Posted on 02/27/2026 2:49:28 PM PST by bitt
Former women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe argued that the U.S. men’s hockey team ruined its gold medal moment by including the Trump administration.
Following the team’s overtime win over Canada in the gold medal game, FBI Director Kash Patel was invited into the locker room for the post-game celebration. Patel then got President Donald Trump on the phone to congratulate the players.
During that call, Trump invited the men’s team to the State of the Union address. After they enthusiastically accepted, Trump added that he’d “have to” also invite the women’s team, joking that he’d face the threat of impeachment if he didn’t. The remark drew laughter from the players.
The women also won gold days earlier.
When the men returned to their respective NHL teams, they assured the media that they were supportive of the women’s team. Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman even said the team “should’ve reacted differently” to Trump’s joke.
On Thursday’s episode of A Touch More with Sue Bird & Megan Rapinoe, Rapinoe explained why she believed Trump hijacked the team’s moment, saying:
The United States men’s hockey team, in their utter moment of glory — childhood dreams come true, once-in-a-lifetime accomplishment, sensational — ruined it for themselves because they allowed themselves to be totally co-opted by a clown. And now you’re a clown. You look like a clown.
Kash Patel is in the locker room. He’s partying. He’s chugging beers. I’m not, like, decorum over everything. That’s not what I need out of my FBI director. Like, what are we doing? That’s just whatever, beside the point.
They get on the phone with Trump. I have questions, whether it was even a secure line. That’s beside the point. And Trump makes the comments about the women’s team. We’re not going to play it because it’s
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Wow… says the co-opted lesbian clown herself.
If the 2014 USA Olympic hockey team had won gold, and President Obama had called them and made a joke, then invited them to the SOTU address and gave their best player the Medal of Freedom, I would have been happy for the team, whatever I thought of BHO. That is the difference between us and them.
Too bad they were too dumb about accepting the President's invitation.
Shut up ugly and go back to your cucumber.
And why did someone bother to stick a microphone in that hag’s face to get a comment? Oh, right. TDS media.
Sorta like when the media would find Colin Kapernick (sp) to add his irrelevant opinion to some anti-NFL or anti-American topic.
Oh noes the dyke sounds super upset..wait let me find someone who gives a crap, nope, cant find anyone
Rapinoe has done more to undermine women’s soccer than anyone in the sport. Full Stop.
Vice President Mondale attended the game, President Carter phoned the team after the game, and of course, invited the team to the White House.
Miss Rapinoe, you might recall, hates our great Country so much, that as a member of the USA womens' soccer team, knelt instead of standing during our National Anthem, completely disrespecting the very Country she allegedly represented.
When Megan Rapinoe was born, they kept the after-birth, and threw away the baby.
Ha ha! You so nasty!
Who’s that guy?
Those hockey player men are the best of the best. They’re fun. They’re patriotic. They’re men.
She’s missing out
Rapinoe has no credibility to say anything about any other sports team or their actions after her unprofessional and childish actions as player on and off the field.
Isn’t Rapinoe supposed to be touring with the E Street Band now? :-P
Just the facts ma’am, just the facts.
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