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Many members of the sports world are against the Trump administration due to the policies that the president of the United States has implemented.
Some have demonstrated this by kneeling during the National Anthem at the start of a game - like Colin Kaepernick - and others have rejected invitations from Trump to visit the White House.
Such is the case of Megan Rapinoe, who has knelt to protest against racism and as a sign of support against inequality and police brutality.
« I have not experienced police brutality, nor racism, nor anything like seeing the body of a dead relative in the street. But I can't stand by when there are people France Mobile Number List in this country who have to deal with this kind of thing. There is no perfect way to protest. "I know that nothing I do will ease the pain of these families, but I feel that kneeling during the national anthem is the right way to proceed and I will do whatever it takes to be part of the solution ," the player wrote on the site at the time. The Players Tribune.
Your message is exclusive, you need to do it better: Rapinoe to Trump
Faced with this imposition, Rapinoe has chosen not to sing or put her hand on her chest during the Anthem, a position she has maintained since the Rio Olympic Games and now in France 2019, in addition to ensuring that she will not go to the White House if they arrive. to win.
"I wouldn't go and neither would all the teammates I've talked to explicitly."
«I don't think anyone on the team has any interest in lending the media platform that we have worked so hard for and the things we fight for and the way we live our lives. "I don't think we want that to be corrupted by the administration."
In several interviews, the captain has said that President Donald Trump is looking to the past with the launch of his slogan: "Make America Great Again."
“I would say your message is excluding people. He's excluding me. It's excluding people who look like me. “It is excluding people of color,” the soccer player said when she was asked what message she had for Trump.
"It may have been great for some people and maybe America is good for some people right now, but it's not good for enough Americans in this world."
Some have demonstrated this by kneeling during the National Anthem at the start of a game - like Colin Kaepernick - and others have rejected invitations from Trump to visit the White House.
Such is the case of Megan Rapinoe, who has knelt to protest against racism and as a sign of support against inequality and police brutality.
« I have not experienced police brutality, nor racism, nor anything like seeing the body of a dead relative in the street. But I can't stand by when there are people France Mobile Number List in this country who have to deal with this kind of thing. There is no perfect way to protest. "I know that nothing I do will ease the pain of these families, but I feel that kneeling during the national anthem is the right way to proceed and I will do whatever it takes to be part of the solution ," the player wrote on the site at the time. The Players Tribune.
Your message is exclusive, you need to do it better: Rapinoe to Trump
Faced with this imposition, Rapinoe has chosen not to sing or put her hand on her chest during the Anthem, a position she has maintained since the Rio Olympic Games and now in France 2019, in addition to ensuring that she will not go to the White House if they arrive. to win.
"I wouldn't go and neither would all the teammates I've talked to explicitly."
«I don't think anyone on the team has any interest in lending the media platform that we have worked so hard for and the things we fight for and the way we live our lives. "I don't think we want that to be corrupted by the administration."
In several interviews, the captain has said that President Donald Trump is looking to the past with the launch of his slogan: "Make America Great Again."
“I would say your message is excluding people. He's excluding me. It's excluding people who look like me. “It is excluding people of color,” the soccer player said when she was asked what message she had for Trump.
"It may have been great for some people and maybe America is good for some people right now, but it's not good for enough Americans in this world."