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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“Megan Rapinoe is not planning to go to the White House if the national team wins the World Cup.”
Who invited you, you bitter dyke.
You Mad Bro?
The young man kneeling?
Here’s to them not winning.
A bit full of herself. She hasn’t been invited. I don’t want that trash in my WH.
SFW! This ‘hole’ sports team WH crap needs to end anyway. Send them a nice note and be done with it. If that.
“She should be removed from the team.”
I could not agree more!
Megan Rapinoe is a Foul Mouthed man hating Dike.
Excellent. You raised ‘em right.
I’ll be cheering for the USWNT opponents from this point forward.
Is she a man ?
WGAS?
I never get tired of watching that clip.
A college friend was on a basketball scholarship but wanted to quit the team due to their Isle of Lesbos line up. She fretted terribly on how to break the news to her dad and what his response would be.
His response turned out to be “That’s fine. Do you need me to sign something?”.
Watch what you say, the Trump Curse may come into action...……….
Trumps response saying bluntly,... she should "WIN first before she TALKS!"
Quite the role model.
“.....she is tainting our Flag, honor and country.”
I don’t care about her treatment of the country or our, supposed, honor. Many fallen military members served under that flag and died, or worse, defending her opportunity to make millions in her sport. And she. like all the others, is putting her feet in the middle of their backs standing on them to get attention, while they’re down, to make a point about the country she USES to make it while USING those people that protected her.
If she wants to make a statement, make it. And make it to the people that can do something about it. And, at least, have the integrity not to represent a country that you are against politically to make your money and notoriety. That makes you nothing more than a political prostitute. And in a few ways, makes me proud you choose to separate yourself from this country and the real heroes you walk on. You don’t deserve to clean your feet on their backs the way you are. You are an embarrassment to America and a cheap gold digger. I’m sad you represent this country that has offered you so much. You offer it nothing of value but embarrassment.
rwood
No doubt most Americans see her as nasty trash
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