“Any person who goes to the Olympics to represent the United States and then says they don’t want to represent the United States should be immediately stripped of their Olympic uniform,” Scott fumed in a video shared on X.
Scott, a Trump acolyte, wrote in the clip’s caption that the United States is a “beacon for freedom and democracy” — even though he doesn’t want athletes to use their freedom of speech to say what’s on their minds.
Critics on social media pointed out that loving America doesn’t mean agreeing with every Trump policy. They also defended athletes’ right to express their views.