Megan Rapinoe Claims US Hockey Team Ruined' Moment with Trump Call: Allowed Themselves to Be Totally Co-opted by a Clown'

"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?"

"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."

Following the U.S. men's hockey team's gold medal victory over Canada, FBI Director Kash Patel joined the locker room celebration and facilitated a phone call with President Trump to congratulate the players. Trump invited the team to the State of the Union and made a joke about also inviting the women's team to avoid impeachment. Megan Rapinoe criticized this moment, arguing the men's team ruined their historic achievement by allowing themselves to be co-opted by political figures. She questioned the appropriateness of having an FBI director in the locker room and raised concerns about the security of the phone call. Some players, including Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman, acknowledged they should have responded differently to Trump's remarks about the women's team.

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