Posted on 11/29/2020 3:23:48 PM PST by MarvinStinson
The U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) wore Black Lives Matter Jackets to their international friendly match against the Netherlands on Friday.
In a message posted before the game, USWNT star Alex Morgan said the team chose to wear the jackets as a way to “affirm human decency,” and as a stand against “racial injustice and police brutality.”
“We love our country, and it is a true honor to represent America,” Morgan wrote. “It is also our duty to demand that the liberties and freedoms that our country was founded on extend to everyone.”
The Twitter account for the U.S. Women’s National Team posted a video supporting the team’s decision to wear the jackets. However, they stressed that the move was “a statement on human rights,” and “not political.”
USWNT members took a knee before the start of the game, as they have at many international friendly’s and tournaments over the years.
The team gained notoriety during the 2019 Women’s World Cup for frequent and profane statements against President Trump. Perhaps most outspoken of the USWNT stars was co-captain and leading scorer Megan Rapinoe, who said she was not going to the f*ck*ng White House” to visit President Trump if the USWNT won the tournament. She also once said that “We have a white nationalist – I think – in the White House.”
The U.S. Soccer Federation imposed a ban on anthem protests after Rapinoe chose to kneel during the anthem in 2016. However, they reversed the ban in June of this year.
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I’m sure all 5 people there were ecstatic.
Ignorant Idiots. Embarrassing.
Nothing like a fake cause to make a Left loon feel good about themselves. They can’t do true good, so they lie.
It’s pretty bad when I root for Russia over the USA Women’s soccer team.
What a rotting cesspool the US Soccer Federation has become!
Completely agree
Who owns/manages the USA Women’s soccer team?
Ya , grovel you witches
That picture shows who loves America.....
Wow, they are just so edgy. They have the media, academia, politicians, and corporations all behind them. Just so frickin’ edgy. Truly, the resistance. (snark)
Soon, all the woman’s sports will be completely overrun by male transsexuals. That will be the end of all these woke feminist. They will only have themselves to blame.
if these girls want to really show how much they are down with the cause, I got about a dozen neighborhoods in brooklyn that they could stay in, instead of whatever ####ing white bread area they are living in.
And i’m pretty sure even the black girls on the team aren’t all too familiar with brownsville, etc.
They can trust the brothers there, leave their doors unlocked to show their solidarity
Headline: American Lesbians Travel to Netherlands for Political Protest.
Julie Ertz
Kelly OHara
Rooting for anyone they play.
Idiots. Idiots everywhere.
To hell with the USWNT.
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