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Olympic gymnast Simone Biles criticized Mary Bono, the new head of USA Gymnastics, over a now-deleted anti-Nike tweet.
Bono tweeted a photo of herself filling in the Nike logo on a pair of shoes with a marker while attending an event intended to raise money for the military. She appeared to be joining the right-wing campaign against Nike for featuring Colin Kaepernick, the football player who led national protests of police brutality against African-Americans, in an advertising campaign.
In his protests, Kaepernick sat or kneeled during the national anthem played before football games. Conservative politicians and media figures have sought to distort Kaepernick’s protests as one against the military and veterans. Kaepernick is currently a free agent and alleges the NFL blackballed him for his political views, in a case currently making its way through the courts.
Biles, the most celebrated gymnast in the world since breaking a series of records at the 2016 Rio Olympics, called out Bono’s tweet as inappropriate.
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