"Trump had explained to the men that he'd have to also invite the women to D.C. so that he would not get impeached. Both houses of Congress gave them an ovation. By Thursday, Tkachuk was finishing up a morning skate in Ontario, where he is the captain of Canada's most boring NHL franchise, the Ottawa Senators."
"They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup-eating fucks a lesson. Canada, we own you, little bro. This video had come out shortly after the game, before the team went to D.C., and now Tkachuk was being asked to talk about all of it."
Brady Tkachuk won an Olympic gold medal with Team USA in Milan, then attended a White House celebration where Trump held up the men's team as symbols of American victory during the State of the Union address. Days later, Tkachuk faced media questions in Ottawa about two controversies: the men's team laughing when Trump made disparaging remarks about inviting the women's hockey team to avoid impeachment, and a White House-posted AI-generated video falsely showing Tkachuk making inflammatory anti-Canadian statements. Tkachuk struggled to address these issues during mandatory media availability, characterizing Trump's comments as occurring during a chaotic moment.
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