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:
Jessica Justice
Sorry I have to chime in. We just got rid of a chimp for the last 8 years.
And I agree if the Indians would have killed the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock they might still own this land.
This buffoon is a silly media whore. In a Sharia country she wouldn’t be aloud to speak out. What a joke
Another liberal twit. It is only because she is in America that she can even show her face in a video! If she is still having trouble understanding the difference between her in America and Muslim women in Muslim countries, I am sure we can raise enough money for a one way ticket to say…Iran or Syria. If she makes it out alive, I MIGHT be interested in what she has to say!
Follow USA laws if you want to be here and you love thus country so much!
deport this crazy$#%&!@*…
Joan Weakland Kinney
We had a president who wasn’t born here for 8 years.
Tricia Richardson it is called “biting the hand that feeds you”! She accepted a place on the UNITED STATES Olympic team. She did NOT pay for her own uniforms, coaching, travel, food, practice venues, etc. Once she accepts all this, she turns around and defecates on those who made it possible for her. That can never be right. If you do, too sad.
BTW, I don’t feel safe on the streets of NYC alone either. I don’t know a lot of people who are that deluded.
She worked for a position on the Olympic team. You don’t get handed a spot in the olympics, you earn it. She earned it. She’s entitled to an opinion just like everyone else.
She needs to be deported to an Islamic country.