Colorado Congressman Comgratulates Lindsay Vonn Before the Games Were Aired

Cong. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) congratulated American skier Lindsay Vonn on winning a gold medal in women's donwhill shortly after she won the race through Twitter. But, he did so before the race was televised on NBC. Of course, either the way the Colorado Republican Party was probably going to criticize him!

Polis made news when he became the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a freshman during the 2008 election cycle.

Vonn, who is from Boulder, Colo., represents Polis' district.

Here is the complete tweet which was retweeted by several media outlets in Colorado:

"Congrats to our Congressional District's first Vancouver Gold Medal Winner: Vail's own Lindsay Vonn! Go Lindsay! Go Team USA!"

Polis also said in a later tweet that he had learned that he would be featured on this week's episode of MTV's "Real World."