2026年2月10日 上午10:51 UTC / 路透社
- 明尼苏达州的冰壶选手谴责美国移民及海关执法局(ICE)的行动
- 美国奥运选手最新一位介入政治话题
- 鲁奥霍宁敦促尊重宪法
科蒂纳丹佩佐,意大利,2月10日(路透社) – 周二,冰壶选手里奇·鲁奥霍宁成为最新一位介入美国国内政治的美国运动员,他谴责了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点地区。
本届冬奥会期间,多名美国运动员就国内事件发表了看法,其中滑雪选手亨特·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来到这里,代表我们的国家。但如果我们至少不提及明尼苏达州正在发生的事情,那我们就是失职的,”在明尼苏达州执业的54岁人身伤害律师鲁奥霍宁表示。
“对每个人来说这都是一段艰难的时期。这类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。
抗议活动
移民及海关执法局(ICE)特工在特朗普推动打击非法移民的行动中击毙了两名美国公民后,明尼苏达州各地已发生抗议活动。
“我是一名律师,你们知道,我们有宪法,它保障我们的言论自由,”鲁奥霍宁继续说道。
“宪法保护我们免受不合理的搜查和扣押,也规定了我们必须有合理理由才能被拦截。明尼苏达州发生的事情是错误的。这没有灰色地带,非常明确。”
冰壶重镇
明尼苏达州是美国的冰壶重镇,培养出包括约翰·舒斯特在内的多名奥运选手,舒斯特曾带领男子冰壶队在2018年平昌冬奥会上夺得金牌。
作为男子冰壶队的替补选手,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。人们站出来,展现出爱心、同情心、正直以及对陌生人的尊重,并向他们伸出援手,”他说。
“我们喜爱明尼苏达州的这一点……我们热爱我们的国家。我们代表美国参赛,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,奥运会体现了与明尼苏达州同胞所展现的价值观相同的精神。
“奥运会的意义在于卓越、尊重与友谊。我认为我们所有人都在践行这些价值观。我们为明尼苏达州人民和全国各地秉持相同价值观——充满同情心、爱心与尊重的人们而战。”
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Curling-What’s happening in Minnesota is wrong, says US curler Ruohonen
February 10, 2026 10:51 AM UTC / Reuters
- Curler from Minnesota condemns ICE actions
- Latest U.S. Olympics athlete to weigh into politics
- Ruohonen urges respect for constitution
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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