Posted on 06/26/2019 8:29:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
American women's soccer co-captain Megan Rapinoe is not planning to go to the White House if the national team wins the World Cup.
A reporter from Eight by Eight, a soccer magazine that looks at the sport and its place in culture, asked Rapinoe if she was excited about going to the White House if her team wins the Women's World Cup.
"Psssh, I'm not going to the f*****g White House," she fired back before the reporter finished the question. "No. I'm not going to the White House. We're not gonna be invited. I doubt it."
The magazine posted the short interview clip Tuesday on Twitter.
The US national team is competing in the Women's World Cup, and plays host country France on Friday.
It's not the first time professional athletes have turned down a visit to the White House.
The Golden State Warriors swapped White House visit for African-American history museum.
The Golden State Warriors decided not to go to the White House last year after winning an NBA title. Before their scheduled visit, President Donald Trump revoked their invitation on Twitter.
Trump also canceled a visit from the 2018 Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles because of controversy over standing for the national anthem at games.
Rapinoe, one of the women's national team's co-captains, has been outspoken about social justice issues. In 2016, she was among the first white professional athletes to show solidarity with Colin Kaepernick when media first began reporting on his kneeling during the national anthem. Rapinoe knelt during a game a month after it was first noticed that Kaepernick was kneeling.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
This lady does realize she just gave Trump cover she’s serving as a distraction to all the other mud the Democrats were throwing. Now she’s front & center & the fake allegations are now who cares fodder.
I will not buy any thing dealing with the women’s soccer team.
The ‘it’ needs a serious foot up her arse.....
Me too. After her crap, I am rooting for anyone else but the stupid French. Maybe some long shot will pull it off.
Anyone here have Daughters or Granddaughters who love Soccer and look up to this Woman as a Role Model?
Really nice of her using the F word in public.
I am not sure any of the other players have a different view. They all probably believe the same. Any, if there was one, that support President Trump, surely would not feel safe to say so in public in front of that bunch. But, I seriously doubt any of them support the president.
Someone should drop kick her right in the fuzz pocket.
She's already said she won't go and it's probably too late for her to change her mind.
Her loss.
If life were a Hallmark movie, she'd probably realize that she'd been stuck-up and conceited and fall in love with some hunky handyman that she'd scorned at first, but I guess that isn't in the cards for her either.
I haven’t been watching but, from what I’ve heard, the referees gave that game to the US and Spain was the better team.
I never thought that I would say these words, but, GO FRANCE!
Leftists are horrible people.
JoMa
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.