{"id":2572671,"date":"2026-02-23T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-hockey-team-declines-invite-to-state-of-the-union\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:35","slug":"us-womens-hockey-team-declines-invite-to-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-hockey-team-declines-invite-to-state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"US women&#8217;s hockey team declines invite to State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-womens-hockey-team-declines-invite-to-state-of-the-union%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2572671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States women\u2019s Olympic <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ice hockey team<\/a> declined the White House invitation to attend the State of the Union address, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-wisconsin-supreme-court-nominee-a-no-show-at-debate\/\" title=\"Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Nominee A No-Show At Debate\">citing scheduling conflicts<\/a> despite having won gold by defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime. A USA Hockey spokesperson said the team was honored by the invitation and grateful for the recognition, but they could not attend due to timing and prior academic and professional commitments. President Donald Trump had invited both the women\u2019s and men\u2019s teams after the men\u2019s team also won gold, even offering to arrange transportation to attend. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was trying to work out logistics to seat both teams in the House chamber, but noted that guests on the floor aren\u2019t typical for a formal session and that they would try to accommodate where possible.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US women&rsquo;s hockey team declines invitation to State of the Union<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2514228\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The United States women&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hockey\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3162\">ice hockey<\/a> team has declined the White House&rsquo;s invitation to attend the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-of-the-union\/\">State of the Union<\/a> address on Tuesday evening due to scheduling problems.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-toyota-super-bowl-ads-strong-pro-life-message\/\" title=\"WATCH: Toyota Super Bowl Ad\u2019s Strong Pro-Life Message\">gold medal-winning<\/a> U.S. Women&rsquo;s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,&rdquo; a USA Hockey spokesperson said in a statement. &ldquo;They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4468057\/tony-gonzales-staffer-texts-resign-lauren-boebert-mike-johnson\/\">Lauren Boebert calls on Tony Gonzales to resign over explicit texts with late staffer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4468078\/netflix-dismisses-trump-criticism-liberal-threat-merger\/\">Netflix CEO brushes off concerns that Trump&#8217;s criticism of liberal executive threatens merger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4467718\/zelensky-accuses-putin-world-war-iii-war-anniversary\/\">Zelensky accuses Putin of starting World War III ahead of four-year anniversary of invasion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The women&rsquo;s Olympic team, which won the gold medal on Thursday as it bested Canada 2-1 in overtime, told <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/albamonica\/status\/2025989449197158504?s=20\">NBC News<\/a> that it could not make the event &ldquo;due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4467130\/trump-invites-us-hockey-team-to-attend-state-of-the-union\/\">invited<\/a> the women&rsquo;s and men&rsquo;s teams to his State of the Union address after the latter also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4466849\/us-canada-overtime-hockey-gold-medal\/\">took home the gold medal<\/a> in a 2-1 overtime thriller against Canada. The president congratulated the men&rsquo;s team in a postgame phone call as FBI Director Kash Patel, a hockey fan, celebrated with the team in the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re giving the State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. I can send the military plane or something. But if you would like to, it&rsquo;s the coolest night,&rdquo; Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2025764775859224649?s=20\">said<\/a> on the phone call as the players answered with cheers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4467072\/patel-defends-olympics-trip-partying-with-hockey-team\/\">PATEL DEFENDS OLYMPICS TRIP AFTER FOOTAGE SHOWS HIM PARTYING WITH US HOCKEY TEAM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7043\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) said he was &ldquo;trying to work out logistics&rdquo; to seat the two teams in the House chamber for the president&rsquo;s speech.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way to have special guests on the floor because it&rsquo;s a literal session of Congress,&rdquo; Johnson told <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/02\/23\/congress\/usa-hockey-teams-sotu-00793130\">reporters<\/a>. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re going to work and do what we can to accommodate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US women\u2019s hockey declines State of the Union invite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2572672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26050767501072.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[74384,73673,74383,70732],"class_list":["post-2572671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-invitation-declined","tag-state-of-the-union-2","tag-us-womens-hockey","tag-womens-sports-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26050767501072.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572671"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2572675,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572671\/revisions\/2572675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}