{"id":4147,"date":"2026-02-25T22:21:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:21:43","slug":"u-s-womens-hockey-team-receives-special-celebration-invitation-following-white-house-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=4147","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Women\u2019s Hockey Team Receives Special Celebration Invitation Following White House Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1861172\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Their refusal to attend the State of the Union was not a protest, but a quiet assertion of who they are. Between classes, careers, and the relentless grind that built a gold\u2011medal team, the players chose to honor the commitments that existed long before any cameras turned their way. They answered the invitation with gratitude, then returned to the routines that made their victory possible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1861172\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Around them, the noise swelled: dissected locker\u2011room comments, partisan reactions, and a second, flashier offer from Las Vegas promising a \u201creal celebration.\u201d Yet the core of the story never moved. On international ice, under immense pressure, they delivered again\u2014another medal, another chapter in a dynasty. Long after the debates fade and the party lights dim, the enduring image will be their triumph in Milan: a team defined less by who applauded them, and more by how completely they earned it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Their refusal to attend the State of the Union was not a protest, but a quiet assertion of who they are. Between classes, careers, and the relentless grind that built &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4149,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions\/4149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}