American Olympians express their disapproval of political situation in the US
WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast
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🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:30.5 | Many people think what's going on with some of the Olympians is also a big problem. Some of them |
| 0:36.1 | have openly criticized domestic policies instead of just |
| 0:40.3 | focusing on their sports. You've got the freestyle skier, Hunter Hess. He said that he had mixed |
| 0:45.5 | emotions about representing the United States because he disagrees with current U.S. policies. |
| 0:51.4 | I feel heartbroken about what's happened in the United States when, you know, |
| 0:55.1 | I'm pretty sure you're referencing ICE and some of the protests and things like that. I think that |
| 1:01.3 | as a country, we need to focus on respecting everybody's rights and making sure that we're |
| 1:07.0 | treating our citizens as well as anybody with love and respect. And I hope that when people look at athletes compete in the Olympics, |
| 1:14.6 | they realize that that's the America that we're trying to represent. |
| 1:17.6 | It brings up mixed emotions to represent the US right now, I think. |
| 1:21.6 | It's a little hard. 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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