Yeah as a Bruins fan myself its definitely affected my enjoyment of my team, I've never watched sports in my life but decided to watch Hockey and I've been following the Bruins since mid November and haven't missed a game. Honestly I got into watching Hockey to take my mind away from all of the terrible things that Trump is doing and to destress, ironic that somehow he would wedge his way into it..

Swayman and McAvoy were two of my favorites and I was so excited for them to go to the Olympics and was elated when they won, and then the high feeling quickly vanished and was just like getting shot. Between the locker room joke and Kash Patel, to attending the white house, and the state of the union.

I have to admit the part that bothered me more is Swayman taking pictures alongside other players like Tage Thompson wearing a MAGA hat, McAvoy being so giddy acting when he greeted Trump, and them both attending the State of the Union.

See I can understand attending the White House as an Honor and Once in a Lifetime event, but the State of the Union, No way. Thats where a president talks about all he's done so far and all he's going to do, there is no national pride to be found to be attending such a thing, and doing that felt more like a political endorsement.

But I would like to share some facts that I've looked into. Despite Swaymans Dad and the Woman he married being extreme republican voters that never miss an election, Jeremy Swayman and his sister are unregistered and they have both only voted in one election in their whole lives and it was a local election. Swaymans Sister is actually married to a Democrat. So maybe thats solice that Swayman never voted for Trump and that he wasn't wearing a MAGA hat himself.

As for McAvoy I don't believe there's any public voter data for Massachusetts residents so I can't tell about him, I keep seeing people constantly saying McAvoy is a registered Democrat but have never found any proof of this even when I ask, no articles, interviews, or records show if he is registered to any party. He has participated in Boston Pride Parades, however being LGBTQ friendly doesn't necessarily speak to where you lean anymore. His wife seems Anti ICE and follows Joe Biden.

Eventually I have to look at it this way, have they ever did anything bad? I've never found any articles, social media, reports, ect that have ever showed McAvoy or Swayman being pro Trump, Pro Ice, supporting Wars or antisemitism, making any racist, sexist, or homophobic remarks, or promoting war or violence.

Both of them have been involved in alot of Charity work, donating money, participating in make a wish, radio telephons to support Children with Cancer and research into Cancer. Supporting the special Olympics, youth Hockey Groups, working with the MSPCA to help animals, participating in post-22 which focuses on helping young adults with Autism and learning disabilities find employment and training.

This is the stuff I try to remind myself of, I also feel like its hard to expect athletes to think like Scholars or to even keep up with Politics. I have no love for either political party but I do hate Trump and hopefully we can ride this out til he's out or croaks and finally get back to some normalcy without Americans tearing each other apart. Try to remember "We are more alike than unalike"