This Tuesday, Megan Rapinoe, star of the team of the United States double world champion of female soccer, attacked Donald Trump and spoke about a possible future in politics, on Vice TV . "There we clearly have, I think, a white nationalist in the White House and the spitting of hatred, the exclusion of the rest of the country has only resulted in more divisions between people, more despair, anxiety and fear, "said Rapinoe. "There has been no kind of progress," she summed up, saying that the inclusion of racial minorities and women is key.
Feminist, committed against racism and anti-Trump
The 34-year-old American woman's 2019 Golden Ball has long campaigned for the rights of women and LGBTQ. Like former San Francisco 49ers football player Colin Kaepernick, she put her knee to the ground several times during the national anthem, which she does not sing, to protest the police violence against black people.
In 2019, just before the World Cup in France, Rapinoe had warned that in the event of a coronation, his team would refuse any invitation to the White House. Donald Trump replied on Twitter: "Megan should win before speaking". World champions a few weeks later, the Americans kept their word.
Towards a political career?
Asked about the possibility of seeing her run for election one day, Rapinoe replied: "I'm not closing the door completely, but it seems a little crazy", adding in a laugh that the dream job would be "president , of course ", before adding:" If I go, I want the biggest function ", specifying that she" would choose people who are much more intelligent and much more qualified "to do well.
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“I'm not saying: I'm the smartest, I should be the president. I am absolutely not qualified for any position whatsoever in the government, "finally tempered the one who recently expressed her support for the democrat Joe Biden, announcing even" available "to be his running mate. Biden replied, also jokingly, that becoming a vice-president would offer her a lower salary than what she currently perceives as a footballer. An angry subject for Rapinoe, who has just lost an important legal battle with the players of the national team, in their quest for equal pay with the men's team.
To @USWNT: don't give up this fight. This is not over yet.
To @USSoccer: equal pay, now. Or else when I'm president, you can go elsewhere for World Cup funding. https://t.co/XK6t9oM94k
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