Megan Rapinoe on USWNT's possible White House visit: 'I'm not going to the f---ing White House'
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Megan Rapinoe on USWNT's possible White House visit: 'I'm not going to the f---ing White House'
If, for some reason, you thought USWNT star Megan Rapinoe might have changed her mind about visiting the White House if the United States women’s national team wins the Women’s World Cup, then wonder no more.
The USWNT co-captain provided another straight answer.
“I’m not going to the f---ing White House,” Rapinoe said. “No, I’m not going to the White House. We’re not going to be invited. I doubt it.”
Rapinoe had been asked by Eight by Eight magazine if she was looking forward to making the trip, which was met with an audible scoff.
Megan Rapinoe (center) and her teammates are standing for the national anthem during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France group F match between USA and Chile. (Getty Images)That emphatic answer backs up what Rapinoe said before the tournament, that she would “absolutely not” attend a White House celebration in the event of a World Cup win. Fellow USWNT star Alex Morgan also said she would not attend.
Rapinoe, who drew a public condemnation from President Donald Trump for not putting her hand on her heart during the national anthem before a game, has made no attempt to hide her scorn for the Trump administration.
From an interview with Yahoo Sports earlier this month:
She is at ease, however, in her role as USWNT co-captain. She is "a walking protest when it comes to the Trump administration," she says, because of "everything I stand for."
"I feel like it's kind of defiance in and of itself to just be who I am and wear the jersey, and represent it," she continues. "Because I'm as talented as I am, I get to be here, you don't get to tell me if I can be here or not. So it's kind of a good ‘F you' to any sort of inequality or bad sentiments that the [Trump] administration might have towards people who don't look exactly like him. Which, God help us if we all looked like him. Scary. Really scary. Ahh, disturbing."
As Rapinoe mentions in her more recent quote, the USWNT probably shouldn’t even be expecting an invitation from Trump if it wins the tournament given his past history with not inviting any champion he thinks will reject him.
No NBA or WNBA champion has visited the White House during the Trump administration, and the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles also had their invitation rescinded after it became clear most of the team’s players would be skipping the event. This year’s NBA champion Toronto Raptors seem set to continue the trend.
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I think it was incredibly nice that she delivered her message by speaking the language of the President and his supporters.
She may have had to speak their language to insure it would be understood. Good for her.
exactly. I just wish she had thrown in a "pussy grab" here and there so that they would feel right at home.
She better get her shots in while she can. Like her soulmate Kaepernick, she'll be irrelevant soon
Maybe they can be buddies in Irrelevantville.
I would think she would like young girls to look up to her and her success. Now all she will be known for is her swearing and disrespecting the country she represents. We can fight for change without being an ass and vulgar. She seems to condemn it from others and then acts in the same manner.
Pot meet kettle.
One has to consider the source.
She appears to be a very angry woman.
Perhaps she has good reason to be but it isn't doing her any good. Not in the long run.
Clearly she is..
She says what she means. I guess that makes her an "angry woman".
Or kicking some serious ass at her sports highest level. Who cares if she isn't going to waste her time with some fuck head who has spent his life shitting on marginalized groups like herself. Fuck Trump, go USWNT.
And can fuck you up in any sport.
Yes, we're quite aware of what you and your president think of women.....second class citizens and not as important as men.
Well...get ready to strangle....
When what she means is clearly very angry....yes....that makes her an "angry woman".
Sorry to rain on this steaming great pile of irrational bullshit, but the gulf in quality between male and female athletes is a matter of established fact, irrefutable economics, and is codified in US law.
That's not MUVA...or Trump...or any mean ol' conservative. It's not a "war on women", an "equal rights issue" or any other such melodramatic nonsense.
If Megan Rapinoe was as good as the men in her sport, she would be playing for the Sounders in front of 40,000 people instead of for the Reign in front of 4000 people.
No need to visit the White House.
I'd imagine one can get cold fast food anywhere
I imagine she won't be missed from the visit as much as she believes she will.
The point was, the WH has some of the best chefs in the nation yet he feeds his his "honored" guests some greasy fast food. Zero class.
Meh, why would she insult herself by going? Visiting the WH these days it taking oneself down a peg.
Seems a little early to be contemplating this. They haven't won the thing yet.
If they are invited, I think they should all go, but I say that for every team. You don't have to agree with the president or even like him, but it's not about him. It's about the athletes being honored where all of America will see. It promotes the sport and the players. This is particularly true with anything that isn't one of the major professional sports.
For years afterward, these athletes will do clinics and give speeches promoting the sport and getting kids (in this case, young girls) excited about playing the sport and where it could take them. They'll be able to flash pictures of their team being honored at the White House. The kids won't give a shit about the politics of who the president was. They'll just be pumped that they could maybe a small part of something that exciting.
Or you could pissy and selfish and blow it off. You know, it's a free country and all.
For Trump, it is ALWAYS about him, full stop. He makes everything about him. He loves being around accomplished people because it makes him feel like less of a piece of shit, as if basking in their success somehow diminishes his failure.
Who cares what he thinks? He didn't invent inviting athletes to the White House and he won't be the last to do it. But yeah, if you want to define who you are and what you do based on what you imagine Donald Trump is thinking . . . then I guess you stay home. Seems pretty lame to me.
Seems to me it's the protesting, boycotting athletes who are the ones making it all about Trump.
It isn't imagined, it is self evident. You have to be mentally retarded to not see that Trump is one of the most insecure people to ever live. He knows he sucks. He knows he is mentally and physically at the end of the pack (if his daddy wasn't rich he would be an incel and he already kind of is). He knows that the only reason he has been "successful" is because his lawyers and accountants have worked miracles to correct his every move. It is evident in the way he talks.
Except she started before he was president, but yeah, surre.
Again, who cares? So what? That changes nothing about anything I have said.
Again! So what? You let the mentally retarded determine who you are and what you do? What a horrible existence!
So she wouldn't go to the White House no matter who was president?
She can buy her own fast food, why bother going when it's just going to be cold McDonalds served on silver platters. The fact that fast food being served is the highest level of disrespect to any accomplished athlete no matter what the sport.
And with Pence and Trump hostile to any LGBQT person, it is totally appropriate to say no to this administration.
I sometimes wonder when some of these young folks will understand there is more power in a meeting than a protest.
Go to the WH. Get on camera. Ask the president for a commitment to protect the rights of gay people. Then every time he doesn't do that, remind all of Twitter about his promise.
If he won't promise, announce to all of Twitter that he refused.
That's power.
If she pouts and "protests", she'll be forgotten in 48 hours.
Megan Rapinoe just scored her 4h and 5th goals of the World Cup.
US leads France 2-0 at the 69' minute mark.
3rd US goal was disallowed for a player off sides
France scored on a header off of a free kick.
2-1 US
89'
5 minutes of stoppage time added.
Thanks for the updates
France 1, US 2
France is out of the Cup
USA vs England Monday, semi final
I wouldn't waste my time either if I were her.
I think that it's a shame that political tribalism has gotten us to this point.
They should be invited to the White House, to be honored and celebrated to the citizens of the USA. What they have been doing is incredible and a testimony to the skill and dedication and hard work they have put in to form this team. And IMO they should accept the invitation. This would be a time to honor all that they have done in front of the nation that they represent. This should be a time to respect what this team has done and to respect the office of the presidency.
Instead we have divided tribalism, name calling, political theater and people on both sides acting like dicks. What a shame.
Why? Why accept an invitation from someone whom you do not support and on most issues completely disagree with (not to mention that that person will try to somehow pretend that they are partially responsible for your achievement). Why even give the impression that you are on their side and allow that asshole to co-opt your image?
I am perfectly capable of supporting the USWNT and shitting on Trump at the same time. The two are not mutually exclusive and frankly he has made it hard to respect the office of the presidency anymore at this point. I mean, really, if a guy like him can be president then is it really worth respecting?
If a serial liar, con man, epic business failure, and likely rapist can be the president then why even pretend the office is deserving of respect? My respect for the office disappeared with the election of the current fat ass in chief.
It's amazing to me how some can pretend to be oblivious to how the country got to where we are when they've created this divisive hate and racist environment by supporting this administration and this president and held them to absolutely no accountability.
Yes to everything you mentioned.
I have lost faith in those people. I cannot even bring myself to view them as fellow Americans. Their indifference to everything the president and administration does is going to be the downfall of the country. They have put into motion by their negligence a situation that demands a response leading to irreversible damage to our democracy.
I am so angry that I welcome the destruction because I know it will have horrible consequences for them also.
PJ, do you mean you are not impressed that Trump said today that Putin is "a great guy" and "a terrific person" ?
More importantly, I'm not surprised. This reeks of compromised target.
I always vote. I've already switched my affiliation so I can invoke the most damage at the voting booth.
Sometimes the best way to get your message across is to speak the language of the natives. It's apparent that trump supporters only understand gutter talk and angry retorts. And I want to be sure they can clearly comprehend what I think of them and their president.
There may have been a time in which your comments would amuse or irritate me.
But they were invited by a President that does not honor and celebrate all the citizens of the USA. This President is the divider-in-chief and has only further driven a wedge between sane Americans and the rabid right minority which encompasses his base. That's why any American with even a smidgen of self respect is declining any invite to this joke of an administration.
Don't waste your time trying to explain the reality of the situation.
They don't care. They're quite happy that this administration and president are trying to marginalize everyone but the old white man.
Arguably he does not "honor and celebrate" any citizens of the USA. Is it really the president's job to manage everybody's "feelings"? I'm not sure why people can't manage that on their own.
Don't forget the rabid left minority, who have lost all pretense of sanity and pretend it's justified because of something they saw on Twitter. Seriously, these people are turning "winning the World Cup" into a divisive issue. That's some serious, professional level batshit insanity.
Or....in the "put your feelings back in your pocket, act like a fuckin' grown up and get something accomplished" world....they could go to the WH and ask POTUS on camera for his commitment to support the rights of women/lesbians/goalies/gingers/whatevergrouptheywant and then hold that over his head for as long as he's in office. "Mr. President...you promised..."
Meetings are more effective than protests, and a protest without a stated, measurable objective is a "tantrum". If Colin Kaepernick had just picked up the phone, we'd all be talking about a reduction in police violence by now.
Well that's certainly not the world Donald Trump or his supporters live in. This incompetent man-baby and his enablers are the epitome of childish schoolyard bully's which is why its so important not to give in to their petty demands. We have a huge problem with fucking stupid poorly educated morons who imagine themselves smart just like their half-wit dear Leader Donald who couldn't think himself out of a wet paper bag. The only accomplishment this President has achieved so far is to make us a laughing stock around the world.
Amen! It would be funny if it was so tragic and devastating to the country.
So why the hysteria surrounding him, then? Serious question. If all he does is talk and tweet, why does everybody go so crazy?
Meh. We could say the same thing about Bernie Sanders.
Again...we could say that about Bernie.
We got tax reform. Part of which we needed, part of which we didn't. Frankly, I don't care what people in other countries think of us. They have their own issues, just like we have ours.
Well said.
Everybody involved should show a little class.
You joke.... but it's a matter of time.
And yet you support Trump, the most classless sack of tampons on planet Earth. [Deleted]
Do cite me supporting Trump. Or
Ah, so you oppose president Trump then?
On some things, absolutely. On others, meh. On still some others, nah, I kinda agree. I can give you examples of each if you care.
Personally, I can't stand him. I just don't get hysterical about it.