{"id":569486,"date":"2021-06-21T14:07:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=569486"},"modified":"2021-06-21T14:07:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T18:07:41","slug":"u-s-trans-olympic-athlete-my-goal-is-to-win-the-olympics-so-i-can-burn-a-u-s-flag-on-the-podium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-trans-olympic-athlete-my-goal-is-to-win-the-olympics-so-i-can-burn-a-u-s-flag-on-the-podium\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Trans Olympic Athlete: \u2018My Goal Is To Win The Olympics So I Can Burn A U.S. Flag On The Podium\u2019"},"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\">42<\/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%2Fu-s-trans-olympic-athlete-my-goal-is-to-win-the-olympics-so-i-can-burn-a-u-s-flag-on-the-podium%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=569486&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Chelsea-Wolfe-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\" readability=\"34.683257918552\">\n<p>A transgender Olympic athlete that qualified as an alternate to represent the United States at this year\u2019s Summer Olympics said last year that her goal was to win so that she could burn an American flag on stage.<\/p>\n<p>BMX freestyle rider Chelsea Wolfe wrote in Facebook post unearthed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-olympic-athlete-chelsea-wolfe-burn-flag-podium\">Fox News<\/a>: \u201cMy goal is to win the Olympics so I can burn a US flag on the podium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post, which included a link to an article on a far-left blog that was attacking the Trump administration, continued: \u201cThis is what they focus on during a pandemic. Hurting trans children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolfe claimed in a statement that anyone who thinks she does not America was \u201csorely mistaken,\u201d despite Wolfe\u2019s statement to burn an American flag on the world stage while representing the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons why I work so hard to represent the United States in international competition is to show the world that this country has morals and values, that it\u2019s not all of the bad things that we\u2019re known for,\u201d Wolfe claimed. \u201cI take a stand against fascism because I care about this country and I\u2019m not going to let it fall into the hands of fascists after so many people have fought and sacrificed to prevent fascism from taking hold abroad. As a citizen who wants to be proud of my home country, I\u2019m sure as hell not going to let it take hold here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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