A pair of US Olympic freestyle skiers have spoken out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as they admit to feeling “mixed emotions” over representing their country. During a press conference in Milan ahead of the Winter Olympics on Friday (6 February), Hunter Hess said: “Just because I'm wearing the flag doesn't mean I represent everything that's going on in the US.” Hess, who will compete in the freeski halfpipe, said he is representing his friends and family, rather than the country as a whole. Teammate Christopher Lillis said he is “heartbroken” over the recent actions of ICE officers, though stressed he would never want to represent any country other than the US. In response, Donald Trump called Hess a “real loser”.
Mixed emotions "Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.”
Happy he can use free speech and still be critical of the government, because no matter who is in power that’s our job as citizens.
As people outside the US see Americans as a monolithic entity when in reality there’s as much variance in regions as in east Europe and the only coalescing factor for fascists is that across the electoral college 30% of the voters choose the 💩🍊 and one in three decided to sit out this election.
Mixed emotions "Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the US.”
Happy he can use free speech and still be critical of the government, because no matter who is in power that’s our job as citizens.
As people outside the US see Americans as a monolithic entity when in reality there’s as much variance in regions as in east Europe and the only coalescing factor for fascists is that across the electoral college 30% of the voters choose the 💩🍊 and one in three decided to sit out this election.