VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-28
“You can be political here in the United States because we enjoy freedoms that others don't,”
Dan Dakich · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-28
Dakich contrasted the political freedoms athletes enjoy in the United States with China's intolerance for criticism.
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