Gay American Women's football player doesn't sing American National Anthem and takes a knee
 

Gay American Women's football player Takes a Knee, doesn't sing American National Anthem, takes a knee and doesn't want go to White House

Trump Says It's Inappropriate for U.S. Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe to Protest During the National Anthem

Where is the out rage? Will wee see the same rhetoric and hate towards a White women. I don't think so.
Will you now burn your football jerseys on youtube and boycott women football

President Donald Trump thinks it’s inappropriate for Megan Rapinoe, the U.S. women’s soccer team co-captain, to protest during the national anthem.

At the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France, where the U.S. team advanced to the quarterfinals with a win against Spain on Monday, Rapinoe has stood motionless when “The Star Spangled Banner” is sung at pre-game ceremonies. Rapinoe has long been outspoken about her decision to keep quiet or kneel during the national anthem to protest police brutality and discrimination against minorities.

Asked by The Hill if Rapinoe’s protests were appropriate, Trump said, “No. I don’t think so.”

Rapinoe, 33, first knelt during the national anthem in September 2016, as a gesture of solidarity with African American football players in the NFL, including former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose kneeling protests sparked national debate. In February, Kaepernick settled a lawsuit he had opened against the NFL arguing that team owners and officials had colluded to keep him out of the league after his protests.

“Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties,” Rapinoe told American Soccer Now to explain her decision to start protesting in 2016.

After Rapinoe’s protest, the U.S. Soccer Federation introduced a rule requiring players to “stand respectfully” during the anthem. Rapinoe then began standing still and expressionless when it was sung at games.

In May, she told Yahoo Sports she would “probably never put [her] hand over [her] heart” or “sing the national anthem” again.

In the same interview, she called Trump “sexist,” “racist” and “not a good person.”

Trump has previously said that NFL teams should fire players who protest during the anthem. He has also suggested that those who refuse to stand “maybe […] shouldn’t be in this country.”

The president also recently declined to endorse calls by Rapinoe and her colleagues for male and female soccer players to be paid equally.

In March, all 28 members of the U.S. women’s soccer team filed a lawsuit against the soccer federation, arguing that U.S. Soccer “has utterly failed to promote gender equality.” Women could be paid as little as 38 cents on the dollar, by their calculations, compared to their male counterparts. The women’s team tops soccer association FIFA’s world ranking, while the men’s team is ranked No.30. On June 22, the team and the federation said they were entering mediation.

When an NBC correspondent asked the president about the gender pay gap in soccer earlier in June he reportedly said only, “We’ll talk about that later.”

Just asked Trump about Team USA women's soccer: "Big win," he said.
"Should they get paid the same as the men?"
Trump to me: "We'll talk about that later."

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) June 12, 2019
But Trump told The Hill he was still enjoying the U.S. Women’s National Team’s World Cup performance. “I love watching women’s soccer,” he said. “They’re really talented.

Female Soccer Star Says 'F*** YOU' To Trump. You go Girl. I love her!!!!!!
 

#22 looking down on her with disgust.

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Hoes like that should be shot.

There's nothing the alt-right hates more than powerful opinionated women.

She's trolling the alt-right and they're eating it up :1orglaugh

"Look at me! Look at me!"

Nobody here gives a fuck about soccer let alone women's soccer.

More than opinionated, they just were uninventive.

I mean, I love the new stuff, but I always like when they play the classics.

Not true

You lack insight, inspiration & depth

Your constant one liner alt-right jab shit posts suck.

She is a cunt. She should be kicked off the team. If you do not honour your country you should not represent it.
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Damn right. She's an embarrassment and disgrace. What she is doing changes nothing, it's an attention whore move.

nobody cares about a lesbian soccer player...literally nobody...

Clearly you and others in this thread do.

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If you wear Nike, you are supporting this stuff.

Freedom of speech. How dare a trump supporter condone "this stuff"

But you have no issues with Trump saluting North Korean generals and bowing down to the middle east. How low you've all fallen. So low that Trump praising a dictator and talking ill of an American war hero on foreign soil is considered a great day for you Trump supporters. Disgusting

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Megan Rapinoe strikes an epic pose after scoring against France in the Women's World Cup. The internet goes wild Many fans believe Rapinoe has cemented her status as an American hero.

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Less than 24 hours have passed since Megan Rapinoe scored the only two goals against France in the Women's World Cup quarter-final match, but her glorious goal celebration has already been hailed as an "iconic" moment in soccer and all sports.

A photo of a triumphant Rapinoe with her arms outstretched, a pose she struck after scoring both goals, quickly set Twitter ablaze.
"This is one of my favorite sports pictures of the decade," sports pundit Bill Simmons tweeted, adding that Rapinoe was an "inspiration to [his] daughter."
This is one of my favorite sports pictures of this decade. Thanks for being such an inspiration to my daughter @mPinoe - you were unbelievable today. pic.twitter.com/iMI9TGb1PT

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) June 29, 2019
It's arguably the most viral moment of the US star forward's historic World Cup run. And of course, the internet immediately adopted the photo as a meme and symbol of patriotism for an American athlete and activist in her prime.
Her epic performance led some to suggest that the United States "tear down the Confederate monuments and put up Megan Rapinoe monuments." Others pledged their allegiance to Rapinoe as their new President.
TEAR DOWN THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS AND PUT UP MEGAN RAPINOE MONUMENTS ITS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAL AMERICA

— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) June 28, 2019
But others, including President Donald Trump, have viewed her celebration and performance throughout the Women's World Cup as arrogant and premature. "She should WIN before she TALKS!" Trump tweeted Wednesday after Rapinoe said she's "not f****ng going to the White House" if the team wins the finals and is invited.
The US Women's National Team was criticized earlier in the tournament for poor sportsmanship after mercilessly scoring 13 goals against a scoreless Thailand and celebrating every single one, even as their opponents were brought to tears.
US defeats France to advance to World Cup semifinal

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Rapinoe, who's called herself a "walking protest," doesn't shy from making controversial statements. Before her comments about Trump went viral, she made waves in 2016 when she knelt during the national anthem before a Seattle Reign game as a show of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback whose protests against racial injustice and police brutality drew criticism.
It's fitting, too, that Rapinoe, an activist who came out as gay during the 2011 Women's World Cup, is giving the best performance of her career during Pride month.
"You can't win a championship without gays on your team," she told reporters Friday.
Even if the US Women's National Team doesn't win the World Cup, many fans believe Rapinoe has cemented her status as an American hero.