A visitor on the conservative information community Newsmax on Wednesday prompt that American athletes ought to be politically vetted earlier than being allowed to compete for the nation on the Olympics.
“I don’t know why we don’t start vetting these Olympians before they actually start to represent us overseas for their patriotism,” mentioned Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the daughter of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy.
Higbie mentioned: “She was a three-time reigning champ and was expected to at least win a medal. She flopped, got 13th place. So I’m thinking to myself, maybe she should focus on doing what she came there for rather than political bashing of the Trump administration?”
She later cited an article by The Federalist’s Sean Fleetwood, including: “He said the patriotic thing to do is actually to root against these unpatriotic Olympians because they’re going out bashing us. Why should we cheer for them? Why should we want them to win? It’s absurd.”
Critics on social media shortly pushed again, calling the thought unconstitutional and antithetical to the spirit of the Olympic Games.
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