
A top official with the Texas attorney general’s office branded Olympic gymnast Simone Biles a “childish national embarrassment” on Wednesday after she withdrew from the all-around team final at the Tokyo Olympics, citing her emotional state.
These comments came from Aaron Reitz, the state’s deputy attorney general for legal strategy, who responded to a tweet featuring a video of American gymnast Kerri Strug performing at the 1996 Atlanta Games after injuring her ankle on a vault run.
“Contrast this with our selfish, childish national embarrassment, Simone Biles,” Reitz wrote in a now-deleted tweet.