US Women Take the World Cup for the Fourth Time – Fans Respond Appropriately
The US Women’s Soccer team took the world cup today for a fourth time in Lyon, France. They dominated the entire game and won 2-0 against the Netherlands. Co-captain, Megan Rapinoe scored a penalty kick followed by Rose Lavelle with a goal. Rapinoe won distinction last week earning a personal Twitter insult from Trump for daring to say she wouldn’t visit the White House if the team won the championship. Actually she said, “There’s no fucking way we’ll be invited to the White House,” citing other circumstances where sports teams turned him down for a visit, Rapinoe said that he would just claim he hadn’t invited them in the first place. Trump attacked her, even attempting to scold her for “disrespecting our country, the White House, or our flag…” completely missing the point that she’s not doing that, but defending those things by refusing to participate in the Trumpland Carnival complete with disgusting cold fast food. Good for her.
The war of words spread, and burst onto national television today on none other than Fox Noise when one of their reporters attempted to interview US fans in a sports bar in Lyon. They drowned him out with chants of “Fuck Trump! Fuck Trump!” It’s actually pretty hilarious. The video is embedded in a DeadSpin story right here:
It’s highly satisfying. An congrats to the US Women’s Soccer Team!