By Aadi Nair
2026年2月10日 美国中部时间上午10:51 更新于2小时前
美国明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市，2026年2月5日，地方和州警察在宣布非法集会后站岗，示威者聚集在他们认为被联邦探员使用的酒店外。路透社/Seth Herald 购买许可权，在新标签页打开
科尔蒂纳丹佩佐，意大利，2月10日（路透社） – 冰壶选手里奇·鲁奥霍宁周二成为最新一位就国内政治发声的美国运动员，他谴责其家乡明尼苏达州的移民大扫荡行动，而该州正是这项运动的热门地区。
在冬奥会期间，多位美国运动员就国内事件发表了看法，其中滑雪运动员亨特·赫斯被愤怒的美国总统唐纳德·特朗普称为“真正的失败者”。
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“我想说，我很自豪能代表美国队和我们的国家来到这里参赛。但如果我们不至少提及明尼苏达州正在发生的事情，那就是我们的疏忽，”在明尼苏达州执业的54岁人身伤害律师鲁奥霍宁表示。
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“对每个人来说，这都是一段艰难的时期。这些事情就发生在我们居住的地方附近，”他在新闻发布会结束时的声明中补充道。
移民和海关执法局（ICE）探员在特朗普推进打击非法移民的行动中杀害了两名美国公民后，明尼苏达州各地发生了抗议活动。
“我是一名律师，你们知道，我们有宪法，它赋予我们言论自由，”鲁奥霍宁继续说道。
“它保护我们免受不合理的搜查和扣押。并且规定，必须有合理理由才能对我们进行拦截。明尼苏达州发生的事情是错误的。没有灰色地带，这很明显。”
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冰壶重镇
明尼苏达州是美国的冰壶重镇，培养了包括约翰·舒斯特在内的众多奥运选手，舒斯特曾带领男子冰壶队在2018年平昌奥运会上夺得金牌。
作为男子队的替补队员，鲁奥霍宁表示，他为家乡民众的公开表达感到自豪。
“我真的很喜欢现在明尼苏达州发生的事情。人们走出来，展现爱、同情、正直以及对陌生人的尊重，并帮助他们，”他说。
“我们爱明尼苏达州的这种精神……我们爱我们的国家。我们为美国而战，为彼此而战，为我们的家人和朋友而战，他们为了今天能来到这里付出了巨大的牺牲。”
他表示，奥运会体现了明尼苏达州同胞所展现的相同价值观。
“奥运会的意义在于卓越、尊重和友谊。我认为我们都在践行这些。我们为明尼苏达州人民和全国拥有相同价值观、同情心、爱与尊重的人们而战。”
报道：Aadi Nair；编辑：Andrew Cawthorne
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Curling-What’s happening in Minnesota is wrong, says US curler Ruohonen
By Aadi Nair
February 10, 2026 10:51 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Curler Rich Ruohonen became the latest U.S. athlete to weigh into domestic politics on Tuesday, condemning immigration sweeps in his home state of Minnesota that is a hotbed for the sport.
Various American athletes at the Winter Games have spoken out over events back home, with skier Hunter Hess labelled a “real loser” by an irritated U.S. President Donald Trump.
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“I’d like to say I’m proud to be here to represent Team USA, and to represent our country. But we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least mention what’s going on in Minnesota,” said Ruohonen, a 54-year-old personal injury lawyer who works in Minnesota.
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“What a tough time it’s been for everybody. This stuff is happening right around where we live,” he added in a statement at the end of a press conference.
Protests have been taking place around Minnesota after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents killed two U.S. citizens as part of Trump’s push against illegal immigration.
“I am a lawyer, as you know. We have a constitution, and it allows us freedom of speech,” Ruohonen went on.
“It protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures. And makes it that we have to have probable cause to be pulled over. What’s happening in Minnesota is wrong. There’s no shades of grey. It’s clear.”
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CURLING STRONGHOLD
Minnesota is a curling stronghold in the U.S. and has produced a number of Olympic competitors including John Shuster, who skipped the men’s team to gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
Ruohonen, an alternate for the men’s team, said he was proud of the public expressions in his home.
“I really love what’s been happening there now. With people coming out, showing the love, the compassion, the integrity and respect for others that they don’t know, and helping them out,” he said.
“We love Minnesota for that … We love our country. We’re playing for the U.S. We’re playing for each other, we’re playing for our family and our friends that sacrificed so much to get here today.”
The Olympics, he said, embody the same values as those shown by compatriots in Minnesota.
“What the Olympics means is excellence, respect, friendship. We all, I think, exemplify that. We are playing for the people of Minnesota and the people around the country who share those same values, that compassion, that love, and that respect.”
Reporting by Aadi Nair; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne
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