23 Tweets That Prove The Olympics Can Turn Anyone Into A Patriot

USA! USA! USA!

By now it’s safe to say that Team USA is snagging gold medals left and right at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Between Michael Phelps winning his 20th gold medal and Simone Biles’ jaw-dropping floor routine, there’s a lot of American pride going around.

These hilarious tweets perfectly capture the surge in patriotism that the Olympics inspires:

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Me 98% of the time: America is trash

Me during the Olympics: pic.twitter.com/MXOQyOkiYd
— tina (@tinatbh) August 9, 2016
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Me during the Olympics pic.twitter.com/viyopgAT7f
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) August 7, 2016
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Me 99% of the time: THE AMERICAN CAPITALIST-IMPERIALIST TWO-PARTY SYSTEM OF OPPRESSION MUST END

Olympics me: pic.twitter.com/aPa8U6ZM6A
— Andrea Grimes (@andreagrimes) August 10, 2016
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IS YALL READY FOR THEM OLYMPICS MANE!!! #GoTeamUSA pic.twitter.com/7UhxzNY5Ep
— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) August 5, 2016
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Yep, America LOVES a good ol' fashioned Cold War Olympics standoff...pic by @hpsimmons from Lilly King's hometown. pic.twitter.com/ZC53CQe8G5
— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) August 9, 2016
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Watching @Simone_Biles like: pic.twitter.com/VHgxtRgDCB
— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) August 9, 2016
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Me 99% of the time: "ugh sports 🙄"
Me during the Olympics: *glued to TV for 21 days, crying at every montage, commercial, & medal ceremony*
— Grace (@grace_peloquin) August 7, 2016
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watching the olympics like pic.twitter.com/wSThbcnzPW
— Cause We're America (@CW_America) August 9, 2016
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Twitter normally: *critiques of America and its culture*

Twitter during the Olympics: 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
— Kevin O'Keeffe (@kevinpokeeffe) August 8, 2016
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trump fans watching this alliance of blacks, latinos, whites working under the banner of usa at the olympics totally confused about america
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) August 8, 2016
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Everyone 99% of the time: OMG EW AMERICA SUCKS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THIS COUNTRY.
Everyone watching the Olympics: pic.twitter.com/cc0lO5UvJ6
— Minou Clark (@MinouClark) August 10, 2016
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I keep yelling America at my tv bc the US is murdering the olympics and I'm a patriot
— łizzie (@lizzy_kennedy) August 8, 2016
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If you're not overly patriotic during the Olympics you disappoint me and lil Brady pic.twitter.com/YY0UBgtjZk
— Hunter Honebein (@hunterhonebein5) August 10, 2016
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The olympics always make me so patriotic that for a second I forget how messed up our nation is most of the time
— Vaughn (@VaughnTaylor680) August 10, 2016
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I'm only patriotic during the Olympics, its Murica over everything but after that pic.twitter.com/4WuwYEr1T8
— Henny Dee Williams (@Scott_CEOofSUH) August 10, 2016
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the Olympics get me so patriotic over the most random events. hell yeah two person row team, you beat those New Zealanders
— Adam Lowe (@Adams_FLowe) August 9, 2016
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The Olympics are perfect for when you want to feel really patriotic about sitting on the couch and hating your body.
— Stabbatha Christy (@LoveNLunchmeat) August 8, 2016
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There is nothing that makes me feel quite as patriotic yet unaccomplished and talentless as the Olympics
— Kat (@realkatyewest) August 8, 2016
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I need the Olympics to start so I have an excuse to wear obnoxiously patriotic gear, get excited about gymnastics, and drink at odd hours.
— Dan Weinstock (@Dan_Weinstock) July 30, 2016
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The Olympics make me feel really proud to be American and ashamed to be over 30.
— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) August 8, 2016
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me most of the time: america is a country that is built on and still thrives off oppression
me during the olympics: pic.twitter.com/rTFu5oMgBX
— sk (@bringdaruck) August 7, 2016
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Me: Doesn't watch gymnastics for 4 years. Suddenly becomes biggest fan during the Olympics.
— Women's Humor (@WomensHumor) August 8, 2016
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Me during the Olympics //t.co/uieE7RBP1S
— Kelley O'WaitWhat? (@twerksforpizza) August 4, 2016

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