An astonishing number ofOlympic athletesrepresenting the United States in the 2026Winter Olympicscannot stop putting their foot in their mouths.

It started with several members of theUS Ski team, who took the bait from some attention-seeking "journalists" who decided to ask about the political situation in the United States, while ignoring other countries. Hunter Hess, for example, gave one of the most ridiculous statements of the Milan-Cortina games thus far, saying, "Just 'cause we're wearing the flag does not mean we are representing everything that's going on in the US."

OutKickreached out to some of these journalists to find out whether they intended to ask athletes from other delegations like China, Iran, Azerbaijan or elsewhere, how they felt wearing their country's flag. We never heard back.

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Still, most of the political questions and answers had seemed to die down as the games got underway. Until a US Olympic curler, of all sports, decided to add his ridiculous, ill-informed, anti-ICE opinion to the mix.

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 04: U.S. Olympians Rich Ruohonen, Aidan Oldenburg, Daniel Casper, Benjamin Richardson and Luc Violette attend the Team USA Welcome Experience at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics on February 04, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)

Video from a press conference featuringcurler Rich Ruohonensurfaced on Tuesday morning, in which he gave a spectacularly bad opinion about ICE and the protests in Minnesota.

"But we'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been for everybody," he said. "This stuff is happening right around where we live. And I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution, and it allows us to freedom of the press and freedom of speech."

"And what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray," he continued. "It's clear. And I really love what's been happening there now with people coming out showing the love, the compassion, integrity and respect for others that they don't know and helping them out. And we love Minnesota for that."

It is clear that he has no idea what he's talking about. We do have a constitution, but there's nothing in the constitution that prevents the federal government from enforcing federal immigration law. Not to mention that nobody has had their right to a free press or free speech violated in Minnesota. Though some churchgoers did have their first amendment rights violated by the protestors Ruohonen loves. And in fact, the supremacy clause of the constitution specifically gives the federal government that power over the wishes of individual states. The fact that in Minnesota those wishes include protecting violent or criminal illegal aliens is a level of stupidity that defies comprehension.

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