Posted on 02/17/2018 9:37:50 AM PST by TaxPayer2000
A slip in the final stretch cost American skier Lindsey Vonn a spot on the podium in the women’s super-g on Saturday at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Almost instantly after she had failed to medal in the event, people took to Twitter to voice their displeasure with the skier. Why?
Back in December, Vonn was openly critical of President Donald Trump, saying that she wouldn’t accept an invitation to the White House after the PyeongChang Olympics.
“I take the Olympics very seriously and what they mean and what they represent, what walking under our flag means in the opening ceremony,” Vonn said in December. “I want to represent our country well. I don’t think that there are a lot of people currently in our government that do that.”
Well, people didn’t forget — and they didn’t let Vonn forget either. Many claimed it was karma. Some said it was #MAGA and their support for Trump. Others even linked her failure to PGA golfer Tiger Woods’ — her ex-boyfriend who failed to make the cut Friday at the Genesis Open.
This isn’t a new problem, either. Ever since Vonn voiced her opinion on the Trump adminstration, she has been receiving hate online. American ski jumper Lindsey Van — whose name is just two letters off from Vonn’s — said she has been receiving hate mail and comments directed for Vonn for weeks.
Vonn will have another chance to medal in the downhill competition on Wednesday. United States teammate Mikaela Shiffrin will also compete in the event.
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You don’t stand for our President? We don’t stand for you. #StandByOurPresident #WeAreMiddleClass #GetOffYourHighHorse
9:24 PM - Feb 16, 2018
How about reporting on the hate tweets the father in florida received after his daughter was shot because he wore a Trump shirt Yahoo?
She slipped huh?
Heh heh :)
Has the snowflake begun alleging to receive death threats to distract from her “performance” yet?
I wish her no physical ill will, but loosing is just fine.
Link please so I can repost on my fb page with access to 2,000 people.
Good.
I got some for ya too, sweetcakes.
Don’t worry Lindsey, you can still do your Reece’s pieces commercial and sit around and get fat. Your fellow loser boyfriend will still love you when you weigh 200 pounds.
Another Trump hating snowflake seeking attention isn’t that cute? Hey, Lindsey baby, get out on the slopes and, ahem, BREAK A LEG, KIDDO! BWAHAHAH
Maybe she'll enjoy her new career as a prophet.....
Lindsey should have spent more time trying to MLVGA instead of virtue signaling in her attempts to curry favor with the Establishment.
And yes, KARMA IS A BITCH.
C’mon...took me 4 seconds :)
Here ya go!
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/16/andrew-pollack-grieving-parkland-father-ripped-tru/
“...hey mean and what they represent, what walking under our flag means in the opening ceremony,” Vonn said in December. “I want to represent our country well...”
Insults to the office of the presidency aside for the moment, she could start with her Olympic teammates. She could get that bratty Shaun white to stop dragging our Flag all over the ski slope
Ijuts
funny how the figure skater Adam Rippon, who had had several hate fueled twitter rampages against VP Mike Pence, also screwed up last night and went from 7th after the short program to 10th after the long program...yet nbc is treating him as though he won the gold...
Glad she lost. There’s a short list of countries I wouldn’t root for against her.
that’s kind of a dumb tweet- she said something to the effect she’s not competing for the President, she’s competing for the country- and she’s correct...
she dd go on to say she was not happy with Trump without mentioning his name, which was dumb on her part...
So this person who runs around with Tiger after the public spectacle of what took place concerning the failure of his marriage gets to lecture about Trump. That really takes my breath away, her sense of being able to moralize like that. Particularly when you have visions of how very private and humble Bobby Orr and others like him were back all of those years ago.
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