No longer allowed to kneel during the anthem before national team games, the outspoken midfielder claims that just being herself is a rebuke to the administration.
Megan Rapinoe, center, stands with teammates and youth escorts before a USWNT match in 2017. By Des Bieler Des Bieler Sports reporter covering national topics, including fantasy football, as well as supporting coverage of D.C.-area teams Email Bio Follow May 15 at 11:02 AM Megan Rapinoe is no longer allowed to protest social injustice by kneeling during the anthem before games with the U.S.
Before becoming the first high-profile white or female athlete to follow Colin Kaepernick’s example in 2016 by taking a knee during the anthem, Rapinoe took another kind of stand by coming out as gay in 2012. She described the reaction to that revelation as mostly positive, and in many cases heartwarming; she has taken far more flak for her protests during the anthem, as have her mother and sister.
She did, though, join several Reign teammates in declining to take the field before the anthem was performed at a game in September 2017, as mass protests roiled the NFL in response to Trump’s “Get that son of a bitch off the field right now” rhetoric. The NWSL club declined to comment on Tuesday, when asked by The Post about Rapinoe’s recent remarks.
She had stronger language for Trump, who frequently criticized Kaepernick and other NFL players who staged demonstrations. Calling the president “sexist,” “misogynistic,” “small-minded,” “racist” and “not a good person,” Rapinoe said his administration doesn’t “value all Americans equally.”
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