Megan Rapinoe: “I always felt Trump loved me, he was probably like, you know what, I love that”
Megan Rapinoe fame clean in an interview with Time Magazine and revealed that former President Donald Trump is always on her mind. She said she fantasized about giving him the middle finger during one of her goal celebrations:
“If I could have done this …” she said mimicking the celebration, and extending her middle finger. “Could you just imagine?
“You know he was watching that game. You know he had his McDonald’s lined up. And he was probably like, ‘You know what, I love that.’ I always felt Trump loved me.
“I’m exactly what they’re familiar and comfortable with, just packaged up differently.
“But I’m exactly the brash, arrogant athlete that Americans love.
“The most amazing thing about sports is that you play and you’re playing with other people, and you’re having fun and you’re being physically active.
“We’re putting this all through the lens of competition and winning. But we’re talking about people’s lives. “That’s where we have to start.
“I don’t want to mince words about it.
“Dave Chappelle making jokes about trans people directly leads to violence, whether it’s verbal or otherwise, against trans people.
“When Martina or Sage or whoever are talking about this, people aren’t hearing it just in the context of elite sports.
“They’re saying, ‘The rest of my life, this is how I’m going to treat trans people.’
“You can’t stop progress,
“No matter how hard you try. Out of nowhere, this freakin’ purple-haired lesbian is going to come in and be like, F-ck you,” she said.