Posted on 02/06/2026 8:35:44 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Bend skier Hunter Hess is feeling "mixed emotions" about representing the U.S. at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Hess spoke during a news conference in Milan on Friday with the Team USA freeski halfpipe squad. He was reportedly asked what it means to wear Team USA gear and the American flag amid the Trump administration's immigration arrests.
"It brings up mixed emotions to represent the U.S. right now I think," Hess said. "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. I think for me, it's more I'm representing my friends and family back home, the people that represented before me, all the things that I believe are good about the U.S."
Hess reiterated that his focus remains on competing for those closest to him and those who have helped get to the Olympic stage.
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The communist anti-ICE riots are indeed an embarrassment to the USA, but representing the USA doesn’t necessarily mean you like what the idiots in the USA are doing.
Why doesn’t he shut his mouth, run for Congress and work on getting the borders open?
He doesn’t understand the law.
Why doesn’t he take a basic civics class if he wants to speak to the world about our laws, rules and regulations
Why doesn’t he respect that he is there to be an athlete, not a lawmaker
Why doesn’t he either go home, or pay for a stay at a hotel for two weeks and get himself to the competitions and wear his own outfit? That would cost him what? $25 k per night?
Spoiled awful person. Horrible.
Please don’t do us any favors..quit now!
I joke. I kid.
I won’t be watching so I won’t know, but hope he falls and breaks a leg.
Shut up and wipe out, asshole. That’s the only reason people watch skiing.
Hunter Hess
No education listed except going to some government high school in Oregon
He is wrong to speak on anything but his dumb sport on international airwaves
What is a ‘Bend skier’?
He’s already lost. If he’s focusing on virtue signaling for Communists, he’s not focusing on the events.
"Hunter, we've given your slot on the team to Umbutu here. He deserves it despite having no paperwork about his event times needed to qualify to compete. We're not sure which country he's from but he's going to represent the United States in your stead."
Thinkin’ he’s more in favor of the PROtesters.....🤔
He’s definitely a doo-doo head, but he should win a medal before he breaks his leg. That would keep the focus on the games where it belongs.
I think it means a skier from the city of Bend, Oregon.
I'd tell you but this is a family safe forum. Send an email to Pete Buttgig. He'll tell you.
Perhaps one of the runners up to make Team USA would have less “mixed emotions” about representing the nation and keeping their politics to themselves. Just ski, idiot.
F that bitch
How many illegal Aiken murderers is he allowing in his house my guess is none..maybe he can go talk to the families of the four young Amish men murdered by an illegal on Tuesday in Indiana he can express how he doesn’t like ICE
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