"Some players have stuck to nonapologies, like how they think the moment was "unfortunate" and a "mistake," or how they "apologize for the way it looks." Others, like Jack Hughes, who scored the game-winning goal in overtime in the gold-medal match, have doubled down on diverting any blame or responsibility."
"So far, only one of the men, defenseman Charlie McAvoy, has specifically said publicly that he's sorry to the women's team for how he and the rest of the men's team responded to the sexist joke made by Trump. How is that possible?"
"The men's hockey players were on top of the world after winning gold for the U.S. for the first time in 46 years. While they were drinking beers and partying with Olympic hardware around their necks, suddenly FBI director Kash Patel showed up and put them on speakerphone with Trump."
Following President Trump's misogynistic remark about the U.S. women's Olympic hockey team during a call with the gold-medal-winning men's team, the male athletes' response has been notably inadequate. While some players offered non-apologies characterizing the moment as unfortunate or a mistake, others like Jack Hughes deflected responsibility entirely. Charlie McAvoy stands alone as the only men's player to publicly apologize directly to the women's team. The incident occurred during a celebratory moment when the men had just won gold for the first time in 46 years, and Trump's call interrupted their celebration with the controversial comment.
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