After a mere four days on the job, former congresswoman Mary Bono on Tuesday resigned as interim CEO of USA Gymnastics.

One reason she stumbled was self-inflicted—she’d previously posted a photo of herself blacking out the Nike logo on her golf shoes, apparently in response to the Colin Kaepernick ad campaign. That prompted gymnast Simone Biles to tweet “*mouth drop* … don’t worry, it’s not like we needed a smarter usa gymnastics president or any sponsors or anything.”

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