Here’s a young woman with her head screwed on straight. Mikaela Shiffrin is the best womens slalom racer in the world (that’s where skiers navigate tight gates at super-high speeds). And she was recently in Switzerland where she was given a first-hand look at the world’s reaction when Donald Trump was elected president of the United States by winning the electoral college without winning the popular vote.
“Everybody in the (airport) shuttle bus was making their own comments in their own languages and I was like ‘Oh my God! What is everyone thinking?,’” she said.
Shiffrin, who’s a role model to countless young women in her own right, is definitely wise beyond her years, and is ready to use her platform to lead by example as young females in general look to move forward with a president that has a record of treating women poorly. Listen to her comments. And check out her skiing below, at the opening world cup event of the season (she won this weekend in Finland).
