Brett Cooper
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She hates you.
She's awful.
We are now seeing in real time how they react to athletes, to Americans who might not completely disagree with them, who are not willing to step in line.
Whatever it is, that is the difference between you
and me.
Now, shocker, the young women, the most left-wing voter bloc in history, they did not accept the invitation to go meet Trump at the White House.
However, I do want to read you their statement because I think it's interesting.
So a spokesperson from the organization said this, "'We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal-winning U.S.
hockey team, and we deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement.
Due to the timing and the previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the games, the athletes are unable to participate.
They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgement.'"
In my opinion, this statement is totally fine.
You know, these athletes are still in the middle of their college and professional seasons.
There are tons of commitments after the Olympics.
A lot of these athletes are going and walking in fashion shows and doing brand deals, whatever it is.
And I'm sure, to be fair, they could have made this work because it is the president of the United States if they really wanted to be Trump, which is doubtful, obviously.
but this statement was totally respectful, totally polite, totally apolitical.
I think it was the best thing they could say if they were going to turn down the invitation.
However, we now know that some players are clearly upset and internet sleuths have found some girls on the team liking derogatory posts about Trump's jokes.
So for example, somebody posted a Tina Fey quote, you can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.