Freestyle skiers for Group USA on the Winter Olympics have been slammed for criticizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and for saying they don’t signify ICE operations whereas sporting the flag.
A number of individuals took to social media to criticize Hunter Hess after he and Chris Lillis tried to distance themselves from the Trump administration and ICE. As Breitbart Information reported, Hess particularly said that simply because he was “sporting the flag,” it didn’t imply that he represented “all the pieces that’s occurring within the U.S.”
“It brings up blended feelings to signify the U.S. proper now,” Hess stated. “It’s slightly exhausting. There’s clearly quite a bit occurring that I’m not the largest fan of, and I feel lots of people aren’t. If it aligns with my ethical values, I really feel like I’m representing it — simply because I’m sporting the flag, doesn’t imply I signify all the pieces that’s occurring within the U.S.”
“If he doesn’t just like the flag and what it represents, he’s welcome to seek out one other nation,” one particular person wrote in a put up on X. “We don’t care.”
“I’m considering the Olympics TV rankings aren’t going to be phenomenal,” one particular person wrote.
“Privileged Gen Z from Oregon hasn’t traveled a lot,” Presidential Envoy for Particular Missions Richard Grenell wrote in a put up. “He’s representing the best nation on this planet…transfer to Canada when you aren’t happy with put on USA.”
“And that is one motive I don’t plan to observe the Olympics,” one other particular person wrote in a put up, including that “the opposite motive is it’s simply largely boring.”
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