The Utah Royals, a women&#8217;s professional soccer club based in Salt Lake City, faced criticism for their jerseys and stadium, which are named after their sponsor — America First Credit Union, from leftists who claim the term “America First” is rooted in &#8220;fascism&#8221; and &#8220;racism.&#8221;
The credit union, founded in 1939 as the Fort Douglas Civilian Employees Credit Union, changed its name to the Federal Employees Credit Union in 1947 after it moved to Ogden, Utah, then changed it again in 1984 to the America First Credit Union, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/04/03/utah-royals-jersey-sponsor-backlash-racist-america-first-credit-union?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=editorial">noted</a>. In 2022, Rio Tinto Stadium, the home stadium for the Royals, was renamed America First Field.
“The ‘America’ in our name denotes our connection to our founding members — civilian federal employees who worked at the American military bases and defense depots in Utah,” a representative for America First Credit Union explained. “Those early members&#8217; deep and abiding sense of service and patriotism is something that continues to be felt within our membership to this day,” adding that “first” referred to “putting the financial needs of their members at the forefront.”
“In a March 30 statement, two supporter groups for the Washington Spirit and D.C. United said the company&#8217;s defense of their name ‘ignores the complex and hateful history of the name and the ongoing effects of American nationalism and white supremacy that ‘America First’ expresses,’” Axios reported.
After an account claiming to represent supporters of the North Carolina Courage posted on X, “We must weigh in on the jersey controversy. While we support all the Utah players and their fans, we can’t stand by without mentioning the front of jersey sponsor, America First Credit Union, of our opponent — the Royals. The phrase ‘America First’ has a long history rooted in racism, fascism, and hateful ideology,” Utah governor Spencer Cox responded by posting, “Just when you think this website can’t get any more ridiculous. (I had to double check if this was a parody account…sadly it is not).”
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As we approach the Courage&#39;s match against Utah Royals FC this Friday, we must weigh in on the jersey controversy. While we support all the Utah players and their fans, we can’t stand by without mentioning the front of jersey sponsor, America First Credit Union, of our opponent &#8211; <a href="https://t.co/0NopYIZuYS">pic.twitter.com/0NopYIZuYS</a>
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Just when you think this website can’t get any more ridiculous. (I had to double check if this was a parody account…sadly it is not) <a href="https://t.co/8W8tp3h65X">https://t.co/8W8tp3h65X</a>
&mdash; Spencer Cox (@SpencerJCox) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox/status/1771262898343465193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Former President Trump first outlined his “America First” perspective as a presidential candidate in <a href="https://time.com/4309786/read-donald-trumps-america-first-foreign-policy-speech/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April 2016</a>, when he stated, “America first will be the major and overriding theme of my administration.”
“Our foreign policy is a complete and total disaster. No vision. No purpose. No direction. No strategy,” he stated. “Our friends are beginning to think they can’t depend on us. We’ve had a president who dislikes our friends and bows to our enemies, something that we’ve never seen before in the history of our country. &#8230; Israel, our great friend and the one true democracy in the Middle East has been snubbed and criticized by an administration that lacks moral clarity. Just a few days ago, Vice President Biden again criticized Israel, a force for justice and peace &#8230;”
He slammed President Obama, declaring, “He has even allowed China to steal government secrets with cyber attacks and engaged in industrial espionage against the United States and its companies. We’ve let our rivals and challengers think they can get away with anything, and they do.”
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“The world is most peaceful and most prosperous when America is strongest. America will continue and continue forever to play the role of peacemaker. We will always help save lives and indeed humanity itself, but to play the role, we must make America strong again,” he concluded.

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A new player on the U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) apologized on Thursday after facing pressure from people on social media, including former USWNT player Megan Rapinoe, for reposting a clip of a Christian man who spoke on his past experiences with same-sex attraction and transgenderism.
Korbin Albert, a 20-year-old midfielder who played for Notre Dame, <a href="https://twitter.com/tonaliana/status/1773139822858719624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1773139822858719624%7Ctwgr%5E9786f621f97252cda4bc7f8b7974937bad3c4660%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Farticle-13251253%2FUSWNT-midfielder-Korbin-Albert-apologizes-Megan-Rapinoe-criticism-backlash-admits-post-anti-LGBTQ-content-insensitive-hurtful.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sparked outrage</a> after she shared a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@wareagle25/video/7298398026119318814?_r=1&amp;_t=8l2YLz7GWCf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">clip</a> on her TikTok account that showed the Christian man, who previously thought he might be a woman, telling his church that he stopped taking hormone treatment after expressing his faith in Jesus Christ, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13251253/USWNT-midfielder-Korbin-Albert-apologizes-Megan-Rapinoe-criticism-backlash-admits-post-anti-LGBTQ-content-insensitive-hurtful.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. After Albert shared the clip, Rapinoe — who is a lesbian and staunch LGBT advocate — posted what appeared to be a response to Albert on her Instagram story without naming the young soccer player.
“To the people who want to hide behind ‘my beliefs’ I would just ask one question, are you making any time of space safer, more inclusive, more whole, any semblance of better, bringing the best out of anyone?” Rapinoe wrote. “… because if you aren&#8217;t all you believe in is hate. And Kids are literally killing themselves because of this hate. Wake TF up! Yours Truly, #15.”
Some of Albert’s teammates on the U.S. women’s soccer team shared Rapinoe’s post, including USWNT captain Becky Sauerbrunn, according to the Mail.
Albert — who now wears #15, Rapinoe’s old number, for USWNT — posted a statement on Thursday, apologizing for her “actions on social media” and promising “to do better.”
“I want to sincerely apologize for my actions on social media. Liking and sharing posts that are offensive, insensitive and hurtful was immature and disrespectful which was never my intent,” Albert wrote. “I&#8217;m really disappointed in myself and am deeply sorry for the hurt that I have caused to my teammates, other players, fans, friends and anyone who was offended.”
“I truly believe that everyone should feel safe and respected everywhere and on all playing fields. I know my actions have not lived up to that and for that I sincerely apologize,” she added. “It&#8217;s an honor and a privilege to get to play this sport and on the world stage and I promise to do better.”
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Albert had also <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@yur___m00n/video/7351295836095270190?embed_source=121374463%2C121404359%2C121351166%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.dailymail.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Farticle-13251253%2FUSWNT-midfielder-Korbin-Albert-apologizes-Megan-Rapinoe-criticism-backlash-admits-post-anti-LGBTQ-content-insensitive-hurtful.html&amp;referer_video_id=7351295836095270190" target="_blank" rel="noopener">liked a post</a> on Instagram that joked about God “working overtime” when Rapinoe injured her Achilles in her final game. After her injury, Rapinoe also joked about God, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-takes-another-shot-at-christians-after-saying-injury-is-proof-god-isnt-real-theyre-not-okay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “I’m not a religious person or anything and if there was a God, this is proof that there isn’t.”
Later addressing her comment, Rapinoe said, “Somebody needs to check on the Christians. They’re not okay. They also missed the whole joke, but okay.”

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U.S. Women’s Soccer Player Apologizes For Sharing Clip Of Christian Man Rejecting Trans Identity After Veiled Rebuke From Megan Rapinoe

U.S. Women's Soccer Player Apologizes For Sharing Clip Of Christian Man Rejecting Trans Identity After Veiled Rebuke From Megan Rapinoe

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Controversial soccer star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-calls-playing-for-u-s-team-worst-job-in-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megan Rapinoe</a> mocked Christians during a recent podcast addressing remarks she made about her soccer injury being &#8220;proof&#8221; God doesn&#8217;t exist.
In her final game before retirement in November, Rapinoe suffered an injury to her achilles. “I’m not a religious person or anything and if there was a God, this is proof that there isn’t,&#8221; she told the media in a post-game interview, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/proof-that-god-doesnt-exist-rapinoe-after-injury-in-her-last-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
Addressing the remarks on the &#8220;Pablo Torre Finds Out&#8221; podcast, Rapinoe mocked Christians for being upset about the comments. &#8220;Somebody needs to check on the Christians. They’re not okay,&#8221; Rapinoe snarked, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/megan-rapinoe-says-somebody-needs-check-christians-after-criticism-proof-god-remark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Fox News. &#8220;They also missed the whole joke, but okay.&#8221;
&#8220;Don’t act like you’re surprised by me making this joke about what happened or finding a dig,&#8221; the 38-year-old continued. &#8220;Who&#8217;s it at? God, myself, religion, the world? I don&#8217;t know. It’s just funny.&#8221;
Rapinoe, referring to herself as a &#8220;controversial figure,&#8221; went on to say that some people celebrated her injury, and those people are in a &#8220;special place in hell.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m just thinking about my teammates coming over and — of course, it’s sad, but it&#8217;s also like — I don’t know, it&#8217;s kind of just like life,&#8221; she recalled. &#8220;We want these perfect stories, and I’m like a controversial figure and having people low-key celebrate it. But then also be so disingenuous about it that that part is kinda funny, too. I’m like, wow, you guys are in a special place in hell that you’re celebrating this.&#8221;
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Rapinoe has indeed been a controversial figure throughout her soccer career. When she was playing on the U.S. women&#8217;s national team, she often led anthem-kneeling before games and frequently sounded off on Left-wing causes. She also curiously turned her back on girls and women-only sports.
Notably, in 2022, Rapinoe <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-tells-girls-parents-to-suck-it-up-over-trans-athletes-your-kids-volleyball-team-just-isnt-that-important?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mocked girls’ sports</a>, specifically girls’ volleyball, while advocating for the inclusion of boys and men who identify as transgender in female sports. The athlete <a href="https://time.com/6188583/megan-rapinoe-equal-pay-title-ix-transgender-sports-bans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Time magazine at the time that female athletes and their parents need to suck it up over advantages male athletes have over girls and asserted that she&#8217;s “100% supportive” of “trans inclusion” in girls’ sports.
Dismissing concerns about fairness, Rapinoe said that people “need to understand that sports is not the most important thing in life.”
“I would also encourage everyone out there who is afraid someone’s going to have an unfair advantage over their kid to really take a step back and think what are we actually talking about here,” she told Time. “We’re talking about people’s lives. I’m sorry, your kid’s high school volleyball team just isn’t that important.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megan-rapinoe-calls-playing-for-u-s-team-worst-job-in-the-world" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megan Rapinoe Calls Playing For U.S. Team ‘Worst Job In The World’</a>

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Megan Rapinoe Takes Another Shot At Christians After Saying Injury Is ‘Proof’ God Isn’t Real: ‘They’re Not Okay’

Megan Rapinoe Takes Another Shot At Christians After Quip That Injury Is ‘Proof’ God Isn’t Real

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After reputedly tearing her Achilles tendon in the last game of her professional career, U.S. Soccer star Megan Rapinoe, 38, declared that the injury was proof that God does not exist.
Rapinoe was playing in the NWSL Final for OL Reign against Gotham FC on Saturday night when she injured herself in the third minute of the game.
“I&#8217;m not a religious person or anything and if there was a God, this is proof that there isn&#8217;t. This is f***ed up,” Rapinoe said in her post-game interview, adding, “For sure, I tore my Achilles,” describing the moment of the injury as a “huge pop.”
“I wasn&#8217;t overly emotional about it,” Rapinoe said. “I mean, f***ing yeeted my Achilles in the sixth minute in my last game ever in the literal championship game. &#8230; I guess I just rode until the wheels came right off &#8230; I&#8217;m just a NARP, a normal-ass regular person, having to do rehab which is f***ing devastating.”
“You gotta find the silver lining and the dark humor, and that&#8217;s just who I am as well,” she concluded, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12741917/megan-rapinoe-claims-injury-final-game-proves-no-god.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
In September, Rapinoe refused to sing the national anthem at the last game she played as part of the U.S. Women’s Soccer team.
As far back as September 2016, Rapinoe refused to stand during the national anthem, taking a knee instead. “Quite honestly, being gay, I have stood with my hand over my heart during the national anthem and felt like I haven&#8217;t had my liberties protected,” she stated.
In May 2019, Rapinoe told <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/megan-rapinoe-is-a-walking-protest-162416461.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo Sports</a>, “I&#8217;ll probably never put my hand over my heart. I’ll probably never sing the national anthem again,” boasting that she was &#8220;a walking protest when it comes to the Trump administration,” because of &#8220;everything I stand for.”
She added, “I feel like it&#8217;s kind of defiance in and of itself to just be who I am and wear the jersey, and represent it. Because I&#8217;m as talented as I am, I get to be here, you don&#8217;t get to tell me if I can be here or not. So it&#8217;s kind of a good ‘F you&#8217; to any sort of inequality or bad sentiments that the [Trump] administration might have towards people who don&#8217;t look exactly like him. Which, God help us if we all looked like him. Scary. Really scary. Ahh, disturbing.”
Related: <a href="applewebdata://91ADBF83-B85E-495A-9138-78047224FFC4/v">U.S. Soccer Player Won&#8217;t Stand for National Anthem Now Either</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/us-womens-soccer-co-captain-ill-probably-never-hank-berrien">U.S. Women&#8217;s Soccer Co-Captain: ‘I’ll Probably Never Sing The National Anthem Again’</a>

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Two-time Olympic gold medalist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-legend-carli-lloyd-explains-why-she-stood-for-anthem-knocks-rapinoe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carli Lloyd</a> said Thursday that, yes, the women&#8217;s national team lost a scrimmage against 15-year-old boys, adding that males are &#8220;bigger, stronger, [and] faster!&#8221;
Lloyd, a legend in women’s soccer, retired in 2021. During her career, the former striker was a major player in securing two World Cup championships, two Olympic golds, and was twice named FIFA Player of the Year.
The soccer star was asked online by an X user, &#8220;Carli is it [true] you lost to a bunch of 15 year old boys?&#8221;
Lloyd acknowledged the matchup and seemed to emphasize the physical difference between males and females. &#8220;Yes it’s true,&#8221; she wrote back. &#8220;I know…thousands of people have already brought that up. They were good. We actually lost to a youth Bayern Munich team in my career as well but then we went on to win [the] Olympics and World Cups. So…..&#8221;
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What’s up Alexi? Yes it’s true. I know…thousands of people have already brought that up. They were good. We actually lost to a youth Bayern Munich team in my career as well but then we went on to win Olympics and World Cups. So….. <a href="https://t.co/nJwfwDJzcM">https://t.co/nJwfwDJzcM</a>
&mdash; Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarliLloyd/status/1722575377678180838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Another X user chimed in, captioning a photo of Lloyd in her soccer uniform next to a young male player. &#8220;Typically when someone mentions this, I’ll post one of the pub photos of you standing with one of the boys… who is a foot taller than you. I mean, c’mon!&#8221; the comment read.
&#8220;Haha. They should beat us. Bigger, stronger, faster!&#8221; Lloyd reacted. &#8220;Boys always gave us a run for our money! It was great prep.&#8221;
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Haha. They should beat us. Bigger, stronger, faster! Boys always gave us a run for our money! It was great prep. <a href="https://t.co/QCuxA1jM40">https://t.co/QCuxA1jM40</a>
&mdash; Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarliLloyd/status/1722578947181830432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Lloyd made headlines last month when she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-legend-carli-lloyd-explains-why-she-stood-for-anthem-knocks-rapinoe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> why she stood before the bronze-medal match of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, as the rest of the U.S. soccer team took a knee.
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“In that moment, we were kneeling — it was right before kickoff, so it wasn’t necessarily like a protest per se, but I guess everybody in the English Premier league was just taking a knee before kickoff,” Lloyd <a href="https://justwomenssports.com/reads/carli-lloyd-megan-rapinoe-uswnt-kneeling-protest-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> to CBS Sports. “So we had done it every game, and I knew that was going to be my last world championship game, so I wanted to stand.”
Lloyd added that she was “sure” her decision to be the only player to stand communicated something to viewers, and said, “I just thought that, we had done enough of the kneeling, and I just wanted to stand at my last world championship game.”
In September, Lloyd took on former teammate Megan Rapinoe for kneeling during 2016 games, which she said was a distraction for the team.
“I had conversations with Megan [Rapinoe] — like, this isn’t a personal thing,” the athlete said. “What she’s doing, it was distracting our team, it was distracting others to play.”
“I was a captain at that time as well, so I said to her, it’s not to dampen what you’re trying to achieve with it — it just became, everything was focused on Megan kneeling and nobody was talking about the reasoning why, is what I was trying to get at,” Lloyd explained. “And so I had conversations with Megan during that. And every game we rolled up to, it was the camera to her, but no one’s talking about actually what the messaging was about, it was just, she’s kneeling and no one else is kneeling.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-womens-soccer-legend-carli-lloyd-explains-why-she-stood-for-anthem-knocks-rapinoe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Women’s Soccer Legend Carli Lloyd Explains Why She Stood For Anthem, Knocks Rapinoe</a>

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‘Bigger, Stronger, Faster!’: U.S. Soccer Legend Carli Lloyd Says, Yes, Women’s Team Lost To 15-Year-Old Boys

U.S. Soccer Legend Carli Lloyd Says, Yes, Women’s Team Lost To 15-Year-Old Boys

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Two-time Olympic gold medalist Carli Lloyd recently explained why she stood for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-anthem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national anthem</a> as the rest of the U.S. soccer team took a knee during the bronze-medal match of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and further criticized former teammate Megan Rapinoe for her &#8220;distracting&#8221; kneeling stunt.
Lloyd, a legend in women’s soccer, retired in 2021. During her career, the former striker was a major player in securing two World Cup championships, two Olympic golds, and was twice named FIFA Player of the Year.
“In that moment, we were kneeling — it was right before kickoff, so it wasn’t necessarily like a protest per se, but I guess everybody in the English Premier league was just taking a knee before kickoff,&#8221; Lloyd <a href="https://justwomenssports.com/reads/carli-lloyd-megan-rapinoe-uswnt-kneeling-protest-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> to CBS Sports, earlier this month. &#8220;So we had done it every game, and I knew that was going to be my last world championship game, so I wanted to stand.&#8221;
The soccer star said she was &#8220;sure&#8221; her decision to be the only player to stand for the anthem communicated something to viewers, and added, “I just thought that, we had done enough of the kneeling, and I just wanted to stand at my last world championship game.”
Lloyd also took on Rapinoe for kneeling during 2016 games, which she said was a distraction for the team.
“I had conversations with Megan [Rapinoe] — like, this isn’t a personal thing,&#8221; the athlete said. &#8220;What she’s doing, it was distracting our team, it was distracting others to play.&#8221;
&#8220;I was a captain at that time as well, so I said to her, it’s not to dampen what you’re trying to achieve with it &#8212; it just became, everything was focused on Megan kneeling and nobody was talking about the reasoning why, is what I was trying to get at,&#8221; Lloyd explained. “And so I had conversations with Megan during that. And every game we rolled up to, it was the camera to her, but no one’s talking about actually what the messaging was about, it was just, she’s kneeling and no one else is kneeling.”
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This summer, Lloyd, newly retired, criticized the U.S. women&#8217;s team for dancing and smiling after barely advancing at the World Cup with a 0-0 tie against Portugal, thanks in large part to the goalpost blocking a would-be goal for Portugal.
“There’s a difference between being respectful of the fans and saying hello to your family,” she blasted, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/01/carli-lloyd-doubles-down-on-uswnt-2023-world-cup-criticism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post. “But to be dancing, to be smiling — I mean, the player of the match was that post. You were lucky to not be going home right now.”
“I spoke up in that room, and I told them that you can’t take anything for granted — you have to work for everything that you get,” Lloyd said she told the women’s team.
“I just talked about what the mentality of this team has been about and passed down from generation to generation,” the athlete continued. “But the problem is when you win, and you get things, winning has taken on a different meaning. It is no longer we want to win because we want to win. No, we want everything that comes with winning, and we think we can just roll out and win games.”
“Teams see that,&#8221; Lloyd added. &#8220;They see the arrogance in the U.S. and see that they’re not this unstoppable team. They see that they’re able to be broken down and beaten.”
And last year, Lloyd criticized the degrading &#8220;culture&#8221; of the national team since 2015.
“The culture for me is what the culture has been on the national team since the inception,” she <a href="https://www.insider.com/carli-lloyd-uswnt-culture-criticism-not-about-race-or-gender-2022-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Insider. “All of those players, they brought a fight. They brought a hunger. They brought a desire. They brought mentality. They brought a never-say-die attitude. They brought finding a way, whether it’s the 91st minute, to get a ball in the back of the net. That has slowly dissipated from 2015 on.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-womens-soccer-star-rips-team-usas-arrogance-shift-in-culture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Former Women’s Soccer Star Rips Team USA‘s ‘Arrogance’, Shift In ‘Culture’</a>

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U.S. Women’s Soccer Legend Carli Lloyd Explains Why She Stood For Anthem, Knocks Rapinoe

U.S. Women’s Soccer Legend Carli Lloyd Explains Why She Stood For Anthem, Rips Rapinoe

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/rubiales-kiss-hermoso-womens-world-cup-53cf8ce8bce2defbe835249232473f4a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accusing</a> Luis Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, of sexual assault after he kissed her on the lips following the Women’s World Cup final, in which Spain defeated England on August 20.
Last year, Spain’s parliament passed a law that got rid of the difference between “sexual harassment” and “sexual assault.” If Rubiales — who claimed the kiss was consensual, prompting Hermoso to dispute his claim — is found guilty of sexual assault, he could be fined or be sentenced from one to four years in prison.
Rubiales had told Spanish officials that he had asked permission to kiss Hermoso and she said he could give her “a little peck.”
Hermoso responded on <a href="https://twitter.com/Jennihermoso/status/1695155154067087413" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a>, “I feel obliged to report that Mr. Luis Rubiales&#8217; words explaining the unfortunate incident are categorically false and part of the manipulative culture that he himself has generated. I want to make it clear that at no time did the conversation which Mr. Luis Rubiales refers to in his address take place, and, above all, was his kiss ever consensual.”
“I want to reiterate as I did before that I did not like this incident,” she continued. “The situation shocked me given the celebrations that were taking place at the moment, and with the passage of time and after delving a little deeper into those initial feelings, I feel the need to report this incident because I believe that no person, in any work, sports or social setting should be a victim of these types of non-consensual behaviors. I felt vulnerable and a victim of an impulse-driven, sexist, out of place act without any consent on my part.”
Spain’s federation (RFEF) said it would take legal action against Hermoso, releasing a statement claiming Rubiales&#8217; claim that Hermoso lifted him off the ground before the kiss was accurate. As The Athletic <a href="https://theathletic.com/4807367/2023/08/26/jenni-hermosos-luis-rubiales-legal-action/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, they showed four photos of Hermoso and Rubiales embracing, then stated, “the facts exposed by Mr. President are absolutely true and that he is not lying. &#8230; The evidence is conclusive. Mr. President has not lied. The RFEF and Mr. President will demonstrate each of the lies that are spread either by someone on behalf of the player or, if applicable, by the player herself. The RFEF and the president, given the seriousness of the content of the press release from the Futpro Union, will initiate the corresponding legal actions.”
After Rubiales was provisionally suspended by FIFA, the soccer world’s governing body, his elderly mother Angeles Bejar locked herself into a church and went on a hunger strike, calling the treatment of her son an “inhumane witch-hunt” while initiating an “indefinite, day and night” hunger strike until “justice is served,” The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12452761/Spanish-FA-chief-Luis-Rubiales-mother-locks-inside-church-goes-HUNGER-STRIKE-stop-inhumane-treatment-son-tells-Jenni-Hermoso-tell-truth-amid-kiss-gate-suspension.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. She stated she wanted Hermoso, who had stated the kiss was not consensual, “to tell the truth” and “maintain the version she had at the beginning of the events,” according to <a href="https://www.marca.com/futbol/2023/08/28/64ec63b846163f05b58b459e.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marca</a>.
Bejar opined there was “no sexual abuse as there is consent on both sides, as shown in the images” and wondered “why are they being cruel to him” and what was “behind all this story” as her son was “incapable of harming anyone.”
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On Tuesday, Jorge Vilda, the coach of Spain’s women’s team, was fired. Last year, 15 players declared they would not play under him unless the work environment was changed.

Spain v England: Final – FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023

Spanish Woman Soccer Star Accuses Suspended Official Of Sexual Assault After Kiss On Lips

Sexual Assault

American journalists, and other sentient pustules on the goat-like buttocks of Satan, are absolutely furious with conservatives because conservatives are mocking the U.S. women’s soccer team after the team’s hilariously humiliating loss to Mesopotamia or Sweden or some absurd backwater like that. Conservative reaction to the American team’s comical downfall ranged from startled surprise that a soccer match had been going on — to startled surprise that anyone from a great country like the United States would stoop to playing a crap-hole time-waster like soccer — to startled surprise that WOMEN would play soccer when they should be doing something useful or entertaining — to uncontrollable laughter that the women’s team had lost before conservatives were even aware they were playing whatever it was they were playing which we can’t remember because it was soccer.
Now for everyone who had something better to do than pay attention to soccer, perhaps I should  explain. &#8230; I’m sorry, I misread that sentence, let me start again. For everyone — who had something better to do than pay attention to soccer — let me explain. It turns out there actually is or maybe once was a U.S. Women’s soccer team and they actually did set a record by losing the Women’s World Cup before any of us knew such a thing existed. This amusingly public graveyard spin of spectacular abasement occurred when Megan Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — missed a shot so easy that anyone could have made it if anyone cared enough about soccer to waste time kicking a ball that any self-respecting American would have picked up and thrown with the hands God gave him.
Now, to be fair to the American News media and other wing-ed spawns of the dark night of western moral collapse, conservatives did seem to take some pleasure in the hitherto unheard-of American team’s pricelessly ignominious defeat. As one conservative commentator put it, “Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha. Ha. Ha ha.”
But to look at it from a different angle than the media’s — let’s say the angle of decent and honest human beings — there were some ways in which the American women’s soccer team had been kind of alienating to patriots and religious people and ensouled life forms and other entities who otherwise couldn’t care less about soccer.
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For instance, Megan Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — had shown disrespect to her home country in the presence of foreigners as when she knelt during the American national anthem while playing against Thailand, whose players did not kneel during the Thailand national anthem because if they had, they would have been arrested and tortured before disappearing altogether. Conversely, Megan Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — wrote a book about the experience and was lauded as a hero — which is almost exactly like being arrested and tortured except for the fact that you’re not arrested or tortured because you’re an American so stand up when the anthem is played, you miserably spoiled little weasel-woman.
Miss Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — also ran a successful campaign to get women soccer players equal pay for doing work that’s equal to men soccer players except for the fact that it makes less money. So essentially, the women’s team is now being supported with money earned by the men’s team, which would be fine if the women’s team would at least keep house for the men’s team and then have sex with them instead of wasting their time losing at soccer.
Now I must admit that some conservative mockery of the women’s soccer team’s laughable loss was rather harsh. Like when I said that if the men’s team is supporting the women, the women could at least have sex with them — that was a little harsh. But on the other hand, the harshness of that remark was balanced by the fact that it was almost as hilarious as watching Megan Rapinoe — an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American loudmouth — lose the match because she shoots like a girl.
So all in all, I think we can come away from this controversy with the following lesson: If you’re an ill-mannered and unpleasant anti-American weasel-woman, don’t disrespect the flag or you could be punished by being forced to play soccer. Then you’ll really have something to complain about.
Andrew Klavan is the host of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>” at The Daily Wire. He is an award-winning novelist, Hollywood screenwriter, and popular satirist. Klavan is the author of “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/When-Christmas-Comes-Andrew-Klavan/dp/1613162405/ref=pd_bxgy_sccl_2/132-9473875-2662038?pd_rd_w=x29DZ&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_p=26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_r=X7J7YCZYPAH29407AXTY&amp;pd_rd_wg=M65Ef&amp;pd_rd_r=c2bb5bb5-dd27-434d-9ca1-f2098f486a81&amp;pd_rd_i=1613162405&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">When Christmas Comes</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Habit-Mind-Cameron-Mysteries/dp/1613163517/ref=pd_bxgy_sccl_1/132-9473875-2662038?pd_rd_w=lnVGk&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_p=26a5c67f-1a30-486b-bb90-b523ad38d5a0&amp;pf_rd_r=13RV0285EXYKN2D57RST&amp;pd_rd_wg=jW34u&amp;pd_rd_r=e0bb3c70-62ea-4448-8be5-a7cf1bba3f5e&amp;pd_rd_i=1613163517&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strange Habit of Mind,</a>” the first two novels in the USA Today best-selling Cameron Winter Mystery series. The third installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Death-Cameron-Winter-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BW1ZTVP9?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The House of Love and Death</a>,” releases on October 31, 2023, and is now available for <a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Death-Cameron-Winter-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0BW1ZTVP9?ref_=ast_author_dp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pre-order</a>.
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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1143-the-summer-of-girl-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show.</a>”
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: USWNT vs Sweden

So There Actually Is A Thing Called Women’s Soccer

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The United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) has been eliminated from the FIFA Women’s World Cup after losing in a penalty shootout to Sweden — marking the earliest exit in history for the team. 
Sweden beat the United States in the round of 16 following 120 minutes of play and a dramatic penalty shootout in which the video assistant referee <a href="https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/uswnt-sweden-womens-world-cup-knockout/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> a shot by Sweden’s Lina Hurtig did cross the line — shocking American players and fans who thought it was saved by the American goalkeeper. The USWNT has won the tournament four times, more than any other national team, and a win this year would have marked the team’s third consecutive championship. 
“We want to express our gratitude to the fans and supporters who have stood by our team. Your unwavering support means a lot to us, and we appreciate your dedication,” a USWNT <a href="https://twitter.com/USWNT/status/1688174183178752000/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> posted to X said. “Our goal remains the same, to win. We are committed to surpassing the standard we helped to create and we will rise to meet the challenge.”
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The moment referee Stéphanie Frappart tells Lina Hurtig that her goal has gone over the line meaning that Sweden dumps out defending champions USA 5-4 on penalties! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIFAWWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FIFAWWC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/beINWWC23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#beINWWC23</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/beINSPIRED?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#beINSPIRED</a> <a href="https://t.co/T915Ls7KCO">pic.twitter.com/T915Ls7KCO</a>
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The American women were dominant throughout much of the first 90 minutes of regulation and the two 15-minute halves of extra time, with <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/stories/soccer/womens-world-cup-2023-top-plays-sweden-united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more shots</a> on goal. When neither side was able to gain the advantage in 30 minutes of extra time, the game went into a penalty shootout, where Sweden was able to win with five goals compared to four for the U.S. The U.S. has at least made the semifinals in all previous women&#8217;s World Cups, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/uswnt-sweden-womens-world-cup-knockout/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CNN. 
Players Megan Rapinoe, Sophia Smith, and Kelly O’Hara all <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/live-blog/usa-sweden-live-updates-womens-world-cup-soccer-news-results-rcna98387" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missed</a> their penalty kicks, securing the win for Sweden, which advanced to the quarterfinals and will face Japan. Rapinoe is a controversial player who previously <a href="https://www.cnn.com/sport/live-news/uswnt-sweden-womens-world-cup-knockout/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> she would retire at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season, and this could have been her last game with the national team, CNN notes. 
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Every single penalty from the USA-Sweden shootout ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/c5b33aOsCu">pic.twitter.com/c5b33aOsCu</a>
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Rapinoe, a forward, <a href="https://time.com/6293102/megan-rapinoe-world-cup-2023-interview-retirement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Time Magazine last month that she would “absolutely” support a man who claims he is a woman to play on the USWNT and said people like Dave Chappelle making jokes about transgender issues “directly leads to violence.”
The women’s team struggled to stay alive during the tournament, nearly losing to Portugal during the group stage, which could have sent them home. They survived and were able to advance to the round of 16 by tying Portugal. 
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“[USWNT], you made this sport matter,” first lady Jill Biden <a href="https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/1688163560470319104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X after the loss. “Today, you inspired us with your grit and determination. We are proud of you. Always remember that you encourage women and girls everywhere to show up and fight for their dreams.”  
Striker Alex Morgan said the loss felt “like a bad dream,” adding, &#8220;I feel like we dominated, but it doesn’t matter. At the end of the day, we’re going home. It’s the highs and lows of the sport of soccer. So yeah, it just doesn’t feel great.”
The American soccer team had been heavily criticized throughout the tournament, which is taking place in Australia and New Zealand, for its displays during the national anthem, in which only a few players appeared to be singing before each match. The majority of the American players stood silent with their hands away from their hearts. 
Megyn Kelly, host of &#8220;The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; podcast, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/megyn-kelly-slams-uswnt-as-morons-who-are-poisoned-by-megan-rapinoe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed</a> Rapinoe for the women’s team display during the national anthem, saying she “poisoned” the entire team against the U.S. and said she wasn’t rooting for them. 
“They won’t sing the national anthem, half of them won’t put their hands over their hearts, even the ones who are singing are half-a**ing it,” Kelly said.

Sweden v USA: Round of 16 – FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023

U.S. Women’s Soccer Eliminated From World Cup In Earliest Exit In Team History

U.S. Women's Soccer Eliminated From World Cup, Earliest Exit From Tournament In History

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Two-time Olympic gold medalist Carli Lloyd ripped the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team for losing their hunger and becoming increasingly arrogant over the past four years or so.
Lloyd, a legend in women&#8217;s soccer, retired in 2021. During her career, the former striker was a major player in securing two World Cup championships, two Olympic golds, and was twice named FIFA Player of the Year.
Lloyd took issue with the women&#8217;s team dancing and smiling after barely advancing at the World Cup on Tuesday with a 0-0 tie against Portugal, thanks in large part to the goalpost blocking a would-be goal for Portugal.
&#8220;There’s a difference between being respectful of the fans and saying hello to your family,” Lloyd blasted, <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/08/01/carli-lloyd-doubles-down-on-uswnt-2023-world-cup-criticism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post. &#8220;But to be dancing, to be smiling &#8212; I mean, the player of the match was that post. You were lucky to not be going home right now.”
“I spoke up in that room, and I told them that you can’t take anything for granted — you have to work for everything that you get,” Lloyd said she told the women&#8217;s team.
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“I just talked about what the mentality of this team has been about and passed down from generation to generation,&#8221; the athlete continued. &#8220;But the problem is when you win, and you get things, winning has taken on a different meaning. It is no longer we want to win because we want to win. No, we want everything that comes with winning, and we think we can just roll out and win games.&#8221;
But that&#8217;s not the case, Lloyd argued. &#8220;Teams see that. They see the arrogance in the U.S. and see that they’re not this unstoppable team. They see that they’re able to be broken down and beaten.&#8221;
Though she&#8217;s retired, the team still means a lot to her and always will, Lloyd added. &#8220;It just hurts me. It hurt me at the end of my career, those last couple of years to see the change and the shift in that culture and in that mentality. That hurt me to leave seeing what was coming.&#8221;
In 2022, Lloyd offered similar criticism of the women&#8217;s team, even openly admitting that she &#8220;hated&#8221; playing on Team USA the last couple of years of her career.
&#8220;The culture for me is what the culture has been on the national team since the inception,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.insider.com/carli-lloyd-uswnt-culture-criticism-not-about-race-or-gender-2022-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Insider at the time. &#8220;All of those players, they brought a fight. They brought a hunger. They brought a desire. They brought mentality. They brought a never-say-die attitude. They brought finding a way, whether it&#8217;s the 91st minute, to get a ball in the back of the net. That has slowly dissipated from 2015 on.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-got-mine-f-them-kids-people-rip-megan-rapinoe-over-comments-about-girls-competing-against-trans-athletes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Following Megan Rapinoe Comments About Girls Competing Against Transgender Athletes, Critics Slam: ‘I Got Mine. F*** Them Kids’</a>

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Former Women’s Soccer Star Rips Team USA‘s ‘Arrogance’, Shift In ‘Culture’

Former Women’s Soccer Star Carli Lloyd Rips ‘Arrogant’ Team USA, Shift In ‘Culture’ 

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transgender</a> activist and biological male athlete <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slow-clap-everyday-feminism-discovers-theory-elliott-hamilton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Riley Dennis</a> has reportedly been captured on video injuring a female player while competing during a women’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/soccer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soccer</a> league game in New South Wales, Australia.
Dennis has <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/women-soccer-players-injured-by-trans-identified-biological-competitor-male-during-match" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> been the subject of complaints for dominating the semi-professional women&#8217;s league, leading all players in goals. Even before this latest alleged incident, Riley has reportedly injured other female players in the past, too.
Reduxx <a href="https://reduxx.info/exclusive-trans-identified-male-seen-injuring-female-player-during-womens-league-game/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Thursday that it has viewed footage showing Dennis &#8220;launch his smaller female opponent towards a metal fence using an aggressive tackle as the two chased down the ball.&#8221;
The report noted that the female player was lying on her side and &#8220;unmoving&#8221; after the incident as the trans player, whom Reduxx confirmed to be Dennis, &#8220;casually walks away.&#8221;
The incident reportedly took place during a game between the Inter Lions and the St. George soccer teams on May 21. Dennis plays for the Inter Lions FC.
“The St. George player was unable to train until later in the week and when she did, it was only very lightly,” a source told Reduxx.
The source added that footage of the tackle &#8220;has been viewed by a number of people, including a senior referee, and all are in agreement that the challenge was unnecessary.&#8221;
A report from The Daily Mail Australia published at the end of March detailed players&#8217; and parents&#8217; anger over Dennis&#8217; domination of the female soccer league. The report declined to name Dennis, though Reduxx confirmed the activist&#8217;s identity by way of social media posts.
The Daily Mail report noted that it&#8217;s alleged that the trans athlete injured females from an opposing team during a game in mid-March, which sparked even more unrest in parents and players.
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Dennis used to work for a far-Left site called &#8220;Everyday Feminism.&#8221; In one infamous-now privated YouTube video, the activist claimed dating preferences could be discriminatory. Dennis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/slow-clap-everyday-feminism-discovers-theory-elliott-hamilton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that having a dating preference against individuals who may be transgender, black, or overweight likely comes from inherent bigotry.
In recent years, biologically male athletes have been permitted to play in girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s sports. For example, two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/high-school-track-star-signals-her-dismay-after-being-ousted-from-championship-by-boy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">male</a> high school athletes who claim to be female advanced to the California State Preliminary Track and Field Championship last month after competing against girls.
Notably, after an outcry over the unfairness of the males&#8217; participation, both athletes — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/high-school-track-star-signals-her-dismay-after-being-ousted-from-championship-by-boy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Athena Ryan</a> from Sonoma Academy, and Lorelei Barrett of Sherman Oaks Buckley — were no-shows at the state prelims.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-athletes-competing-against-girls-are-no-shows-at-state-event-governing-body-blames-critics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trans Athletes Competing Against Girls Are No-Shows At State Event; Governing Body Blames Critics</a>

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Popular Trans Activist Injured Female Player During Women’s League Soccer: Report

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Anchor <a class="c-link" tabindex="-1" href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-don-lemon-offers-bizarre-rebuttal-when-colbert-says-new-cnn-boss-wont-let-anchors-be-liberal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-don-lemon-offers-bizarre-rebuttal-when-colbert-says-new-cnn-boss-wont-let-anchors-be-liberal/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">Don Lemon</a> apparently stepped in it on Thursday morning when he argued — against “CNN This Morning” co-hosts Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins — in defense of the U.S. men’s <a class="c-link" tabindex="-1" href="https://dailywire.com/news/ill-be-ready-u-s-soccer-star-speaks-out-after-game-winning-goal-lands-him-in-a-hospital-bed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://dailywire.com/news/ill-be-ready-u-s-soccer-star-speaks-out-after-game-winning-goal-lands-him-in-a-hospital-bed/" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">soccer team</a> making more money than the women’s team.
Collins and Harlow argued that because the women&#8217;s team had traditionally done better in international competition, they should be paid accordingly. <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/don-lemon-journalists-must-treat-republicans-as-dangerous-to-our-society/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lemon</a> agreed that the members of the women&#8217;s team should be paid more than they were, but countered that the men were paid more because more people were interested in watching them play — and therefore willing to shell out more money for tickets and merchandise.
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Don Lemon leaves his CNN colleagues perplexed by stating the obvious about pay in US soccer:
“Everyone’s going to hate me … I’m not sexist&#8230;the men’s team makes more money, the men should get more money.” <a href="https://t.co/iZiwSHVBhd">pic.twitter.com/iZiwSHVBhd</a>
&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1598384095360417800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Harlow began by suggesting that media and Big Tech were somehow responsible for suppressing public access to the women&#8217;s team, saying, &#8220;Until big media companies, Big Tech companies, advertisers, invest and put them on their airwaves more —&#8221;
&#8220;I understand what you&#8217;re saying,&#8221; Lemon interjected, but Harlow continued.
&#8220;No-no-no-no-no! And allow people to see it more and gain more fans, then you will push toward more equality,&#8221; she asserted, arguing that more visibility would make people like women&#8217;s soccer more. &#8220;But if they are blocked in so many ways and not invested in as much —&#8221;
&#8220;You guys are — I&#8217;m not sexist,&#8221; Lemon tried again.
&#8220;I know you&#8217;re not!&#8221; Harlow agreed. &#8220;But they don&#8217;t even have a shot.&#8221;
&#8220;I grew up the only boy in a family of all women, I understand what you&#8217;re saying,&#8221; Lemon said, pivoting to make his point. &#8220;But not everybody, honestly, has the same skill. Not everybody has the same interest in the sport. I think the women should be paid more, I do. But if the men —&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;re right that not everyone has the same skills because the women are better skilled,&#8221; Collins interrupted, prompting Harlow to respond: &#8220;Mic drop.&#8221;
Lemon continued, however, noting that the women were certainly very skilled in competition — against other women. &#8220;But if the women played the men, they wouldn&#8217;t be winning the way that they win.&#8221;
&#8220;Why?? What??!!&#8221; Harlow was clearly taken aback by Lemon&#8217;s statement. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to get into that argument.&#8221;
Following a lawsuit demanding equal pay, the U.S. Women&#8217;s National Team will receive half of the prize money the U.S. Men&#8217;s National Team <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/11/30/us-womens-national-team-will-get-half-of-money-won-by-usmnt-at-world-cup/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">brings home</a> from the ongoing World Cup, including some $6.5 million from their advancement into the Round of 16.

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