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<p>Megan Rapinoe isn&#39;t the only player in the U.S. Women&#39;s Soccer team who <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/trump-soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-twitter/" target="_blank">doesn&#39;t want to visit the White Hous</a>e to dine with Donald Trump.</p><p>Following the team&#39;s 2-0 win against the Netherlands, which secured them the 2019 Women&#39;s World Cup, Anderson Cooper sat down with the co-captain of the team to discuss all things soccer and politics.</p><h2>When asked if any of the teammates would be interested in visiting Trump, Rapinoe made it abundantly clear that they&#39;re alll strongly against it.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Megan Rapinoe says she and every teammate she’s spoken to will not be going to the White House: &quot;I would not go and every teammate that I&#39;ve talked to specifically about it would not go.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/czLK0eHWpq">pic.twitter.com/czLK0eHWpq</a></p>&mdash; Scott Dworkin (@funder) <a href="https://twitter.com/funder/status/1148776487518187520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>However, Rapinoe and her teammates aren&#39;t opposed to traveling to a bipartisan Congressional meeting.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Very good <a href="https://twitter.com/AC360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AC360</a> interview with <a href="https://twitter.com/mPinoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mPinoe</a>. Megan shares a message for <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>. One which <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DonTheCon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DonTheCon</a> certainly won&#39;t understand. The team is very much looking forward to going to DC for a bi-partisan meeting w House &amp; Senate but have absolutely no interest in meeting Trump. <a href="https://t.co/1imelkliV5">https://t.co/1imelkliV5</a></p>&mdash; Simon Says ⊤⊕~ (@_metafizik) <a href="https://twitter.com/_metafizik/status/1148848610647453697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/TomSepulveda/status/1148807337173385217</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>When asked what message she would give to Trump (since he likely watched the interview), Rapinoe spoke straight to the camera about his hate-filled policies.</h2><p>She also went on to share how excited the team is to use their platform, and that they&#39;d absolutely accept an invitation from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Megan Rapinoe looked straight down the barrel of the camera for her message to Donald Trump I jumped. <a href="https://t.co/bZhqHrF8s2">pic.twitter.com/bZhqHrF8s2</a></p>&mdash; Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/1148865210805043202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>While directly addressing the camera, Rapinoe delivered this message to Trump:</p><blockquote> <p>&quot;I would say that your message is excluding people. You&#39;re excluding me, you&#39;re excluding people that look like me, you&#39;re excluding people of colour, you&#39;re excluding Americans that maybe support you.&quot;</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>&quot;I think that we need to have a reckoning with the message that you have and what you are saying about &#39;make America great again.&#39; I think that you are harking back to an era that was not great for everyone.&quot;</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>&quot;It might have been great for a few people. Maybe America is great for a few people right now but it is not great for enough Americans in this world.&quot;</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>&quot;We have a responsibility, each and every one of us. You have an incredible responsibility as the chief of this country to take care of every single person and you need to do better for everyone.&quot;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Megan Rapinoe is a national fucking treasure! <a href="https://t.co/9xC8z5Pr3v">pic.twitter.com/9xC8z5Pr3v</a></p>&mdash; Ryan Knight 🌹 (@ProudSocialist) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProudSocialist/status/1148827609460928512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>This interview has only compounded the running internet bit that Rapinoe should run for president.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If I’m reading the Constitution correctly, I believe Megan Rapinoe had to be subbed out of the game so that she could be sworn in as president of the United States.</p>&mdash; R. Eric Thomas (@oureric) <a href="https://twitter.com/oureric/status/1147908297195970562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/JonahHermann/status/1147912943608172545</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Honestly, given the bizarre nature of our political circus, I wouldn&#39;t rule it out at this point.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Megan Rapinoe's candid CNN interview has a message for Trump. 'America is not great.'

Megan Rapinoe isn&#39;t the only player in the U.S. Women&#39;s Soccer team who doesn&#39;t want to visit the White House to dine with Donald Trump.Following the team&#39;s 2-0 win against the Netherlands, which secured them the 2019 Women&#39;s World Cup, Anderson Cooper sat down with the co-captain of the team to discuss all things soccer and politics.When asked if any of the teammates would be interested in visiting Trump, Rapinoe made it abundantly clear that they&#39;re alll strongly against it.BREAKING: Megan Rapinoe says she and every teammate she’s spoken to will not be going to the White House: &quot;I would not go and every teammate that I&#39;ve talked to specifically about it would not go.&quot; pic.twitter.com/czLK0eHWpq&mdash; Scott Dworkin (@funder) July 10, 2019 However, Rapinoe and her teammates aren&#39;t opposed to traveling to a bipartisan Congressional meeting.Very good @AC360 interview with @mPinoe. Megan shares a message for @realDonaldTrump. One which #DonTheCon certainly won&#39;t understand. The team is very much looking forward to going to DC for a bi-partisan meeting w House &amp; Senate but have absolutely no interest in meeting Trump. https://t.co/1imelkliV5&mdash; Simon Says ⊤⊕~ (@_metafizik) July 10, 2019 https://twitter.com/TomSepulveda/status/1148807337173385217When asked what message she would give to Trump (since he likely watched the interview), Rapinoe spoke straight to the camera about his hate-filled policies.She also went on to share how excited the team is to use their platform, and that they&#39;d absolutely accept an invitation from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi.When Megan Rapinoe looked straight down the barrel of the camera for her message to Donald Trump I jumped. pic.twitter.com/bZhqHrF8s2&mdash; Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) July 10, 2019 While directly addressing the camera, Rapinoe delivered this message to Trump: &quot;I would say that your message is excluding people. You&#39;re excluding me, you&#39;re excluding people that look like me, you&#39;re excluding people of colour, you&#39;re excluding Americans that maybe support you.&quot;  &quot;I think that we need to have a reckoning with the message that you have and what you are saying about &#39;make America great again.&#39; I think that you are harking back to an era that was not great for everyone.&quot;  &quot;It might have been great for a few people. Maybe America is great for a few people right now but it is not great for enough Americans in this world.&quot;  &quot;We have a responsibility, each and every one of us. You have an incredible responsibility as the chief of this country to take care of every single person and you need to do better for everyone.&quot;  Megan Rapinoe is a national fucking treasure! pic.twitter.com/9xC8z5Pr3v&mdash; Ryan Knight 🌹 (@ProudSocialist) July 10, 2019 This interview has only compounded the running internet bit that Rapinoe should run for president.If I’m reading the Constitution correctly, I believe Megan Rapinoe had to be subbed out of the game so that she could be sworn in as president of the United States.&mdash; R. Eric Thomas (@oureric) July 7, 2019 https://twitter.com/JonahHermann/status/1147912943608172545Honestly, given the bizarre nature of our political circus, I wouldn&#39;t rule it out at this point.

Megan Rapinoe isn't the only player in the U.S. Women's Soccer team who doesn't want to visit the White House to dine with Donald Trump.