Team USA hockey player Vincent Trocheck addressed the media on Wednesday, February 23, one day after the gold medal-winning team’s divisive trip to the White House.
“It’s sad that it’s getting politicized the way it is,” Trocheck, 32, told reporters. “We’re all very proud to be Americans, and we were all so proud to go [to the 2026 Winter Olympics] and win a gold medal. We went over there with a job, and it was to win gold and do it for our country and for everybody back here, and we were able to do that.”
Trocheck continued, “It’s sad that it automatically gets turned into something political...
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