MAGA Sent Into Full Meltdown Over 'Traitor' U.S. Olympians
By: The Daily Beast
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MAGA's self-proclaimed patriots are rooting against Team USA.
The first day of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan has not even finished, and MAGA figures are losing it at some of the best athletes in the world representing the United States.
The conservative culture warriors are particularly irate with several Team USA freestyle skiers who spoke about their feelings regarding representing the U.S. amidst Immigration and Customs Enforcement's violent operations throughout the country.
MAGA has been particularly irate with Team USA's Hunter Hess. Michael Reaves/Getty Images
"It brings up mixed emotions to represent the U.S. right now," Team USA Olympic Skier Hunter Hess told the media, adding, "Just because I wear the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the U.S."
American Figure skater Amber Glenn also expressed concern over the Trump administration.
"Politics affects us all. It is something I will not just be quiet about," Glenn said to media members ahead of the games.
In response to Hess's comments, alt-right conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec posted to his 3.3 million X followers, "Easily solved. Get out."
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Conservative Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen complained, "Listening to athletes opine on politics is going to ruin the Olympics," and said he was "Rooting against Hunter Hess."
Other large MAGA social media accounts shared a similar sentiment.
"For the record: I'm rooting against our men's Olympic ski team!" Vance Langman, a self-proclaimed "Ultra MAGA" posted to his 535,000 followers. "There's nothing worse than a bunch of WOKE beta males like these snowflakes representing America overseas."
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"I'm sorry but…If you have "mixed emotions" about representing America in the Olympics you should NOT be allowed to represent my country," Rumble host Graham Allen posted.
"I'd rather us lose with patriots, than win with traitors," he added.
Another prominent MAGA account posted, "Hey kid, you're not doing this Country a 'favor' by repping us. In fact, by doing what you've done… you're NOT representing us. Take the uniform off. We don't need ya."
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Other MAGA figures claimed that Team USA athletes were disrespecting the country during the Opening Ceremony in Italy on Thursday.
Conservative columnist Buzz Patterson claimed that "I'm watching the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies and I'm bombarded with US athletes bashing our nation."
"What I won't watch are sniveling, virtue signaling, pampered kids on my dime," he added. "This shit is tired."
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It is unclear what Patterson meant by "my dime" as the U.S. does not provide any federal funding to send athletes to the Olympic Games.
Rob Schmitt, a primetime anchor on the right-wing cable news channel Newsmax, expressed anger at British-American skier Gus Kenworthy, who has previously competed for Team USA but later switched to Team Great Britain.
Kenworthy posted on Instagram a photo of "f--- ice" written in the snow with his urine.
"Congrats Olympians. On the first day, you convinced millions of people not to watch," Schmitt posted.
MAGA is no stranger to melting down at the Olympic Games. Conservatives were furious at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris after the opening ceremony featured a drag queen parody of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper."
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These MAGA fools have no business calling anyone else a traitor.
I agree!
I'm open-minded. My view is that everyone's entitled to their opinion (unless its different than mine!)
Imagine what the 4th of July is going to be like this year.
Yes, progressives who do this are terrible, cowardly people. Thank you for the reminder how evil they can be.
This was to the deleted meme.....
Imagine reveling in spitting in people's food and thinking you are a better person than Trump.
I know I am a better person than Trump.
One knows they are a snowflake when they get mad at a joke, Right???
I think that all MAGA and the MAGA boot-lickers should Hop on the Wagon to Hell and ride along with the rest of the fascist scum that pollutes this country. They made that very same excuse all of the years running up to the present time, "Oh, Relax. He's just joking!" and now they simply say, "That's what we voted for. Fascism. Remember: You'll never have to vote again."
Is it a joke? Although I guess I missed you calling everyone upset by the Obama video a snowflake for being upset over that "joke".
I know I am a better person than Trump
[✘] a[✘] t all MAGA and the MAGA boot-lickers should Hop on the Wagon to Hell and ride along with the rest of the fascist scum that pollutes this country.
It's a free country John, at least it is until progrressives pack the court and get rid of the first amendment.
Some athletes are free to say they don't represent the country while wearing the USA logo, and others like Mike Eurizone are free to tell them not to wear it.
Obviously, the people competing while wearing the Us Jersey but claiming not to represent it lack principles. They are either doing it because bashing America helps their brand or they don't really care about the issues they claim to care about. It's a particularly craven type of person who would feel that strongly enough to speak up about it but still wear the jersey for selfish reasons.
They are doing it because Donald Trump is not fit to be president of the United States
Then boycott the Olympics.
Performative theatrics about how you don't represent the country while reaping the benefits of doing so are meaningless.
You approve of the PotUS publicly calling a member of our team a loser?
You have all sorts of criticism for those who oppose Trump policies (even with an abstract disapproval) yet nothing about the asshole who is the voice, face, and hand of our nation.
No. I don't. I think he should let others do that.
But Trump's reaction doesn't make the behavior retroactively "acceptable"
u have all sorts of criticism for those who oppose Trump policies
I criticize Trump all the time. Why would i criticize policies I agree with though?
Well of course not. But no PotUS has come even close to Trump’s childish and crass behavior.
People who are in the Winter Olympics tend to come from outdoor country where there are more conservatives than progressives. I really doubt if most of the Olympians that are speaking up are doing so from the left, they are doing so because Trump and Noem are pieces of s***
Actually a lot of the winners in the winter Olympics tend to come from colder countries. (IIRC Norway, despite its relatively small population, tend to get a lot of golds).
ok...after deciphering that word salad....
The one athlete said he didn't support everything about the US. A lot of us don't. I love my country but I don;t support invading another country and kidnapping its leader. I don't support ICE stopping people just because they don;t look "American" (white). I don't support one goddamn thing this president does or says.
But I'm still a loyal, patriotic American. I have the DD214 to prove it. Do you?
So does Lee Harvey Oswald. Can those of us who didn't serve question his super patriotism, or is he off limits? Or are you trying to claim that only veterans can be patriots?
he one athlete said he didn't support everything about the US.
He said he was was having hard time representing the USA. At the Olympics. In public.
Then don't represent the US. Or stay silent.
I wouldn't enthusiastically call some vets here patriots because they don't stand for the principles they took an oath to.
And neither did Oswald. He went to the Soviet Union, for chrissakes! Do you call that a patriot?
These athletes are continuing the very best tradition in American sports. And of course, MAGA condemns what is truly good about America.
Kinda weird, hmmm?
No. It's exactly what we expect.
I guess so... It's s-o-o-o-o sad...
They don't like what America has become over the last half century, they want to go back to their fantasy white conservative Christian utopia when minorities lived in fear of upsetting them. They don't want progress, so of course they condemn the diverse, democracy loving, equality loving, empathy conscious and educated rational America that the other half of this nation supports. As we can see in recent times MAGAites are the antithesis of those ideals. They believe diversity is dangerous, democracy is flawed, equality means losing something out of their pocket, having empathy is weakness and educations are overrated. Let's face it, MAGAites hate the America that exists today but love the idea of turning America into their own personal conservative Christian amusement park where all the minorities work as underpaid staff and should just be happy the white conservative Christians let them in the park at all.
It's always amusing when Progressives create imaginary visions of Republican not liking about America. While 90% of Republicans are consistently proud to be Americans no matter who is President, the last 20 years have shown Democrats only are proud of America when they are in control, and even then their support barley cracks 60% .
It's all documented by Gallup. No imaginary racialist fantasies necessary.
what the nation has done. My country, right or wrong! Segregation, Jim Crow laws, Penn State shooting, My Lai, conservatives have a sense of pride in things that deserve none.
it holds to our American values of truth, justice and equality. They recognize that our nation is not infallible and should be held to account when we stray off the path intended by our founders. That's how you truly show patriotism.
The fake patriots supporting Trump are just weak whiny self-centered bigots who don't give a fuck about the constitution or the Republic, they only care about themselves and forcing their whacko religious conservative agenda down the rest of Americas throat.
Flip... Damn Republicans hate this country and hate what it's become.
Flop.... What? Republicans are proud of it ??? America IS terrible and only evil people could possibly support it...
That's some grade A progressive arguing right there...
I would love to see you say that to a veteran, to their face, that has done nothing but support and defend this country, no matter who is in charge, and did it with pride for two decades or even just six months.[✘]
Yes, we are all aware that MAGA thugs support MAGA thugs beating up citizens for speaking out against MAGA thugs...
Tell us again how leftisr incite violence!
SMH
I don't have to. A simple google search will do it for you, but I will help..
Deep Dive: 10 Instances of Violence-Soaked Leftism in Less Than 1 Month
Why the Left's Extremism Now Fuels Most Political Violence
Political Violence From the Left Is Surging
Some far-left groups have encouraged peaceful protests to turn violent, experts say
Far Left and Political Violence: Overview | Political Science | Research Starters | EBSCO Research
Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence in the United States: What the Data Tells Us
Yet that is exactly what you did in 6.2.4
Considering I said nothing like that, you're just proving my point. Rightwing religious conservatives will lie, cheat and steal to achieve their objectives because they believe the ends justify the means. I do not. I know what they are and how low they have sunk and use my voice to call out the liars and hypocrites.
I'm proud to be a patriotic American with family roots going back 200 years. Being a true Patriot means being proud of our nation when we do good things and make the right decisions that help protect our citizens and innocent lives around the world. But it also means holding ourselves to account when some citizens stray and tarnish our great nations reputation with their petty personal objectives, greed, hypocrisy, lies and deceit. That is why it's clear that not a single MAGAite is a true patriot, they have chosen the side of a convicted felon and absolute scum who is using and abusing our nation for his own personal gain. There is absolutely NO question that our nation will be severely damaged after this insane out-of-control bigoted disgusting regime is either voted out or dragged out by the hair as may have to happen if the foul creature in the oval office refuses to leave.
These criminals should, and I hope will, be displayed in the nation's capital in literal stocks, where every patriotic American can come and spit in the face of the vile piece of orange shit that has done so much damage to our great nation.
Origin of 'laughing stocks'.
Correct....as a response to that post
to wit....
To most leftists, we have been told that "words are violence". In this case, 6.2.2, it was stated "The fake patriots supporting Trump are just weak whiny self-centered bigots ". Those words would be considered violence if posted by a conservative.
What I did was simply respond to that "violence" that was incited by someone on the left.
My post and all my links stand.
That is lame even by low MAGA standards!
Pitiful!
It's hard to keep up with all your sweeping generalizations. Why are you dragging religious people into this now?
Being a true Patriot means being proud of our nation when we do good thing\
And as Gallup shows, most progressives, like spoiled children, are only "proud of the country when they get there way and are in charge. The phenomena well predates Trump. And even when Democrats are in power , almost 40 percent aren't proud to be Americans. The rot is deep and thorough. The rest, like goldfish, have no memory and as soon as they lose the Presidency go back to their natural state of attacking America.
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What do you think it is that causes 10% of Republicans to not ne proud to be American?
bullshit! Gallup polls suck donkey dicks
Attacking America is the best tradition in American sports?
I thought it was hard work and sacrifice to accomplish incredible things as a team, like the '80 Hockey team.
I guess its just whining and saying you only represent your family and friends.
This depth of dissembling is... pitiful...
Oh. So you don't understand what the athletes are doing.
... pitiful............
What's funny is knowing what the response of the people calling this the "very best tradition in sports" would be if American athletes used their platform to attack the policies left winger's revere.
Tell us, Bob, how supportive you would be of an athlete saying he's not proud to be an American because it allows so many babies to be aborted, or engages in racial discrimination in the name of DEI or in protest of any other leftist sacred cow.
The same people who are so moved by this are the without an exception that I can see the same who were enraged that a field goal kicker engaged in "the very best tradition in sports" by publicly saying it's okay for women to choose to focus on their families.
Under no circumstances should a PotUS publicly decry a member of a team representing us at the Olympics. If he has a problem, express it privately.
This is quintessential Trump, the perfect gratuitous asshole. Yet you create hypotheticals rather than acknowledging the national embarrassment in the Oval Office.
Same goes for an Olympian attacking his country while representing it.
et you create hypotheticals
It wasn't a hypothetical The same people defending an athlete for making political statements "as the very best tradition in sports" lost their minds over a kicker on these very pages.
It was not an attack. It was mild and diplomatic.
Newsflash … it’s not just the athletes, it’s every other developed nation on earth. Ask JD and Usha.
True.
Still, it's good to see Americans standing up in front of the world's news cameras and expressing their disgust with Trump's goons.