CNN’s line of questioning in this interview was pretty stupid. I don’t know how else she was supposed to answer that initially and then it seemed like the interviewer’s follow up questions were structured in a way to create political controversy. Vonn is entitled to her opinion about the President not being a good representative of the country’s best interests, an opinion shared by the majority of people in the US, but that’s a personal opinion that really doesn’t fit the context of the Olympics. CNN was, once again, being ridiculous by leading her down that road. Her answer wasn’t great, but she was put on the spot. I wish she had just said, “I’m an Olympian representing my sport, my country, and my hard work. Politics and my political opinion has nothing to do with it. That’s it. Next question.” and stuck to that.
CNN, MSNBC, Fox, and the other news organizations that pull this crap need to be called out for this shit, not the people they trick and use as props.
