Ruohonen
(Photo
by
David
Berding/Getty
Images)
Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
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
and
what
a
tough
time
it’s
been
for
everybody.
This
stuff
is
happening
right,
right
around
where
we
live.
I
am
a
lawyer,
as
you
know,
and
we
have
a
constitution,
and
it
allows
us
to
(have)
freedom
of
press,
freedom
of
speech,
protects
us
from
unreasonable
searches
and
seizures,
and
makes
it
that
we
have
to
have
probable
cause
to
be
pulled
over.
And
what’s
happening
in
Minnesota
is
wrong.
There’s
no
shades
of
gray.
It’s
clear.
— Rich
Ruohonen,
a
Minnesota
lawyer
on
the
curling
team
for
Team
USA
at
the
2026
Winter
Olympics,
in
comments
given
during
a
press
conference
in
Italy,
concerning
the
shocking
events
happening
in
his
home
state,
where
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement
agents
shot
and
killed
two
U.S.
civilians,
Renee
Good
and
Alex
Pretti.
Ruohonen
is
one
of
six
Minnesotans
on
the
U.S.
Olympic
curling
team,
and
he’s
hoping
to
make
history
as
the
oldest-ever
U.S.
athlete
to
compete
in
the
Olympics.
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Zaretsky is
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managing
editor
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Law,
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worked
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2011.
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