US males’s hockey workforce will get backlash for telephone name with Trump who made joke about inviting ladies’s workforce

(Gray News) — The U.S. males’s hockey workforce is receiving criticism for conversations within the locker room after profitable the gold medal on the Olympics.

Team USA gained gold in an time beyond regulation victory towards Canada Sunday. It was the primary time the U.S. gained gold in males’s hockey since 1980.

FBI Director Kash Patel joined the hockey gamers within the locker room to rejoice their win.

While Patel’s look alone stirred controversy, the criticism didn’t cease there. In videos shared on social media, Patel was seen calling President Donald Trump and placing him on speakerphone to talk with the workforce.

“I just told my people … I said, we’re giving the State of the Union speech Tuesday night … if you would like to, it’s the coolest night,” Trump stated on the decision, implying he was inviting the workforce to the speech.

“We’re in!” a number of of the hockey gamers stated.

“Thank you Mr. President,” one other shouted.

“What would really be cool, and we’ll do the White House next time, we’ll just have some fun, we have medals for you guys. And we have to, I must tell you, we’re gonna have to bring the women’s team, you do know that?” Trump stated with amusing.

The workforce erupted in laughter.

“I do believe that I would probably be impeached [if the women’s team was not invited],” Trump stated.

The U.S. ladies’s hockey workforce additionally gained the gold medal on the Olympics.

Trump continued to reward the workforce for his or her success on the Olympics earlier than ending the decision.

The video has drawn criticism on social media.

“All of them laughing about inviting the women’s team. Every single one of them,” one individual wrote.

“Women’s sports will always be a punchline to them no matter how much phony lip service they pay,” one other wrote.

“So disappointed. Nothing but love & solidarity with our sisters,” one other wrote.

Jessica Luther, an investigative journalist and writer of books on sports activities and gender, known as the dialog “painful.”

“In the video of Trump talking to the US men’s hockey team, when he says, ‘I must tell you, we’re going to have to bring the women’s team, you do know that’ as a joke about how annoying it is to have women around, the most painful part for me, are all the hockey players laughing. Actually laughing,” Luther posted on Bluesky.

More movies from the locker room confirmed Patel consuming beer from a bottle and spraying the remaining across the room. After one of many gamers draped his gold medal round Patel’s neck, Patel joined the gamers as they jumped up and down.

“There was a threat at the president’s residence at [Mar-a-Lago], Americans in Mexico are facing major threats by cartel members, Nancy Guthrie is still missing, and our FBI Director thinks he’s a frat bro?!” Xochitl Hinojosa, spokeswoman for former Attorney General Merrick Garland, said on X.

Patel responded to the criticism by posting that he was “extremely humbled when my friends, the newly minted Gold Medal winners on Team USA, invited me into the locker room to celebrate this historic moment with the boys.”

According to the Associated Press, the FBI director had defended his official journey to Italy by saying he was going to satisfy with Italian legislation enforcement officers and Americans serving to to supply safety on the Olympics.

He posted footage this week of his go to to the Milan Joint Operations Center, which he stated was charged with defending the safety of American athletes and all those that traveled to Milan for the Winter Games. He additionally posted a photograph of his assembly with the U.S. ambassador to Italy.

The U.S. ladies’s hockey workforce has declined Trump’s invitation to attend the State of the Union handle Tuesday. It’s unclear whether or not they may attend any future occasions on the White House.

“We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal–winning U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,” a USA Hockey spokesperson told NBC News. “Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate.”

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