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US cyclist suspended after social media posts in support of Trump

By Zach Halaschak
Published October 1, 2020 3:43pm ET
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US cyclist suspended after social media posts in support of Trump
United States' Quinn Simmons pedals on his way to win the men junior event, at the road cycling World Championships in Harrogate, England, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. | (Manu Fernandez/AP)

U.S. cyclist Quinn Simmons was suspended from his team after he posted tweets about President Trump that the team called “divisive” and “incendiary.”

The controversy started when Simmons, a 19-year-old athlete who was 2019’s junior road race world champion, responded to a Dutch journalist who criticized Trump on Twitter.

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