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 womens 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 wouldnt 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 dont think that there are a lot of people currently in our government that do that.
Well, people didnt forget and they didnt 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 isnt 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 Vonns 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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The winner gets a mercedes loaded with manure
Vonn apparently slept with Tiger after he tramped around with numerous porn stars. Any woman who would do that and willing inherit those porn star STDs is crazy.
Where is our Trump gif of the potus teeing off as Lindsay crashes?
“I think Johnny Weir’s got that gig lined up for life.”
Is he the guy that looks like he was in the Hunger Game movies?
How about other athlete’s just performed better?
glad she lost...am so sick of the snowflakes....hoping all of them including the LGBT gang get their butts whipped...The Olympics has become like the NFL......who cares?
In the case of Shaun White I think that was inadvertant and meant no disrespect.
When making political statements dissing a very successful President it wise to remember that sometimes you will eat the Giant Slalom and other times the Giant slalom will eat you.
i love the action of The Trump Curse in full action before our eyes. People still have not learned that President Trump is anointed to lead this nation.
Imagine you are a skier who is getting a little long in the tooth. Youre fast, but not quite fast enough. Or youre a good skater, but you know youre not quite good enough to win. Also imagine you have high needs for attention and drama.
You could just go to the Olympics, try your best, and lose gracefully. But thats not going to get you the fat endorsement or get you headlining on the pro skaters tour. More likely your going to wind up at Disney on Ice struggling to land double toe loops with a giant Mickey Mouse head.
So how do you manage to be the center of attention even if youre losing? How do you take the Olympics and make it All About You?
Easy! You just take a cheap shot at the biggest personality you can find. These days, they dont get any bigger than President Trump. Or you cause a big scene over who gets to carry the flag. Suddenly every story is about you, and all your events are sold out. Half the people will love you and the other half will hate you, but at least they will all be talking about you.
And then when you, inevitably, lose, everybody will rush to say that you were the best out there, but you just got unlucky or slipped at the last minute, or were robbed by some bigoted judge.
She’s simply a disgusting, revolting person who dates whoremongers.
Lol!
No sale
I learned flag etiquette at ten years old. From a lifeguard opening up the beach for the day. An Ivy League student. From a wealthy family. Its not a myth to not allow r
The flag to touch the ground. You dont do it
If Olympic athletes and their support teams dont respect the flag of our country they are sponsored to represent who will? Not professional athletes. Not aspiring snow boarders
It winds up with allegations of disrespect for female colleagues. It winds up with record low viewership
No
I have no interest in watching beyond being inspired by the Austrian womens ski team and the Chinese mens figure skater
Watch White take the flag from some silly person and flop it all over the bottom of that ski hill like a rag. He was adoring himself not the flag.
No one wants to see that for any inspiration and it would have been natural for him to not allow the flag to touch the ground, as would any 19 year old army recruit in the middle of a battle if he had any leadership in his life teaching him respect for the flag
The scene symbolizes our Olympic teams disrespect for the basis of their being there and any contempt they have, which has been broadcast by three others
Its disgusting
First time I’ve rooted against an American US Athlete. Well now she doesn’t have to NOT go to the White House to shake the President’s hand.
If women can do anything men can do, and if gender is a social construct, why is Womens Skiing a thing? Should it just be skiing?
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