Brett Cooper

a song from Hamilton.

It was set to wait for it if you guys are also theater geeks like me.

You probably cannot play that one because of copyright issues, but just like no!

For me and for my like fellow theater kids, it was incredibly moving.

I was sitting scrolling last night just crying over it.

So regardless, her story has meant a lot to a lot of people.

And it has also meant a lot to people that her joy has not been overshadowed by her politics.

Because unlike

some of the other members of Team USA and actually her own skating team, she did not make her performance, her attendance at the Olympic Games about politics.

She was simply there to redeem herself, to skate and to have fun.

And just so we're all on the same page here, I do want to be fair.

There was one interview in regards to the Olympics that she did talk about politics, but that was back in October.

That was before Milan, before she got there.

And this is what she said, and this is going to be important later on.

That was the only remotely political thing that she has said throughout this Olympic journey.

And honestly, like, I watched that clip and I was like, who cares?

She's a Zoomer daughter of immigrants who was raised in Oakland, California.

She definitely looks alt.

She has crazy dyed hair and piercings.

Like, big whoop, she's probably on the left.