Posted on 07/07/2019 5:37:22 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Trump unequivocally congratulated the United States women's soccer team after its repeat World Cup win on Sunday -- putting aside, at least for the moment, the firestorm surrounding star forward Megan Rapinoe's vow never to visit the White House.
"Congratulations to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team on winning the World Cup!" Trump tweeted. "Great and exciting play. America is proud of you all!"
Asked by reporters later in the day whether men and women soccer teams should make the same money -- which Rapinoe has demanded -- Trump responded, “I would like to see that, but you’ve also got to look at numbers... you have to look at who’s taking in what" and "see how they're performing."
"I don't know what those numbers are," Trump added. "And you have to see year round, how are they all drawing --- what is the attendance for women’s soccer outside of World Cup. But I would like to see it." (In a viral moment during the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump responded curtly to an activist concerned about women's pay, "You're gonna make the same if you do as good a job.")
Rapinoe, the pink-haired team captain who emerged with the Golden Ball as top player and the Golden Boot as top scorer, has been an outspoken opponent of what she's described as systemic gender inequality in the United States. Rapinoe previously knelt during the national anthem prior to rules changes that barred the practice.
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He should have said “sure, once they can beat a team of 15 year old boys!”
Rapinoe is very bitter and ignorant
Just goes to show......the President is a better person than I am.......I’m petty. I’m sorry the skanks won....
Come on, girls, stand up and make the challenge.
LOL... I heard about that.
Now Rapinoe goes on a TV Tour and it will be 99% attacking Trump
So am I but remember we are not the President so he can be gracious on behalf of us and the United States. She is but a small blip on the radar.
“Just goes to show......the President is a better person than I am.......I’m petty. I’m sorry the skanks won....”
I think this was one of the few times when he was better off biting his tongue.
On the other hand, he just went after Fox News:
“Watching @FoxNews weekend anchors is worse than watching low ratings Fake News @CNN, or Lyin’ Brian Williams (remember when he totally fabricated a War Story trying to make himself into a hero, & got fired. A very dishonest journalist!) and the crew of degenerate......
“.....Comcast (NBC/MSNBC) Trump haters, who do whatever Brian & Steve tell them to do. Like CNN, NBC is also way down in the ratings. But @FoxNews, who failed in getting the very BORING Dem debates, is now loading up with Democrats & even using Fake unsourced @nytimes as....
“...a “source” of information (ask the Times what they paid for the Boston Globe, & what they sold it for (lost 1.5 Billion Dollars), or their old headquarters building disaster, or their unfunded liability? @FoxNews is changing fast, but they forgot the people who got them there!”
JMHO, but people who make their living at sports should count themselves damn lucky to be paid for it at all.
The only real answer to Rapino’s concern, is to tell her that, soccer should be run like any other business. It is a business, and earnings for soccer are directly related to how much the consumers/fans are willing to pay. Earnings are also directly related to how many seats are sold. Can’t have a poorly performing company paying its employees the same as employees of a company with great sales.
I could care less about a bunch of women running around kicking a ball.
Unless they were topless.
This must come as a shock to the #NotMyPresident crowd.
They’re playing right into his hands, it is so masterful and beautiful to watch.
Class.
Watching one of them drag the American flag on the ground and then drop it will be the last time I will watch them.
On the other hand, he just went after Fox News:
I hate FoxNews weekend. Won’t watch it until the Watters, Pirro and Gutfeld power house comes on.....:)
I like all those shows you mentioned plus Sunday Morning Futures and Fox & Friends on Saturday and Sunday (can’t stand the weekday version). Vittert and Arthele whats-her-face are totally obnoxious. Not only are they Trump-haters, all their guests seem to be as well.
I would make an exception where Rapinoe and her ilk is concerned.
Not my type...if you catch my drift...
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