Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) failed to medal with his ultimatum to U.S. athletes competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics, after several said they aren’t happy with what’s going on in America under Donald Trump’s administration.
“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
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