Newsmax Host: ‘I Took Pleasure’ in Rooting Against Team USA

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Newsmax Host: ‘I Took Pleasure’ in Rooting Against Team USA

https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsm...s-i-took-pleasure-in-rooting-against-team-usa

Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield said on Monday night that he was “happy” to root against multiple U.S. Olympic teams because they don’t share his personal politics, declaring that he “took pleasure” in both the men’s basketball team’s surprising loss to France and Sweden’s defeat of the women’s soccer squad.

In recent weeks, some right-wing media figures and politicians have loudly criticized American athletes who have engaged in social justice protests, such as calling for hammer thrower Gwen Berry to be kicked off the Olympic team for her national anthem demonstration during trials. At the same time, they’ve also suggested this year’s soft Olympic TV ratings are due to “woke” politics.

Following the U.S. women’s soccer team’s stunning 3-0 loss against Sweden in its opening match, however, many so-called patriotic conservatives went so far as to actively celebrate Americans losing. Former President Donald Trump, for instance, urged a rally crowd to cheer the squad’s defeat while calling them “demented” for taking a knee—along with several other national teams—to protest racial injustice. (The USWNT bounced back with a 6-1 win over New Zealand.)

Apparently inspired by the disgraced ex-president, the ardently pro-Trump Stinchfield took the anti-Team USA sentiment to another level on Monday night during his primetime Newsmax program.

“Well folks, it’s not often that I’m happy a U.S. team loses and the Olympics,” he exclaimed. “It makes me sad to say it, but I found myself rooting against not just Megan Rapinoe and her merry band of America-hating female soccer players... But I took pleasure in the men’s basketball Team USA’s first team loss since 2004.”

 

[Bud_Spencer]

They hate America, so we hate them back.

 

[RobDownSouth]

They hate America, so we hate them back.

Demonstrably not true. Many Fox News personalities publicly profess to hate America while on the air, but my feeling that is simply for show (and ratings and book deals).

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Demonstrably not true. Many Fox News personalities publicly profess to hate America while on the air, but my feeling that is simply for show (and ratings and book deals).

Well, Fox does have a lot of lefties on, so you may have a point.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

They hate America, so we hate them back.

By "we" you mean idiotic losers. They're not forced to be there and you're not forced to watch them, traitor.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

By "we" you mean idiotic losers. They're not forced to be there and you're not forced to watch them, traitor.

"We," as in patriotic Americans. I.e., non-leftist.

 

[CornusKousa]

By "we" you mean idiotic losers. They're not forced to be there and you're not forced to watch them, traitor.

Exactly yet they chose to compete for the USA, while also trashing/berating it.

Why compete for a country you hate??

I'll give you leftist credit, your self contradiction is through in nearly everything you do.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

If you’re trying to win fan support, it’s best to avoid acting like an ass hat and pissing off large numbers of people you’re trying to win over. This is especially true when you compete in a sport or an event that few people give a shit about. The women’s soccer team and men’s hoops team got a lesson in that regard. They get no sympathy from me.

 

[ryan8558]

so do you also root for our soldiers to die when you don't like the president's politics?????

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Exactly yet they chose to compete for the USA, while also trashing/berating it.

Why compete for a country you hate??

I'll give you leftist credit, your self contradiction is through in nearly everything you do.

Personal aggrandizement, endorsements, shoe contracts. Certainly not for America, that racist, sexist, oppressive hell-hole.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

so do you also root for our soldiers to die when you don't like the president's politics?????

Do you seriously think disgruntled soccer players are comparable to soldiers who put their lives on the line in service to their country? Lol.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

"We," as in patriotic Americans. I.e., non-leftist.

Like the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol Building, you're a true patriot.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Like the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol Building, you're a true patriot.

Looked like a peaceful protest to me:

https://libcom.org/files/images/05.jpg
https://www.fightbacknews.org/sites/default/files/mad2.jpg

 

[LukSkyFokker]

"Unacceptable, undemocratic, and unAmerican." This day was a disgrace. Officer's testimony. "It was the saddest day as an officer."

 

[ryan8558]

What ever happened to America first?

 

[LukSkyFokker]

What ever happened to America first?

We can easily see who the true American Patriots are in this very thread.

*hint* they are the ones not supporting insurrectionists.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

Oh, crap, my apologies...I inadvertently posted pics from the Wisconsin capitol, when Democrats stormed and occupied it in an attempt to stop votes on legislation they didn't like. That, of course, is WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!! and in no way was an insurrection, seeing as how the insurr...er....protestors are all on the side of the angels.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

We can easily see who the true American Patriots are in this very thread.

*hint* they are the ones not supporting insurrectionists.

Yes, you and your pals loves them some America. Racist, sexist, oppressive America, built on slavery and the mass murder of the native population.

Love, love, love...

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Oh, crap, my apologies...I inadvertently posted pics from the Wisconsin capitol, when Democrats stormed and occupied it in an attempt to stop votes on legislation they didn't like. That, of course, is WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!! and in no way was an insurrection, seeing as how the insurr...er....protestors are all on the side of the angels.

I knew you were day-drinking, dipshit. You're usually not this stupid.

 

[Earthlyone]

They probably planned to do some sort of protest during the American national anthem while on the podium had they won...so fuck em.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Yes, you and your pals loves them some America. Racist, sexist, oppressive America, built on slavery and the mass murder of the native population.

Love, love, love...

We love making America better. You'd rather go back to those days - see the difference? Probably not.

 

[phrodeau]

I didn’t need another reason to avoid Newsmax.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

They probably planned to do some sort of protest during the American national anthem while on the podium had they won...so fuck em.

They can still win the gold, you ignorant twat.

 

[phrodeau]

They probably planned to do some sort of protest during the American national anthem while on the podium had they won...so fuck em.

The right to protest is part of what makes America great, so fuck you. Cheer on the Chinese if you don’t like seeing your team protesting.

 

[Bud_Spencer]

We love making America better. You'd rather go back to those days - see the difference? Probably not.

I bet you love your wife the same way, no? Make sure you tell her she's fat, her breath is bad, she overcooked dinner, the carpets need vacuuming, the bed isn't made, her hair is a goddamn rat's nest, and her tits need a boob job.

Because you want to make her better...