{"id":2573074,"date":"2026-02-24T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keith-olbermann-calls-u-s-mens-hockey-team-scumbag-misogynists-after-gold-medal-triumph\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:44:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T19:44:57","slug":"keith-olbermann-calls-u-s-mens-hockey-team-scumbag-misogynists-after-gold-medal-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/keith-olbermann-calls-u-s-mens-hockey-team-scumbag-misogynists-after-gold-medal-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Olbermann Calls U.S. Men&#8217;s Hockey Team &#8216;Scumbag Misogynists&#8217; After Gold Medal Triumph"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fkeith-olbermann-calls-u-s-mens-hockey-team-scumbag-misogynists-after-gold-medal-triumph%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=2573074&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 Western journal reports on Keith Olbermann\u2019s sharp social-media backlash after the U.S. men\u2019s hockey team won Olympic gold and accepted an invitation to attend President Trump\u2019s State of the Union address. The piece contrasts that reaction with the U.S. women\u2019s hockey team, which had won gold but declined the invitation for reasons including academic and professional commitments.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Olbermann condemned the invitation as a political prop for Trump and attacked the men\u2019s team as misogynistic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The women\u2019s team declined the invitation, citing ongoing commitments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The article highlights a flurry of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-stolen-election-bombshell-fulton-county-admits-300000-votes-were-illegally-counted-in-georgia-where-trump-lost-by-11779\/\" title=\"2020 Stolen Election Bombshell: Fulton County Admits 300,000+ Votes Were Illegally Counted in Georgia, Where ... &#039;Lost&#039; by 11,779\">social-media reactions<\/a>, including olbermann\u2019s posts and various supporters and critics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It notes that the state of the Union was scheduled for 9 p.m. Eastern Time and that Trump\u2019s introduction of the team was expected to draw a standing ovation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A team representative described the invitation as an honor and acknowledged the recognition, which Olbermann framed as a political statement by the trump White House.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leave it to Keith Olbermann to try to pour cold water on ice hockey gold.<\/p>\n<p>The former ESPN and MSNBC host, who has made left-wing politics his full-time job, went on a social media rant Monday in the afterglow of the U.S. men&rsquo;s hockey team winning the Olympic gold medal Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despicable-liar-biden-hammered-for-promising-border-agents-will-pay-for-strapping-migrants-running-them-over\/\" title=\"\u2018Despicable Liar\u2019: Biden Hammered For Promising Border Agents \u2018Will Pay\u2019 For \u2018Strapping\u2019 Migrants, \u2018Running Them Over\u2019\">social media reaction<\/a> was scorching.<\/p>\n<p>Olbermann was reacting to news that at least some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-can-send-military-plane-something-trump-called-us-mens-hockey-team-historic-win-made-offer-couldnt-refuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">men&rsquo;s hockey team had accepted<\/a> President Donald Trump&rsquo;s invitation to attend Tuesday&rsquo;s State of the Union address at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. women&rsquo;s hockey team, which won the gold medal Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/usa-womens-hockey-team-declines-trumps-state-union-invitation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turned down Trump&rsquo;s invitation<\/a> Monday, citing &ldquo;previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment,&rdquo; a team representative said.<\/p>\n<p>That might sound polite enough to most people. But to Olbermann, it apparently represented a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >flaming middle finger flung<\/a> right at Trump and the Trump White House.<\/p>\n<p>And the fact that the men&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-womens-hockey-team-declines-trumps-state-of-the-union-invitation\/\" title=\"USA Women&#039;s ... Declines ...&#039;s ... of the ... ...\">hockey team declined<\/a> to follow suit is just evidence, as Olbermann sees it, of rampant misogyny among the men&rsquo;s team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s official: US Gold Winning Olympic Hockey team declined invitation to be political props for Trump at the SOTU tomorrow<\/p>\n<p>The women, that is<\/p>\n<p>The men are still too stupid, self-absorbed and misogynistic to realize that going, will stick to them permanently<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithOlbermann\/status\/2026005790146916673?\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s official: US Gold Winning Olympic Hockey team declined invitation to be political props for Trump at the SOTU tomorrow,&rdquo; Olbermann wrote in a post on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The women, that is.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The men are still too stupid, self-absorbed and misogynistic to realize that going, will stick to them permanently.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In another post, Olbermann called the men&rsquo;s team &ldquo;self-absorbed scumbag misogynists.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The women&rsquo;s team is made up of patriots. The men&rsquo;s team? Self-absorbed scumbag misogynists<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithOlbermann\/status\/2026004037863080399?\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the reaction comments showed, the posts weren&rsquo;t popular.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s a fair sampling:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They won you gold and restored national pride in that sport AND you complain?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zara (@ZaraD_00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaraD_00\/status\/2026033687037362345?\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Something tells me that the men on that team could not care less what you think and probably don&rsquo;t have any idea about the soy boy (you) that doesn&rsquo;t think they should go.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rusty C (@Hud43168922) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hud43168922\/status\/2026163286471852267?\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Or perhaps the women&rsquo;s team has made a mistake? To honor America &ndash; and be honored by Americans &ndash; in that setting is an opportunity of a lifetime. Shouldn&rsquo;t be about gender or even politics. It&rsquo;s about celebrating America &ndash; and exceptional American achievements.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bowe (@BoweRHoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoweRHoy\/status\/2026037325679980544?\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The State of the Union is scheduled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/what-time-is-state-union-address-how-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">begin at 9 p.m. Eastern Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Look for Trump&rsquo;s introduction of the team and the standing ovation that&rsquo;s likely to come &mdash; from both sides of the political aisle.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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