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Lindsey Vonn answers Trump-supporting Twitter trolls at the 2018 Winter Olympics
www.cbssports.com ^ | 02/19/2018 | by Kevin Skiver

Posted on 02/19/2018 6:34:57 AM PST by Red Badger

When Vonn tweeted her disappointment, Trump supporters were more than happy to bash her There are no participation trophies at the Winter Olympics, only medals. Nobody knows that better than Lindsey Vonn, who finished off the podium in the super-G on Saturday in South Korea. After the race was over, Vonn took to Twitter to express her frustration for the outcome of the race.

In response to the tweet, Vonn's timeline was filled with thousands of responses. The skiing star -- who has been critical of Donald Trump -- found user after user mocking her for the finish, with many referencing "karma" for her poor finish. In December, Vonn said that she was hoping to ski "for the people ... not the president" at the Winter Olympics, a comment that drew the ire of quite a few supporters of the president. Apparently, that frustration hasn't dissipated.

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To: Enchante

Thank you for the correction.


101 posted on 02/19/2018 10:45:55 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: right way right

I never wanted to know what any athlete’s politics might be. It is only because the Leftards try to force politics into every aspect of society that these issues arose. Now left leaning athletes (some) feel this compulsion to use their “public platform” (i.e., their renown and publicity that is based upon their ATHLETIC performance) to try to indoctrinate everyone with their views. People like Lindsey Vonn and LeBron James have no interest in any “conversation” with anyone who disagrees with them. No matter how often Leftards use terms like “national conversation” such Orwellian phrases really mean “you’d all damn well better agree with ME or else.....”


102 posted on 02/19/2018 12:28:50 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: jjotto

I dunno.... dumb women are easy. Maybe the crapload of condoms at the Olympic Village was because they knew she was coming.

4th would be good in honor of the 4th of July. So close but yet so far away. Broken leg works for me too. ;-)


103 posted on 02/19/2018 12:54:18 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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104 posted on 02/19/2018 1:17:51 PM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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105 posted on 02/19/2018 4:18:51 PM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: aquila48

No, I’m assuming they have common sense.


106 posted on 02/19/2018 5:11:23 PM PST by jch10 (Media: prostitutes for the Democrat Party.)
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To: jch10

You’re assuming too much.


107 posted on 02/19/2018 5:18:15 PM PST by aquila48
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To: silverleaf

The agony of defeat! ouch


108 posted on 02/19/2018 6:09:31 PM PST by TexasTransplant (Did You Screw up your Life? You get a “Second Chance” every second.)
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To: mercier

Me too, I’ve probably watched it about a hundred times today, and I can’t get enough of it.


109 posted on 02/19/2018 6:11:03 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Gil4

“There is a name for those who don’t win. Losers!”


110 posted on 02/20/2018 6:27:43 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive of 63+ million Trump Deplorables. You will lose!)
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To: Enchante
I never wanted to know what any athlete’s politics might be. It is only because the Leftards try to force politics into every aspect of society that these issues arose.

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.

QUOTES AUTHORS ROBERT A. HEINLEIN

Robert A. Heinlein Quotes and Sayings

“[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.” -- Robert A. Heinlein

111 posted on 02/20/2018 6:33:55 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive of 63+ million Trump Deplorables. You will lose!)
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