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workinclasszero

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Sun Oct 14, 2018, 01:29 PM Oct 2018

New USA Gymnastics boss under fire after old tweets show her defacing Nikes because of Kaepernick

MARTIN CIZMAR 13 OCT 2018 AT 20:18 ET

On Friday, USA Gymnastics named Mary Bono as its new interim CEO.

Bono is the wife of the late pop star Sonny Bono, and was a Republican congresswoman from Palm Springs, Calif. after Bono’s death during a skiing accident.

But immediately after Bono’s hiring, tweets from Bono in which she defaced Nikes because of its marketing deal with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Rand Kaepernick.

“Playing in a charity golf tournament raising money for our nation’s Special Forces operators and their families. Unfortunately had these shoes in my bag. Luckily I had a marker in my bag too,” she tweeted on September 7.





https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/new-usa-gymnastics-boss-fire-old-tweets-show-defacing-nikes-kaepernick/
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New USA Gymnastics boss under fire after old tweets show her defacing Nikes because of Kaepernick (Original Post) workinclasszero Oct 2018 OP
Those aren't "old tweets" you goddamned Rawstory headline writers RockRaven Oct 2018 #1
Nowadays, yesterday's tweets are "old tweets" jmowreader Oct 2018 #2
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