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How the media suckered Olympian skier Hunter Hess into bashing America

Does anyone really believe the international media cares what Olympic snowboarders and curlers think about President Donald Trump’s ICE raids, or whatever panic de jour is on the menu this week?

Of course not. They want US athletes to bash the American government on the world stage.

Nothing stops athletes from speaking their mind about political issues whenever or wherever they like.

Doing it at the Olympics is, at best, in poor form and, at worst, unpatriotic.

Skier Hunter Hess took the bait in Milan, or more likely, couldn’t wait to preen for the foreign press, noting that he had “mixed emotions” representing his country.

“It’s a little hard,” he said. “There’s obviously a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of, and I think a lot of people aren’t.”

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