Former soccer star Megan Rapinoe has claimed that former President Donald Trump is planning a “violent actuality” for America.
Rapinoe mentioned the upcoming election throughout an look on Wednesday’s A Contact Extra podcast episode.
“It’s tense. I’m nervous, however I additionally am hopeful,” the athlete-turned-leftist-activist claimed.
“I imagine in individuals, and I definitely imagine in ladies, and I imagine that individuals need higher than the grim, darkish, simply violent actuality that Donald Trump has very clearly laid out for us. He’s telling everyone what he’s gonna do, and it’s actually darkish, and it’s actually unhappy, and I don’t suppose anyone needs to dwell like that.”
Rapinoe stated she agree with San Antonio Spurs coach Greg Popovich, who referred to as Trump “pathetic.”
“I really actually appreciated what Greg Popovich needed to say about Donald Trump. He goes on to principally say you wouldn’t need this man babysitting your youngster or working in your small enterprise. He’s small, he’s imply, he makes enjoyable of individuals,” Repinoe stated.
The soccer participant additionally whined concerning the Trump rally held at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard, whining that comic Tony Hinchcliffe was “racist.”
“There was a rally at Madison Sq. Backyard the place the comedic act, the opening act, [was] simply brazenly racist, brazenly bigoted, brazenly xenophobic – saying probably the most horrible issues,” she stated. “You’ll by no means permit your youngsters to say these sorts of issues… There’s a degree of decency right here that I feel is being misplaced within the decisiveness of proper, left, and this, that, and the opposite. I feel that’s vital.”
Rapinoe is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an Olympic gold medalist, a World Cup champion, and an NCAA champion.
