Posted on 07/02/2021 7:30:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called on the International Olympic Committee to “reconsider” its anti-doping policy Friday following the suspension of US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson due to a positive test for a chemical found in marijuana at last month’s US Olympic trials.
“The criminalization and banning of cannabis is an instrument of racist and colonial policy,” the socialist lawmaker wrote on Twitter. “The IOC should reconsider its suspension of Ms. Richardson and any athletes penalized for cannabis use.”
Richardson, who won the 100-meter dash in a time of 10.86 seconds at the trials in Eugene, Oregon, June 19, was handed a one-month ban following the test result.
The suspension runs through July 27, which puts Richardson out of the race to be crowned the world’s fastest woman, though she could still run in the 4X100-meter relay at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
The 21-year-old sprinter has received widespread support from fellow athletes, politicians and everyday Americans after she acknowledged her suspension on NBC’s “Today” show and explained that she smoked marijuana as a way of coping with her mother’s recent death.
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Needs an IUD for her IOU.
they know so much that isnt true
i thought cannabis was legal until beginning of 20th century
Have you seen this Sha’Cari? She looks like Marvel Comics meets Victoria’s Secret. The OLD Victoria’s Secret, that is.
I am so ****ing tired of this little retard. it’s the same pretentious tweet every time.
c’mon, chick. up your game with some new material.
Are you saying she might not be guilty?
I think She’s a He.
the FR free dope crew will be by any minute to agree with the autistic congress member from dumpsterville.
She knows the rules better than anyone and she smoked the dope anyway. How does dope help the grieving process?
AOC cannot get legislation passed in Congress. And now she wants to take on a world organization.
This athlete knew the rules. She broke them. It doesn’t matter whether or not you like the rules—they are the rules. If you don’t like them, change them. But this idiot is not getting a pass.
AOC: “Yeah, believe me, pal, we hear it all.”
Also, AOC was loudmouth Commie of the US House.....and now of the world. Available to make comments on Olympics, foreign policy of other nations, you name it.
photo....
You cross me and let’s say you’ll be sorry I have 2 inch long stiletto nails. Very sorry.
AOC blasts IOC over THC. Doesn’t CRT cover this?
A real WTF moment.
So are they going to kick off all the members of the Men’s Basketball Team?
ISN’T AOC kind of loud for a back bencher?
OH, she’s as guilty as can be, but I’m saying she looks kind of rough and pieced together; like entertainer Rhihanna wearing a fire engine red rapunzel wig.
The sprinter acknowledged that she did the wrong thing and owned up to her mistake. She didn’t complain that the system was unfair or deny that she smoked up, or claim that it was a false positive from a tripe taco she had last week. That’s what adults do.
The truth about Olympic-level sports is that in a lot of events nearly everyone is on some sort of performance enhancing juice. The drug testing regime is set up to give the appearance of fair play so parents can tell their kids not to take drugs and buy T-shirts and pins and tune in to watch the commercials guilt free. The athletes go off cycle for the tests, then go back on cycle after the tests. The ones who get caught are the ones who try to play too close to the margins on when they have to go off cycle to piss clean.
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