [and] I realized that someone should just run against this guy… It just really sparked something in me and I just felt a calling to be able to stand up and do more for this community and for my community.
MTV News: What laws and legislation do you support to make sure that kids are safe from shootings in their schools?I'm a very strong Second Amendment supporter, having grown up with firearms and firearm safety. I do know how important it is for law-abiding citizens to be able to exercise that right and have that right protected. Coming from a military family, my dad taught me how to shoot when I was nine.
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