At last year’s Rio Olympics, America fielded its first hijab-wearing Muslim athlete. The fencer, Ibtihaj Muhammad, gained prominence for her religion but stayed visible through a series of anti-American statements. Muhammad may have represented the United States on the world’s biggest stage, but don’t confuse that for a sense of patriotism.
In an interview with The Daily Beast, Muhammad once complained about living in the United States. According to the athlete, she feels ”unsafe” in the US and blames racism for her sense of fear while walking through New York City. When asked about Donald Trump, she said ”I don’t know who that is.”
Despite this, Mohammed was nearly chosen to carry the American flag during the Rio Olympics’ opening ceremonies. In a vote among her peers, she placed second to Michael Phelps. CNN published a piece that claimed Phelps didn’t deserve to carry the flag because, in so many words, he’s a ‘tall, successful, rich, white guy’
It’s unclear whether her fellow athletes were aware of Mohammed’s penchant for anti-American rants when they made their choice.
Watch as Mohammad attacks Trump’s call for a safe America on the next page:
Leave the country
She won’t ever be going to the Olympics to represent the US again because she wasn’t that good to begin with.
It doesnt matter what you say you Muslims are almost done on this country
Jessica Justice You wrote.. ( the clown in chief) this is proof that you were let down by the school system and taught wrong.. Please educate yourself and learn the truth….
WHAT?????
not my olympic competitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joshua Wineholt So you missed the womens march i guess? And you have christophers comments too, he sounds like Madona….
Did you see her in the Olyimpics,, She’s not that safe…
2 big mistakes with your history, first one slavery was not an issue in the civil war , slavery was dying fast by 1857, the war was fought over states rights where the south was being taxed and tariff ed illegally but the northern states had control of the house because of the number of reperesentives, Lincoln sent federal troops in the south to collect these illegal taxes and tariffs and that’s when the war occurred , neither Democrat nor republican formed the kkk, it’s was formed by General Nathan Bedford Forrest , to protect the population of the south and enforce laws since no police force excised , the union troops were raping , killing people , white , black, natives all running wild , they forced people off their land and out of their businesses and gave it to carpet baggers , the kkk , stated ending these crimes and the crimnals , yes they protected blacks, native Americans as well as whites ..
This is why I don’t watch sporting events . All athletes when they qualify or win an event all of a sudden become experts on just about every thing . They are not !