“FUCK ICE,” the yellow message read in a photo Kenworthy shared on Instagram.
Kenworthy, who won a silver medal for the United States in 2014 and is competing for Great Britain at the Milan Cortina Games, included a sample script for people to contact their senators and voice their objections to the Trump administration’s immigration policies. He concluded with an impassioned plea.
“Innocent people have been murdered, and enough is enough,” he wrote. “We can’t wait around while ICE continues to operate with unchecked power in our communities. Senators still have leverage right now, and Senator [Name] must use it to demand real guardrails and accountability.”
Democrats are attempting to reform ICE in Congressional negotiations as a shutdown looms for the Department of Homeland Security.
The killing of two protesters in Minneapolis by DHS officers intensified scrutiny on the Trump administration’s anti-migrant push.
Several athletes at the Games have criticized the crackdown ― directly and otherwise.
But Kenworthy may be the first to do it with a bodily function.
“My last post was pee so it only felt appropriate to follow it up with a lil’ dump… of photos from January. Yes, I’m a child. 💩,” he wrote in his follow-up.
The IOC appeared to confirm to the Guardian that Kenworthy will not be sanctioned because the organization said it “does not regulate personal social media posts.”