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U.S. Women's Soccer Captain Megan Rapinoe Refuses to Sing National Anthem During World Cup
2019-06-13
[Breitbart] U.S. Women’s National Soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe refused to sing the national anthem during Tuesday’s World Cup game in France, only six days after the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Rapinioe stood silent with her arms behind her back as the rest of the U.S. team placed their hands over their hearts and sang the Star-Spangled Banner ahead of Tuesday’s game in Reims, France.

The 33-year-old U.S. star kept a stony demeanor as the rest of her team sang the Star-Spangled Banner in the Auguste-Delaune Stadium.

Rapinoe had already warned that she would "never sing the anthem again."

"I’ll probably never put my hand over my heart. I’ll probably never sing the national anthem again," Rapinoe said in May adding she views herself as "a walking protest when it comes to the Trump administration," 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," Rapinoe said. "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."
Posted by:Besoeker

#22  And US womens soccer will go back into non existence..
Posted by: 49 Pan   2019-06-13 14:51  

#21  "Look at me, look at me!!!" U.S Women's Soccer Captain Megan Rapinoe.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2019-06-13 14:06  

#20  Angry tranny should stand.
Posted by: Hellfish   2019-06-13 14:01  

#19  Trade her (for a camel) to an Arabian team.

Make sure it has two humps.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-13 13:46  

#18  Nobody asked you to sing. We do expect you to act like a grownup though. Especially when you are representing our country on a national team.

(slightly OT: was this the women's soccer team that lost to a bunch of 15 year old boys?)
Posted by: SteveS   2019-06-13 10:57  

#17  Or Iran or NK. So many tempting choices.
Posted by: Gloger Spawn of the Gepids2733   2019-06-13 10:49  

#16  Trade her (for a camel) to an Arabian team.
Posted by: Gloger Spawn of the Gepids2733   2019-06-13 10:41  

#15  That protest does not seem too unreasonable. Not like the Tommie Smith/John Carlos action back in 1968, or Kaepernick's.
Posted by: Glenmore   2019-06-13 10:28  

#14  This is the 40 year old who dyes her hair with kool-aid.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-06-13 10:14  

#13  A big 'F you' to the country really. Any other country, she'd never see the inside of a stadium again.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-06-13 09:51  

#12  "I’ll probably never sing the national anthem play soccer again"
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-06-13 09:15  

#11  Who?
Posted by: Spot   2019-06-13 08:53  

#10  She isn't a tranny?
Posted by: SR-71   2019-06-13 08:35  

#9  She should find another national team to play for.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-06-13 08:28  

#8  Last feeble hurrah for women's soccer as they will soon be replaced by the trannies.
Posted by: Regular joe   2019-06-13 07:56  

#7  Good, I will be brave by cheering for any team that can beat you.
Posted by: Capsu78   2019-06-13 06:50  

#6  #5 Ideally soccer would be outlawed in the US after a Trump re election and advocates of the metric system would be rounded up and put in re education camps.

/sarc - but just sorta kinda
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-13 05:08  

#5  ...Makes one wonder what will happen if Trump wins again and wins big.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-06-13 04:29  

#4  She should kneel and acknowledge her inferior status to actual free citizens. She should proudly wear her slave collar openly, so everyone can identify what she is and promptly ignore her.

I wish people had the spine they did in the forties. I suspect if some cretin had knelt during the anthem, their own team would have beat them into subconsciousness and been cheered on by everyone.

Kneeling during the anthem should be considered an admission of giving up your citizenship so you can be deported as quickly as possible.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-06-13 04:24  

#3  Two tone hair. If only Kaepernick had gotten the memo sooner, who knows...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-13 03:50  

#2  Wow!!! Incredibly brave.
Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442   2019-06-13 03:44  

#1  I'd say, "look in the mirror," but that would be cruel and unusual punishment for the mirror.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-06-13 03:41  

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