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Bill O'Reilly (0:01)
You're listening to the no Spin News Talking Points edition.
Bill O'Reilly (0:07)
Right before we started to tape this, in late afternoon, it was announced that the US Women's hockey team won. The gold is not going to appear at the State of the Union. They were invited by President Trump. Members of the men's team will appear. Not all of them, because there's all kinds of logistical. Because the NHL starts midweek back up. But this is an interesting story because there's a huge culture difference between women's sports and men's sports in America. And that's the subject of this evening's Talking Points Memo. It goes beyond that, of course. We are a divided nation, deeply divided. And the political hatred is growing, all right? And it's spurred by President Trump's presence no matter what he does. All right? It's spurred by immigration, ice, all of that. And the third is the economy. So some people are having trouble keeping up. Okay? So when you get all those elements swirling around, then you have a divided country, which is what we have. So you get two gold medal winners. The men's hockey team and the women's hockey team. The men's team, very respectful and patriotic. The women's team, not so much. Sorry, ladies. It's not as bad as a women's soccer team, which was anti American in my opinion. But, you know, it's a different culture. Okay, let's run it down for you with some facts to back it up. It's always nice, right? So after the USA defeated Canada on Sunday, the Hughes brothers, these guys are amazing. One of whom won the game with a goal in overtime, said this go.
Stephen A. Smith (2:15)
This is all about our country right now. I love the usa. I love my teammates. It's unbelievable. The USA Hockey brotherhood is so strong and we have so much support from ex players. I'm so proud to be American today. I love the US and it's the
Bill O'Reilly (2:33)
greatest country in the world. So happy to represent it here with these guys. It's really special. All right, so that's Jack and Quinn Hughes. And you gotta, you know, when I'm watching it, I got up early 8am to watch it. I was proud. I, you know, I just said, you guys did what you had to do. And the reason that the USA won was because of Conor Holaback. The goalie plays at a Winnipeg Giants, but he's from Commerce, Michigan. He blocked 41 and 42 shots. I mean, without him, Canada would have won. Canada was getting more shots on goal and had the better of the play. But the USA would not give up. And so they deserve their win. The only controversy that we can see was when Cash Patel, a director of the FBI, showed up in the locker room after the game to hoist a beer with the boys. Okay, now, I'm not offended by this. And was a reason that Mr. Patel was there. The FBI provided some security expertise to the Italian government during the entire Olympics. It wasn't like Patel just flew over for the game. He's the head of the bureau, and the bureau was working with the Italians to make sure nothing happened, and nothing did happen. This is miraculous. So if Patel wants to go in and have a good time with the boys after the game, I don't have any problem with that. But of course, others do. Roll the tape. His spokesperson says he was in Milan on official business. Well, Andre Moore officially pressing business matters to be dealt with here in the States. That maybe he could have done a better job than showing up in Milan on a. On a private jet. He showed up at the. For American athlete security. He showed up at the end of the Olympics. And so I think generally in law enforcement, when there's an issue, you show up at the beginning so that you can prepare security. He was chugging beer. You're not playing. You're not. You know, and he's behaving like he's like a member of Animal House. Please. You know, number one, I don't think Ms. Goldberg even knew that the FBI was assisting the Italian government and the other ones. So you show up at. Not at the. I don't know why Disney. I just don't know why, you know, but it's never going to change over there. So on the Internet, which we ignore. Because they're haters. They're serious haters. These are seriously damaged people. I have to point out the Huffington Post is the worst. This hate hates the country, hates the United States. In Canada, there was mild criticism. Go. Look, I'll just say, number one, I certainly echo everyone's sentiment feeling today and how this stinks. It's a tough one. Canada deserved to win this game. They outplayed the U.S. so what? You know, I mean, come on. Accept it gracefully. All right. I wrote a message of the day. It's on billoriley.com it's about nationalism. And there is a good part of nationalism and a bad part. And the final point I want to make before we get to our guest, Stephen A. Smith, is that you are looking at a situation that is far more important than a sport. So our country, I don't know if it's ever going to come together again? I don't, not in my lifetime. I don't think it will. I think there's a vision is there to stay between the red states and the blue states and the women's team and the men's team. And under a constitution perfectly. You know, there's no demand that we're in lockstep, but it makes me sad. It does.
