Lisa Daly Lehmann

Delivery Director @ PhD in American History, Syracuse 17th Ward Dem Committee Chair. (Tweets are my views only.)

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Let’s go Team USA! Good luck at the World Cup, @USMNT.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO BLESSED MSG TODAY TO GET THE STANK VIBES OUT YOUR SERVICE IS APPRECIATED

[Lisa Daly Lehmann @LisaDaly]

@SteveESpaulding The etiquete is that a person gets to keep the most esteemed title they have earned. In this case, it is 2 time NBA Champion New York Knick.

[Lisa Daly Lehmann @LisaDaly]

@weberju5 @EWErickson Well, they also did a whole series premised on one dude armed with a stick somehow ruling an entire planet, with the help of like five friends, so 🤷‍♀️.

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

It appears that stopping a flesh eating parasite from spreading across the continent was, in fact, NOT waste, fraud, and abuse.
https://t.co/NZuFGFdFhy

[nhu @maisonlongan]

the US fucked up so bad you got footy fans on here defending a referee

[Noorie @Nurapost]

Don't host a World Cup if you don't want people to come to your country.

[Lisa Daly Lehmann @LisaDaly]

@giveashitnature Bonus - they look nicer that way too,

[Hussain Shiyam 🇵🇸❓🎈 @ShiyamHussain]

This is utter bullshit. When Indonesia refused to grant the Israeli under 17 team visa’s for the 2023 U-20 World Cup, FIFA stripped Indonesia’s hosting rights and moved it to Argentina. So @FIFAcom can stop with the lies.

[𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝑫𝒂 𝑳𝒂𝒈𝒆 @odalage]

Dans un monde idéal, tous les arbitres de la Coupe du monde auraient démissionné en solidarité avec leur collègue somalien.

[Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 @chefjoseandres]

A really sad day….😔

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

I'm mortified by how the Trump administration is openly discriminating against officials, players, and fans from around the world--cancelling visas, invasive searches, detainments, racism, etc.--but none of it's surprising. He's a white supremacist, and FIFA are bootlickers.

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:

• Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.

• Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.

• The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.

• Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.

• The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.

• Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.

• The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.

• Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.

• Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

You don’t need to drop thousands of dollars to watch the World Cup final. And you don't need to be a professional to play in the World Cup. You just need to head to Central Park. 

We're hosting a free World Cup Final Watch Party on July 19th for 50,000 New Yorkers on the Great Lawn. And we're opening a mini-FIFA Arena next to Tavern on The Green, complete with free clinics, tournaments, and open play. 

Free ticket lottery for the Watch Party opens this Thursday, June 11th at 10AM at https://t.co/hUhvIX3MTm. 

The mini-FIFA Arena will be open from June 10 to July 18, 10 AM – 8 PM. Learn more at https://t.co/gHnw3ZuPfn.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

If FIFA had any integrity-- clearly it does not-- it would suspend the World Cup matches in the US until it stopped this disgraceful madness

[Lisa Daly Lehmann @LisaDaly]

Just mortifying.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, has been denied entry to the United States.

[Karthik @KarthikForTexas]

This is like if AOC ran for Governor of Alabama and lost and we tried to argue it was fraud.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

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[Lisa Daly Lehmann @LisaDaly]

I feel like an updated version of the Turing test might involve seeing if it ever gets to “fine, do it. See if I care!”

[Lisa Daly Lehmann @LisaDaly]

One of my favorite uses of AI is innocently asking for confirmation that it is ok to eat some thing I forgot to put away last night, and seeing how it contorts itself into finding a polite way to say “what is wrong with you, woman?!”