Posted on 07/11/2019 5:20:53 AM PDT by simpson96
Making the words "F*** Trump" its battle cry, its rebel yell to rally itself, the women's World Cup team comes with a lot of wokeness. According to the Washington Times:
The World Cup team’s activism is well established. Team captain Megan Rapinoe, who calls herself a “walking protest” against the Trump administration, accused President Trump of “excluding people” in a Tuesday interview on CNN.
“Your message is excluding people. You’re excluding me. You’re excluding people that look like me. You’re excluding people of color,” Rapinoe said in a message to the president.
Weird thing to say to a president who invited her to the White House, win or lose, but the hypocrisy doesn't stop there.
Here's the doozy the Washington Times based its piece on:
Jaelene Hinkle, a 26-year-old star for the North Carolina Courage professional team, has been called the top left defender in the U.S. game, but she wasn’t selected for the national team — a decision that may have had more to do with politics than prowess.
In 2017, Hinkle turned down a call-up from the national team for a pair of international friendlies after learning that the players would wear rainbow-themed jerseys in honor of Gay Pride Month. She said later that the uniform conflicted with her Christian faith.
“I just felt so convicted in my spirit that it wasn’t my job to wear this jersey,” she told “The 700 Club” in a May 2018 interview. “I gave myself three days to just seek and pray and determine what [God] was asking me to do in this situation.”
Hinkle has not played for the national team since. After she was left off the World Cup roster, coach Jill Ellis told reporters that the decision was “solely based on soccer,” an explanation greeted with widespread skepticism.
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I won't accuse you of not reading the article since the disingenuous author didn't mention it, but she was called up again.
After she declined the other two games she was asked to work out with the national team prior to the Tournament of Nations. She accepted but was cut after a few days because the coach didn't think her skills fit with what the coach wanted.
The rainbow jersey wasn't an issue with that Tournament or the World Cup - according to the coach it was her soccer skills.
This is a manufactured issue designed to stir up outrage for clicks.
Except for maybe her blatant lie about there being no blacks on the team?
Or no Christians?
Post the source to your claim.........thanks.
Her claim or the writer's claim?
But how would you know, you never read it since it's nothing but "click bait"? Your own words, not mine........Sheesh!
The writer's claim, genius.
I think the poor player, Hinkle, has handled this like an adult.
The sleazy, dishonest writer, on the other hand, is exploiting her for a couple of American Thinker bucks.
Took me a while. Thanks for the heads up.
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