{"id":224976,"date":"2026-02-25T14:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/quinn-hughes-breaks-silence-on-backlash-to-trumps-womens-hockey-team-comment\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:01:10","slug":"quinn-hughes-breaks-silence-on-backlash-to-trumps-womens-hockey-team-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/quinn-hughes-breaks-silence-on-backlash-to-trumps-womens-hockey-team-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinn Hughes Breaks Silence on Backlash to Trump\u2019s Women\u2019s Hockey Team Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/quinn-hughes\/\" title=\"Quinn Hughes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Quinn Hughes<\/strong><\/a>, a member of the Men\u2019s US Hockey Team that just won the gold medal at the <em>2026 Olympics<\/em>, is also speaking out about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/donald-trump\/\" title=\"Donald Trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> comment.<\/p>\n<p>He, along with his brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jack-hughes\/\" title=\"Jack Hughes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jack Hughes<\/strong><\/a>, went on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ifxZvKtD2Ks\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ifxZvKtD2Ks&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>GMA<\/em><\/a> to discuss the victory \u2013 and the Women\u2019s team was brought up. The US Women\u2019s team also won gold at this Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>If you did not see, the 79-year-old POTUS received backlash for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/23\/donald-trumps-comment-to-usa-mens-hockey-team-about-the-womens-team-draws-backlash-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comment about the women\u2019s team in a phone call to the men\u2019s team<\/a> after their gold medal match.<\/p>\n<p>While inviting the men to the State of the Union, he said, \u201cI must tell you, we\u2019re going to have to bring the women\u2019s team. You do know that,\u201d as men\u2019s hockey team members laughed. He then said, \u201cI do believe I\u2019d probably would be impeached [if the women\u2019s team wasn\u2019t invited].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2184261\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the <em>GMA <\/em>interview on Tuesday (February 24), <strong>Quinn <\/strong>said, \u201cI\u2019m glad you mentioned the women\u2019s team again. You know, we\u2019re really happy for them. Obviously, a lot going on on social media surrounding our team and their team. But, you know, the last couple [times] we\u2019ve done a lot of training with them and got to know a lot of those girls really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/24\/donald-trump-praises-us-mens-hockey-team-during-state-of-the-union-announces-medal-of-freedom-for-connor-hellebuyck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> going to the White House<\/a>, he added, \u201cYeah, we\u2019re excited to go. It\u2019s something you don\u2019t get to do\u2014I don\u2019t know what today is\u2014every Tuesday. But yeah, it\u2019s going to be special for us\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what <strong>Quinn <\/strong>and <strong>Jack<\/strong>\u2018s mom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/24\/quinn-jack-hughes-mom-ellen-reacts-to-trumps-comments-about-womens-hockey-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said about the comment about the women\u2019s team.<\/a> Their mom works with the women\u2019s US team.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/25\/quinn-hughes-breaks-silence-on-backlash-to-trumps-womens-hockey-team-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinn Hughes, a member of the Men\u2019s US Hockey Team that just won the gold medal at the 2026 Olympics, is also speaking out about the Donald Trump comment. He, along with his brother Jack Hughes, went on GMA to discuss the victory \u2013 and the Women\u2019s team was brought up. 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