The White House invited the U.S. women’s hockey team to the State of the Union, but players said scheduling conflicts prevent them from attending.

The White House invited the U.S. women’s hockey team to attend Donald Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday, but the players said they are unable to attend.

A spokesperson for the team told NBC News’ Monica Alba that the team, which won the gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, was “sincerely grateful” for the recognition, but the players are unable to attend “due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments.”

  • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 hours ago

    Options: use an entire day or two to witness a multi-hour self-agrandizing wandering divisive tirade in 1st grade English OR do literally anything else you would like or need to do.

    Tough choice…

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 hours ago

    “Quick! Book us some college and girl’s teams, we’ll put on a clinic!”

    (That would actually be a really nice thing)