Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team, has declined to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” with her teammates before each match.
President Donald Trump listens during his meeting with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 20, 2019.
Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team, has declined to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” with her teammates before each match, opting in the past to kneel in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick. Just like his criticism of the NFL star, Donald Trump also condemned Rapinoe's choice to protest the National Anthem.that her decision isn't appropriate, but noted that he "love[s] watching women's soccer. They’re really talented.
Following a statement from the U.S. Soccer Federation against kneeling during the National Anthem and enacting a policy that required standing in March 2017 according to “I’ll probably never put my hand over my heart. I’ll probably never sing the national anthem again," she
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