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.
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I’m still hoping Rapinoe gets kicked in the nuts.
Maybe they should win something before they say they won’t visit the WH. Loser don’t normal get invited.
Allez les Bleues !
Is she that much older than the rest of the team?
She came out in 2012.
Why do gays get so angry? Just go to the White Hut and have a good time.
Let’s see if the Trump Curse holds true... LOL!
The one with ‘LOSER’ written all over her
I will say, that public figures are under a lot of pressure to conform to the liberal orthodoxy.
Maybe she will get an invitation to a San Francisco Bath House.
However, I am heartened that none of her other teammates follow
her lead.
Lets hope that doesn’t become an option.
Predictably, she is taking the president’s bait, and showing everybody who and what she really is. Trump specifically provoked her on purpose, setting up an “Us against Them” dynamic, a useful strategy during any election year. As JNap said years ago; “The system worked!”
They should remove her from the team.
Ze’ll be sad.
One day I came home and found her using the internet to sort college fan mail. After a few mouse clicks, she would throw them into a "keep" pile or the trash bin.
Curious, I asked her how she decided so quickly. Easy, she said, colleges with big "Women Studies" departments hire and promote a lot of Lesbians. I don't want to be near such creeps or especially give them power over me!
Pretty good for a 17 year old!
another cupid stunt for all to see ..
women’s soccer = LMAO
try to equate this to men’s World Cup is a joke in itself.. and that’s boring as hell to watch
if my daughter was playing then different story but life’s too short to give watching women’s soccer one second of my precious time on earth.. my high school team could whip them
One could only hope. :^)
I'm guessing Nike is better at controlling corporate messages than the NFL.
She’s going to stay home and clean the carpet.
Still laughing at how he ended Me-Again Kelly’s career.
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