Soccer Player Megan Rapinoe found fame after she snubbed Trump when he offered for the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team to come back to The White House. She has since then been outspoken about many social issues. She claims that she was inspired by Kaepernick and has been kneeling for the anthem since 2016. But the International Olympics Committee for summer 2020 games is claiming that protests of any kind will not be tolerated, including Rapinoe’s kneeling. Rapinoe is already refusing to abide by the new rules and claims they can’t stop her.
Megan Rapinoe responds to the IOC banning protests at the Olympics: “We will not be silenced” pic.twitter.com/69PljKC8u5
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 10, 2020
“Rapinoe took to Instagram and Twitter to declare that she and others “will not be silenced,” despite the IOC’s pleas for athletes to keep their political opinions off the field of play or risk ruining the “uniting” and “neutral” stance of the global Olympic games.
“So much for being done about the protests,” the women’s soccer star wrote on social media, above a graphic showing fists raised in the air. “So little being done about what we are protesting about. We will not be silenced.”
“The International Olympic Committee said Friday that protesting on the field of play, or in awards ceremonies or official activities is prohibited, and that such “divisive disruption” could meet with disciplinary action.
“We believe that the example we set by competing with the world’s best while living in harmony in the Olympic Village is a uniquely positive message to send to an increasingly divided world,” the IOC said in a statement released to global media on Friday, per CBS News. “This is why it is important, on both a personal and a global level, that we keep the venues, the Olympic Village and the podium.”
“They are not and must never be a platform to advance political or any other divisive ends,” IOC President Thomas Bach said. “Our political neutrality is undermined whenever organizations or individuals attempt to use the Olympic Games as a stage for their own agendas, as legitimate as they may be.”
She is likely going to be thrown out or forced not to participate. They could also just disqualify the whole team from playing. But it seems like she doesn’t really care about anything but getting her message out. So we will have to see what happens. I would just send her team a notice saying she will disqualify her whole team so that maybe her team can keep her in line or decide not to participate in general.
I say that if she doesn’t want to abide by the new rules then she should either quit the team or they should kick her off the team! We are Americans and she represents us and she does not speak for every American so what ever she thinks keep it to herself!
AMEN!
Agreed.
The outspoken athlete kept a Christian off the the team. Evidently her tolerance didn’t extend beyond herself which is typical of SJW. Things would be all better if they were in charge, I’m sure Kapernick would qualify under her rules of inclusion.
dump them from the Olympics, they are a disgrace to our nations
Easiest way to make this a non-issue, cut her from the team now.
She will end up in eternal Hell
She will live a life of eternal self Hell.
Please don’t say that! It is not our place to say that because we do not know if a person is saved or not, not unless they say they do not believe in Jesus Christ. But still, we should never wish that for anybody, 1Tim 2:3-4.
Rapinoe needs to be KICKED OFF the team…… she is a DISGRACE to America….
A standard “Progressive”, or “Leftist”, who simply can not abide by the rules.
That figures. Socialist wouldn’t have that freedom to to piss and moan, and maybe in a Muslim country they’d just kill her because she’s defiant and gay, not much use for either one as in zero tolerance.
Id love to see her trebuchet into a brick wall.
Dump her. She is not above the rules that others follow. Absolutely appalling how LibTurds all feel the law just does not apply TO THEM! Hypocritical elitist that need to be smacked down.
Dopey, Ditzy, Dingbat Dike.
Hey Rappin-ho’! Leave your stinking puzzy at home! No body cares what you think.