The first openly gay athlete to qualify to represent America at the Winter Olympics has claimed that he wouldn’t go to the White House even if he was invited by the president.
Adam Rippon, 28, who secured his place on Team USA during the U.S figure skating championships earlier this month, hit out at Donald Trump during an interview with the BBC, saying that he felt it was his ‘duty’ to turn down any invitation to the Trump White House.
‘Athletes are given a really special platform. It’s our duty, as athletes, to be role models. I won’t go to the White House,’ he said.
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