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Lindsey Vonn: I won't be representing US President at Winter Olympics
cnn.com ^ | 12/7/17 | Christina Macfarlane, Ursin Caderas and John Sinnott

Posted on 12/07/2017 7:56:33 AM PST by ColdOne

St Moritz, Switzerland (CNN)A number of US athletes have spoken out against Donald Trump during his presidency -- and skier Lindsey Vonn has become the latest to have her say. Targeting Olympic gold at February's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Vonn is in St. Moritz, Switzerland, where she spoke passionately about what it means to compete for the US ski team. "Well I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president," Vonn told CNN's Alpine Edge.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 2018olympics; athletes; dopeydems; lindseyvonn; vonn
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To: ColdOne

You’re not representing me.

The Olympics is not an official function of the United States of America.

It is a rinky-dink for-profit sports league that plays on nationalism to gin up interest. The athletes represent nothing but the US Olympic Team, which is a private organization.

If one thin dime of government money goes to the USOC, it is one dime to many.


21 posted on 12/07/2017 8:01:38 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: ColdOne

I can see one single pro-Trump guy showing up and putting a sign in front of her as she starts her ‘show’. She’ll freak out and be guaranteed to lose.


22 posted on 12/07/2017 8:01:56 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: dfwgator

23 posted on 12/07/2017 8:01:58 AM PST by bar sin·is·ter (Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
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To: ColdOne

Never heard of her!


24 posted on 12/07/2017 8:02:05 AM PST by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017. The golden opportunity is slipping away.)
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To: ColdOne

a has-been publicly interviewing for a network-TV spot is all I see.


25 posted on 12/07/2017 8:02:45 AM PST by SparkyBass
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To: ColdOne

She pisses off half of the U.S. With these comments.


26 posted on 12/07/2017 8:02:46 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: ColdOne

She’s a has been. She shouldn’t even be on the team


27 posted on 12/07/2017 8:03:12 AM PST by Citizen Soldier ("And I was born to pull turnips!" Demelza Poldark)
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To: longfellow
Maybe she can go to the Claudine Longet Invitational


28 posted on 12/07/2017 8:03:33 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: ColdOne

Maybe the athletes should kneel during the Star Spangled Banner.

That will go over real well...


29 posted on 12/07/2017 8:04:30 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: ColdOne

Dear Cupcake,

You are a skier. Nothing more. No one cares what you think about President Trump.


30 posted on 12/07/2017 8:05:13 AM PST by catpuppy
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To: ColdOne
"Well I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president,"

Forgive me Miss Vonn, but when has any athlete represented an American president?

31 posted on 12/07/2017 8:05:23 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: ColdOne

Hope she looses. Bigly.


32 posted on 12/07/2017 8:05:44 AM PST by Angels27
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To: ColdOne
Lindsey Vonn: I won't be representing US President at Winter Olympics

Break a leg, slut.

33 posted on 12/07/2017 8:06:50 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Uranium One = BRIBERY and TREASON - HANG THEM ALL!!!!)
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To: ColdOne

Break a leg Lindsey


34 posted on 12/07/2017 8:06:57 AM PST by Skywise
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To: dfwgator

“And He is Down again!”

Great SNL skit.


35 posted on 12/07/2017 8:08:31 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: TexasM1A

Yep. Exactly. Her times have sucked and she probably wasn’t going to make the cut. This is her way of not being cut.


36 posted on 12/07/2017 8:09:21 AM PST by NELSON111
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To: tennmountainman

If the USOC wants to get all political, maybe they should be taken to task by the Left for the under-representation of racial minorities in the Winter sports...

Seriously, I think there are, like, three of them.


37 posted on 12/07/2017 8:09:26 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: ColdOne

She’s idiotic

It’s awful seeing these atheistic self important people skiing around pushing people around

They and their families make me sick

We the people elected President Trump.

Idiots


38 posted on 12/07/2017 8:09:37 AM PST by stanne
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To: ColdOne

Lindsey, you are privileged to be representing the USA - the nation that has done the most to keep much of the rest of the world free. It’s an incredible honor for you to be the representative of our nation for your sport. That said, you are representing ALL of us, including those who think differently than you and voted differently than you. No one thought you were there representing Trump specifically, or any other politician. Keep politics out of it, and continue to train hard.


39 posted on 12/07/2017 8:10:24 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: ColdOne
"Well I hope to represent the people of the United States"

What, those deplorables?
40 posted on 12/07/2017 8:10:30 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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