Lawmakers Want U.S. Olympic Uniforms Burned

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Lawmakers Want U.S. Olympic Uniforms Burned




 

Lawmakers were outraged Thursday, 7/12/2012, after an ABC World News report revealed that the U.S. Olympic team's opening ceremony outfits are made in China.

Some suggested making a bonfire with the outfits, which include berets and and blazers.  "I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said when asked by ABC News today, "If they have to wear nothing but a symbol that says USA on it, painted by hand, that is what they should wear."

The Congressional reaction on Capitol Hill today extended to both houses and both parties.

"You'd think they know better," Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH., said in response to a question from ABC News today.

Update 7/14/2014:  After a firestorm erupted when it was discovered that designer Ralph Lauren's U.S. Opening Ceremony outfits were manufactured in China, the clothing company announced the outfits for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi would be American-made.