'Olympic failure': Ingraham sounds off on 'woke-ism' polluting formerly unifying event

In her “Ingraham Angle” monologue on Friday, host Laura Ingraham laid out what she called the “Olympic failure” of this year's games in Tokyo.

"We had obscene and unnecessary COVID rules – even for healthy young athletes leading up to [the opening ceremony]," she said.  "A ban on most spectators, and an overload of Olympians who think we somehow care about their political views: Come on, there will be great performances, no doubt, but how boring is the lead-up," she remarked. This new Olympic experience, she said, lies in stark contrast to the collective memories of past Olympics – naming the U.S.' upset of the Soviet hockey team in 1980, the "mesmerizing" talent of Baltimore-native swimmer Michael Phelps in the 2010s, and the gymnastics performance of Columbus, Ohio-native Simone Biles at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympiad.