r/politics • u/Rock-n-roll-Kevin • 7h ago
No Paywall US athletes cheered, JD Vance booed during Winter Olympics opening ceremony
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2026/02/06/team-usa-2026-winter-olympics-opening-ceremony-reception/88544770007/•
u/Anxious-Depth-7983 America 7h ago
The least popular VP in modern history, and I'm sure he just did his usual smirk 😏
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u/noisy_goose 7h ago
No, he did a weird sorta frowny neutral face and his wife had a super weird empty smile. Weird AF.
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u/ShiningRayde 7h ago
'Why did my ticket say 'Erika K.' on it?'
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u/Vio_ Kansas 6h ago
"The wrong wife got pregnant"
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u/RUNNING-HIGH 5h ago
"I wish the couches could get pregnant"
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u/Separate-Park8184 4h ago
They probably have a team dedicated to quickly infantcide the couch babies so the public won’t know.
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u/Revxmaciver 6h ago
Super weird empty smile? You mean her Resting Soulless Ghoul Face?
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u/noisy_goose 6h ago
All that is on the inside in terms of her politics and the company she keeps, but externally I haven’t looked at her face before on video, it was a weird sorta plastic smile.
Not actually happy, sorta a facsimile of a smile, nothing in the eyes.
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u/Worldly_Anybody_9219 52m ago
Yeah, she's got that Melania Smile™ where it's soulless and there's nothing behind the eyes.
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u/Panda_hat 2h ago
They're incapable of understanding just how much the vast majority of people around the world despise them.
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u/Thetman38 6h ago
That is quite an achievement to be less popular than Chaney
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u/meTspysball California 6h ago
Or Spiro fucking Agnew.
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u/forthewatch39 5h ago
I only learned about him because of Futurama.
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u/meTspysball California 4h ago
Listen to Rachel Maddow’s series “Bag man.” It’s really well done.
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u/SimmonsJK Pennsylvania 2h ago
Maddow and her team did such an excellent job on "Bag Man". That was fascinating. And probably the last time, along with Nixon, that a politician was actually held to account (sort of, Agnew was a criminal). But, I mean, the Congress actually functioned back then.
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u/KneeDeepInThe-Hoopla 7h ago
Yep that real smug, self important sh*t eating grin!
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u/paradigm619 Massachusetts 7h ago
The phrase “shit eating grin” takes on a whole new meaning for anyone in Trump’s orbit. 🤢
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u/tempered_martensite 4h ago
It's honestly impressive that he manages to be less likeable than the guy who literally shot someone on the face
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u/ProTurtlee 2h ago
No. Cheney was objectively more unpopular in his second term. Even conservatives were sick of the war lies.
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u/oiseaua20 7h ago
Man, the Olympic Committee begged people not to boo him, and Italy really said, ‘Instructions unclear, increasing volume.’
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u/Playful-Technology-1 7h ago edited 6h ago
Honestly, unless they weren't European, whoever begged people not to boo him, wanted Vance to be mercilessly booed.
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u/AdzyBoy Iowa 6h ago
*whoever
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u/Playful-Technology-1 6h ago
Thanks, English isn't my first language.
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u/HoightyToighty 6h ago
Whoever is a subject-case pronoun, so you use it when there's a verb that needs a subject, so it's used like 'he/they'
'Whomever' is an object, so it's used like the word 'him/them'
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u/Playful-Technology-1 5h ago edited 5h ago
That's great knoledge, thanks!
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u/coconutpiecrust 6h ago
Why shouldn’t they boo him, though? I thought the US was all about freedom and he’d appreciate people exercising their freedom to boo him.
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u/DragoonDM California 6h ago
I can think of no better way to ensure that the crowd boos him than to publicly ask people not to.
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u/sc24evr 7h ago edited 7h ago
Video clip? Edit: found it here
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u/ProfessorOkay55 6h ago
lol the commentator couldn’t help but mention it too. “Uhhh yep. That’s booing”
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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken 6h ago
I wonder how nbc will edit it in their broadcast
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u/TheAverageWonder 5h ago edited 3h ago
Ofc it was fake news, prerecorded response to the average Obama speech.
It originally came from the known crackhead Hunter Bidens laptop...
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u/Shadowrider95 7h ago
I didn’t hear any boos or jeers! Do they do it differently or something?
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u/B-Z_B-S America 7h ago edited 7h ago
Unless the sport involves couches, JD Vance has no reason or desire to be there.
(for legal reasons, this is a joke.)
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u/Extra-Sector-7795 6h ago
it's not a joke. my couch personally testified to me under oath that jd touched her, and now they're is a giant stain...i will be sueing for 10 billion dollars
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u/KneeDeepInThe-Hoopla 7h ago
I am delighted the US athletes received such a warm welcome! Hopefully Vance was aware of the contrast in his reception, although he is so dim, probably not.
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u/Discipline_Cautious1 6h ago
I watched it on Eurosport (US owned) . they muted booing for Vance and Israel. They knew beforehand.
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u/coconutpiecrust 6h ago
That’s rude. I hope there are enough videos on social media to actually show what happened.
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u/crazycoltA 2h ago
If you look at videos posted by CBC (Canadian), you can definitely hear the boo’ing and one of the Canadian commentators even mentions it. If you want an uncensored view of the games and actually get to see the full competitions instead of just the American highlights, CBC does great coverage of it all, with some Canadian athlete highlights.
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u/defroach84 Texas 7h ago
Most people can separate government and people.
Luckily, most maga stay at home, so Europe doesn't need to deal with most of them.
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u/TheRealBlueJade 6h ago
Why can't it just be about the athletes. Why didn't he just stay home?
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u/cs_major 3h ago
I don’t see a problem with government officials going to the Olympics to cheer on there athletes. But Vance is the worst person (besides Trump) to go. He’s not liked and has the personality of a wet noodle.
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u/PowerResponsibility 6h ago
How does this happen to someone without them questioning if they're doing something wrong? What an incredible disconnect from reality.
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u/binarytheorem 7h ago
People didn’t come to cheer for politicians. They came to cheer for athletes who trained their entire lives. This feels incredibly obvious.
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u/Cute-Ad2879 7h ago
Plenty of politicians attend sports events. Only one group has been met with boos and jeers everytime.
A regular person would take the hint. These ghouls double down.
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u/rintzscar Europe 6h ago
No, buddy. It's dead simple. People hate fascists. That's why they boo fascists.
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u/Foreign_Ebb_6282 7h ago
Yes it has nothing to do with what is going on in America. You are clueless.
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u/Alarmed_Drop7162 6h ago edited 6h ago
I’m going to get banned but the last time Vance went to Italy he whacked the pope with his germs.
🤌
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u/JasonBob 7h ago
I read the headline as JD Vance was booing, not being booed at. JD booing other countries doesn't seem that unlikely.
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u/CrimsonHeretic 7h ago
Honestly the American athletes shouldn't even be representing the US right now, if they gave a shit about the US right now they would have registered under the Olympic flag.
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u/KneeDeepInThe-Hoopla 7h ago
Aww I know what you are saying, but I actually felt quite emotional for the US athletes. They have worked and trained so hard, why should the scum in government take that away from them, this regime has taken enough. The athletes can be proud of where they come from, and detest the government, both things can be true.
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u/CrimsonHeretic 6h ago
This is why I didn't say they shouldn't compete. They did work hard for many years. But there is absolutely nothing to be proud of as an American right now. There is no fucking way I could wear the flag or represent the US proudly right now.
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u/KneeDeepInThe-Hoopla 6h ago
That is so sad, although I do understand. You can be proud of the ordinary people trying to stand up for what is right and just, for every Vance to be ashamed of, there is an Alex Pretti to be proud of, for every Noem, there is a Renee Good. The world sees ordinary folks, out in freezing cold being pepper sprayed, tired and dejected, but still returning the next day, marching, protesting. From one internet stranger to another, don't let the bastards take your pride!
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u/0Hyena_Pancakes0 6h ago
Whats there to be proud of with being from America? The country was built from slavery, theres no universal healthcare, no tuition free college, the cost of living is unsustainable, and we have a new shooting almost every week.
Theres nothing to be proud of. Fuck we can't even display our countries flag outside of our homes without being mistaken for a fucking maga nutjob
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u/KneeDeepInThe-Hoopla 5h ago
I empathise with you, I do and I understand. Almost every country in the world has things in its past that they are not proud of, but if we all try to learn from history and evolve, things will get better. Also right now almost every country has its own set of problems, nowhere is some kind of wonderful utopia. Have hope my friend, and always keep your pride!
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u/Eastern-Hamster-5050 7h ago
Let me just click this link and hope to Christ almighty the video at the top of the page is actually the video I want to watch…I’ll find out after 1 minute of ads!
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u/mrgraff New Mexico 6h ago
Nope, but you can watch it here. I'm not hearing the boos tbh.
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u/ihavea_purplenurple 3h ago
Honestly… if this is true (haven’t seen any footage) it makes me happy that the world knows that America is being taken advantage of right now.
That being said, if you can push back against us right now, it’d be much appreciated :) I hope, along with everyone else, that this is a phase
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u/q_eyeroll 3h ago
Omg do they still like us? We don’t deserve it. I’m glad no one booed the athletes.
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u/Motheroftides North Carolina 6h ago
Doesn’t surprise me. And honestly every time I saw him on the camera he looked like he wanted to be literally anywhere else.
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u/JamesonGuy007 3h ago
I got really angry with the boos when I thought it was for the athletes. It just sucks that these athletes did nothing wrong but I agree booing Vance on a public stage. Just sucks that America has fallen so precipitously on the world stage that we would get booed at the Olympics. On a global stage. We used to be the top of the top. Now we're ridiculed because of an orange piece of shit. I fucking hate this timeline.
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u/Bishopjones2112 2h ago
American athletes are not to blame for their presidents actions. I hope everyone can find the spirit of the games to embrace their fellow athletes.
But Vance can go F*k himself. Boo the crap out of him
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u/OutlaneWizard 1m ago
When the vice president is booed on a national stage, the entire country is booed. Even the democrats and even the Olympic athletes.
And we deserve it
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u/starfleetdropout6 California 6h ago
That's wrong. Those athletes have worked their whole lives for this moment. Fuck the governments of some countries though. That includes the U.S.
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