US women’s gold medal ice hockey team declines to attend Trump address

Olympics gold medal-winning team has politely turned down a request from President Donald Trump to attend his address in the capital.

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The women’s ice hockey team of the United States has declined an invitation to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, US media reported, after he joked he would be “impeached” if he did not ask them to attend.

NBC cited a statement from the women’s team on Monday, saying players would be “unable to participate” in the State of the Union address.

US women’s gold medal ice hockey team declines to attend Trump address

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