Jaw-dropping sport moments of 2019: USA snub Trump … and enjoy it
by Bryan Armen Graham from World news | The Guardian on (#4X0G3)
Megan Rapinoe walked it as she talked it, inspiring the USA to World Cup glory while posing important political questions
The cheeky fire-starters at Eight by Eight magazine knew exactly what they were doing when they waited six whole months until the business end of the Women's World Cup to publish the interview with Megan Rapinoe they had recorded in January. At least as much as the impish American midfielder knew what she was provoking when asked whether the US women's national soccer team she captains intended to visit Donald Trump if they managed the exceedingly rare feat of repeating as world champions.
"I'm not going to the fucking White House," Rapinoe flatly stated. "No fucking way will we be invited to the White House."
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