Win or lose, Rapinoe and her teammates won’t be presenting President Trump with an honorary U.S. jersey like they did President Obama.
Eight by Eight sent me to interview Megan RapinoeI was halfway through my first question, about the traditional invitation to visit the White House extended to every victorious U.S. team, when Rapinoe — who is as well known for her boldly unapologetic views on gender equality, LGBTQ rights, and racial justice as for her lavender hairdo and game-winning goals — interrupted. There was no way, she burst out, that she would accept such an overture from this White House.
Rapinoe tackled Trump’s Twitter tirade with all the spiky assurance she displays on the field. “I stand by the comments that I made about not wanting to go to the White House, with exception of the expletive,”“My mom would be very upset about that.” She then went out and coolly scored both U.S. goals in their taut 2-1 victory over France, propelling the Americans to a semifinal showdown with another pugnacious rival, England.
A bit risible, I'd say, that Morgan would expect a display of humility from the gloriously defiant Rapinoe after she just scored perhaps the two most defining goals of her career? If Morgan has a problem with supremely confident athletes, how can he ally himself with a U.S. president who has been known to tag his tweets “#bestpresidentever”?
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