Trump Deems Megan Rapinoe's National Anthem Protest Not Appropriate [View all]
Source: Talking Points Memo
By Kate Riga
June 25, 2019 11:22 am
President Donald Trump said that he finds U.S. soccer star and co-captain Megan Rapinoe’s silence during the national anthem to be inappropriate.
He told The Hill that he “loves” watching women’s soccer, but would not agree that they deserve pay equal to the men’s team.
“I think a lot of it also has to do with the economics,” Trump said. “I mean who draws more, where is the money coming in. I know that when you have the great stars like [Cristiano] Ronaldo and some of these stars … that get paid a lot of money, but they draw hundreds of thousands of people.”
Rapinoe likely couldn’t care less how Trump — “misogynistic,” “racist” and “small minded,” in her words — views her behavior.
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