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The Liz Wheeler Show

Ep. 30: Simone Biles Is Not a Hero

The Liz Wheeler Show

Blaze Media

Daily News, News Commentary, News

4.94.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Let’s talk about the most controversial question of the week—should we celebrate Simone Biles for withdrawing from the team final at the Olympics? Plus, back in America, the CDC now says that fully vaccinated people should wear masks (never going to happen) and Biden mandates the COVID vaccine for federal workers. And, from Hunter Biden to racist babies to the availability of ice cream in Gaza, here’s what the mainstream media refused to report this week. This is The Liz Wheeler Show. -- Never go online without using ExpressVPN. Protect your online activity today with 3 FREE months at https://expressvpn.com/liz. -- Grow thicker, healthier hair with Nutrafol. Get $15 off your first month’s subscription with the promo code LIZ: http://nutrafol.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Surely there is more to the Simone Biles story.

0:03.6

Surely, otherwise this is absolutely outrageous for this young woman, this athlete to drop

0:09.3

out of the Olympics.

0:10.5

So first when she announced when Simone Biles, the star gymnast announced that she was

0:16.1

withdrawing from the US team all around finals.

0:21.8

It was reported in the media as possibly an injury.

0:24.3

Did she injure her foot?

0:25.3

Did she injure her knee in this vault that she had mothed up?

0:28.4

And people accepted that.

0:29.4

Okay, it was an injury, but Biles herself has said that it was not an injury following

0:33.3

that initial report.

0:35.4

She's calling it a medical event.

0:37.0

She says it's a mental health issue.

0:39.1

She doesn't specify exactly what it is.

0:40.9

So let's glean what we can from what she has said.

0:44.0

Because I mean, it's very disappointing, as a viewer, as an American, to see what's

0:47.4

happened.

0:48.4

Like I said, maybe there's more to the story.

0:50.3

It almost seems like there must be because otherwise this is the most insane thing that

0:54.3

I've ever seen.

0:56.0

Simone Biles herself said, this Olympic Games, I wanted it to be for myself when I came

1:01.6

in.

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