Brett Cooper

But also, guys, let's take it a step further.

Let's see what these players, Jack and Quinn Hughes, what their mom had to say about this.

Who, by the way, the only reason I'm showing you this clip is because she is a player development consultant for the Team USA women's hockey team.

Just watch.

So what their mom is saying is that this division, this sexism, it's manufactured by miserable people online, not the men and women in those locker rooms.

Because that's where there's love.

That is where there's synergy and support.

And if anyone is

sowing division and creating problems, it's you people online who will not stop tweeting and will not stop being angry.

That joke, that live stream, the drunken revelry, that was the first strike for the men's hockey team, but it does not end there because obviously some of these players did decide to accept Trump's offer to visit the White House, to attend the State of the Union, and that really put the nail in the coffin for them.

Now, if I'm being honest, I'm actually not surprised that the internet freaked out about this because despite it being a longstanding tradition for teams to visit the White House after a big game, a big win, be congratulated by the president, a whole lot of teams and players specifically have refused to attend in recent years because of Trump, because they do not want to cross that line.

For example, one article reads, during Trump's first term, the Philadelphia Eagles, fresh off of their 2018 Super Bowl win, had their invitation rescinded after many players planned to skip.

And after the 2017 NBC Championship, the Golden State Warriors declined to travel to the White House due to political differences.

And like, I'm sorry, but my gut reaction is that you guys are just so gay for this.

Like, if I had the opportunity to go to the White House to be congratulated by Biden or Obama, like,

I would go.

It's the freaking president of the United States congratulating you.

That is sick, regardless of who is in office.

That's not about politics.

That is about being recognized for an amazing thing that you've done representing your country well, especially when it comes to the Olympics.