HuffPost faces backlash over article about feeling ‘discomfort’ rooting for USA
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While HuffPost was called out on Sunday for its article titled “There’s a Name for the Discomfort You’re Feeling Right Now Watching the Olympics,” critics quickly posted photos of American athletes celebrating with flags.
The publisher posted the article on social media with the following caption: “If you’re waving an American flag or chanting ‘USA!’ If you’re shouting!’ It’s turning you off right now, you’re not alone.”
“While President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda separates families and federal agents detain children as young as 5 and kill unarmed civilians, American athletes are now winning medals for the nation at the Olympics,” the article said. “This fracture between the pride of rivals in the United States and the national shame of the federal government is all too common.”
HuffPost highlighted Olympians disparaging the current government in response to recent events such as the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. For example, Olympic skier Hunter Hess said: “There’s a lot going on that I’m not the biggest fan of. Wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the United States.”
HuffPost was called out with a headline sympathetic to Americans who felt uncomfortable supporting the United States in the Olympics. (HuffPost; Mattia Martegani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Critics posted photos of the U.S. Men’s Hockey team celebrating with American flags after winning the gold medal against Canada on Sunday.
Wisconsin GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany responded to the post with a bald eagle stomping on a Canada goose, along with the caption: “Proud to be an American today, tomorrow and every day. USA! USA! USA!”
R-OK’s Sen. “If you can’t feel the excitement of winning a gold medal at the Olympics (including OT vs Canada), you have no pulse. Some people will choose to be aggrieved and unhappy out of a dash of patriotism. Good luck,” wrote Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-OK, to X.
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., he said in response HuffPost’s article was captioned: “Get out of my country. USA! USA! USA!”
Others, including author and former investment banker Carol Roth, responded with chants of “USA.”
Podcast host Stephen Miller and others reacted with a photo of the men’s hockey team after Sunday’s victory.
Chris Freiman, a professor at William & Mary, argued of
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“If you can’t tell things apart, you need to work on your praise skills,” wrote Andrew Donaldson, editor of Ordinary Times magazine.
Targeted Victory’s Logan Dobson pointed to a Gallup chart showing the results of a survey question about being proud to be an American. He wrote: “
CNN’s Audie Cornish and New York Magazine contributing editor Will Leitch floated the idea that the United States would be the “global villain” in a podcast episode last month. 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Leitch joins Cornish for him podcast, “Homework” On January 22, we discussed an article by Leitch in March 2025It was titled “United States Becomes Global Sports Villain.”
More than one incident was mentioned in the article. american national anthem He was booed at Canadian sporting events. Leitch noted the booing during his meeting with Cornish and said he was banned from the world stage because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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