LOL her post was spot on.I know how you conservatives like keeping up with women’s paintball. I wanted to alert you to the canceling of a key player. Now that she did something non-PC and quite frankly lowly I’m sure she’ll be a right wing hero shortly.
Andrea Martinez had just woken up from a nap when she saw the video of her Team USA PaintballTeam USA Paintball player kicked off team after backlash over her controversial TikTok
Professional paintball players said Jessica Maiolo's message, which some perceived as anti-vaccination and fatphobic, doesn't represent the larger paintball community.www.nbcnews.com
Her husband had awakened her, telling her something was up with her team, as her phone "was going crazy," she said. Her teammates, who were competing on the East Coast, were frantically trying to contact her to alert her about the TikTok video that was setting off a firestorm.
Jessica Maiolo, a Team USA Paintball member, had posted a 15-second TikTok video of herself in front of an image of a TV displaying a news story about a teenage boy suffering from Covid-19. "Ma'am, your kid does not need a Covid shot. Your kid needs a f------ treadmill," Maiolo says in the video, which has been removed. "That's what he needs."
The video, which NBC News viewed before it was deleted, has caused waves in the paintball community since it was posted Thursday, with some on social media deeming it anti-vaccination and fatphobic. Team USA Paintball indefinitely removed Maiolo from the team in the wake of the backlash.