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U.S. Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Defends Remarks on Refusing to Go to White House

HeadlineJun 28, 2019

In news from the Women’s World Cup, the co-captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team, Megan Rapinoe, is standing by her remarks that she would refuse to go to the White House if invited. Rapinoe first told Eight by Eight magazine, “I am not going to the f—ing White House.”

Megan Rapinoe: “I’m not going to the [bleep] White House. No, I’m not going to the White House. That’s—we’re not going to be invited.”

Reporter: “You’re not going to be invited?”

Megan Rapinoe: “I doubt it.”

On Thursday, Megan Rapinoe stood by her comments ahead of today’s World Cup quarterfinal match against France.

Megan Rapinoe: “I don’t think that I would want to go, and I would encourage my teammates to think hard about lending that platform or having that co-opted by an administration that doesn’t feel the same way and doesn’t fight for the same things that we fight for.”

Megan Rapinoe has also made headlines during the World Cup for refusing to sing the national anthem and put her hand on her heart ahead of games.

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