July 12, 2012
There might be hope for the country after all. ABC reported yesterday (Wednesday, July 11) that uniforms that will be worn by team USA at the 2012 London Olympic Games were made in China.
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/story/_/id/8160403/2012-olympics-china-made-team-usa-uniforms-ignite-anger">Both Democrats and Republicans denounced the U.S. Olympic Committees decision to dress team USA in uniforms made in China. Chinese manufactured berets, blazers and pants while the American textile industry struggles economically with many U.S. workers desperate for jobs sparked the outrage.
"I am so upset. I think the Olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves. I think they should be embarrassed. I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference on taxes.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters at her weekly news conference that she's proud of the nation's Olympic athletes, but, "They should be wearing uniforms that are made in America."
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said simply of the USOC: "You'd think they'd know better."
Now if both sides could find common ground on all issues.
Comments
tstauffer 11 years, 9 months ago
Wow. I just 100% agreed with John Boehner. Mercury must be in retrograde or something.
bryanflynn 11 years, 9 months ago
Just shows that when crazy things aren't being said we all can find agreement.
bryanflynn 11 years, 9 months ago
Update:
Designer Ralph Lauren announced Friday that the uniforms it provides the U.S. Olympic team at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, will, in fact, be made in the United States. Also the uniforms for the 2016 Summer Games will be made in the USA.
Ralph Lauren has a contract with the U.S. Olympic Committee until 2020.
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