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Liberals across the board began a vicious campaign of character assassination against Prejean because she dared use her First Amendment rights in a manner they found unfit. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and gay columnist for the Village Voice Michael Musto leveled extremely mean-spirited barbs at Prejean on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann."<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/05/06/olbermann-guest-likens-miss-california-nazi-doll-makes-crude-sexual-j</ref>

Liberals across the board began a vicious campaign of character assassination against Prejean because she dared use her First Amendment rights in a manner they found unfit. MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and gay columnist for the Village Voice Michael Musto leveled extremely mean-spirited barbs at Prejean on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann."<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/05/06/olbermann-guest-likens-miss-california-nazi-doll-makes-crude-sexual-j</ref>

An anonymous source also leaked controversial photos of a 17-year-old Prejean to the celebrity gossip website TMZ in an attempt to cost her her title as Miss California and discredit her as a supporter of traditional marriage.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519796,00.html</ref> However, in response to the attacks, [[Donald Trump]], owner of the Miss USA Pageant, backed Prejean and allowed her to retain her crown.<ref>http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment-general/index.ssf/2009/05/donald_trump_to_decide_fate_of.html</ref> In his statement, Trump pointed out that even [[President Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] share the same opinion on marriage as Prejean. He also revealed that Perez Hilton (referred to as "Judge #8") gave Prejean very low scores, but Trump stated that it did not cost her the Miss USA crown.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/story?id=7516983&page=1</ref>

An anonymous source also leaked controversial photos of a 17-year-old Prejean to the celebrity gossip website TMZ in an attempt to cost her her title as Miss California and discredit her as a supporter of traditional marriage.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519796,00.html</ref> However, in response to the attacks, [[Donald Trump]], owner of the Miss USA Pageant, backed Prejean and allowed her to retain her crown.<ref>http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment-general/index.ssf/2009/05/donald_trump_to_decide_fate_of.html</ref> In his statement, Trump pointed out that even [[President Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] share the same opinion on marriage as Prejean. He also revealed that Perez Hilton (referred to as "Judge #8") gave Prejean very low scores, but Trump stated that it did not cost her the Miss USA crown, contrary to Hilton's claims.<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Television/story?id=7516983&page=1</ref>

Prejean responded to her critics, stating:<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/05/08/ent.miss.california.usa/</ref>

Prejean responded to her critics, stating:<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/05/08/ent.miss.california.usa/</ref>