When it comes to the Olympics, certain things are no-brainers. Don’t ski jump in high heels. Don’t do mixed doubles curling with an ex-spouse. Don’t do a two-man luge with JB Pritzker on top.

I would add, “Don’t trash the nation you’re there to represent.”

Apparently, several members of Team USA don’t have brains.

It started with American skier Hunter Hess, who declared at an Olympic press conference that he has “mixed emotions” about representing his country because of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”

Fellow skier Chris Lillis also trashed ICE. “I think that as a country we need to focus on respecting everybody’s rights and making sure that we’re treating our citizens as well as anybody with love and respect,” Lillis said.

Gus Kenworthy, an American who left Team USA to compete for Great Britain, used “urine snow art” to spell out “F— ICE.” On Saturday, he doubled down on his criticism and whined about the heat he’s getting for the vulgar act.

Curler Rich Ruohonen said he’s proud to represent the USA, “but we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least mention what’s going on in Minnesota.” 

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer in Minnesota. Good to know if you’re an ICE agent hit by a protester’s SUV.

In fairness, Hess has seen the light—or at least his PR team has.........

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