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Senate Majority Leader: U.S. Olympic Team Outfits Made in China Should Be Burned

Should United States Olympic athletes be outfitted in uniforms made in China?

 

When Team U.S.A. walks into London's 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, Friday, July 27, they'll be dressed in an outfit made entirely in China, reports ABC World News.

The news agency took a closer look at the outfit — created by famous American designer Ralph Lauren — during their "Made in America" segment recently and found every piece was manufactured in China. In response, Congressional leaders in both houses and both parties expressed outrage at the news.

ABC News reported Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. said that the U.S. Olympic Committee should be "ashamed of themselves."

"I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile and burn them," an outraged Reid added according to a Fox Business News report.

Similarly, Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-OH. said of the USOC, "You’d think they know better."

Several leaders have already called upon the U.S. Olympic Committee to ensure all future U.S. team’s uniforms be made in America. Others have asked they scrap current uniforms and have them remade by an American manufacturer over the next two weeks.

Should Team U.S.A. wear uniforms made in China? Should they be remade in America in time for this Olympics? And what about those berets? Let us know in the comments.

Related Topics: Made in China, Olympics Uniforms, and U.S. Olympic Team Uniforms

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Deanna Allen

4:18 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

People don't think. That's the problem. And am I the only person who thinks those berets look too French? I realize berets have been worn throughout Europe over the course of history, but I associate them with the French. Uniforms made in China and berets that call to mind the French. Perhaps someone, anyone, should have thought this through.

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Wanda Rice

10:17 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

Now, now Deanna...do you really expect them to THINK, they were paid to clothe the athletes. Thinking would have added to the clothing bill.

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Deanna Allen

11:35 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012

Lol! I guess they did their job. : )

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