Team USA star Megan Rapinoe has been labelled the “the Andrew Tate of LGBTQ feminism” in a scathing assault.
The brutal phrases got here from outspoken US commentator Jason Whitlock who took goal on the feminine soccer star.
Whitlock, a former ESPN and Fox Sports worker, unleashed on his present Fearless with Jason Whitlock and said he was brazenly rooting towards the ladies’s staff.
The outburst and reasoning all stems all the way down to Rapinoe.
Rapinoe has generated controversy for previous statements in help of Black Lives Matter, has beforehand knelt in the course of the nationwide anthem in solidarity with former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and has been a proponent of permitting transgender individuals to compete alongside those that usually are not of the identical organic intercourse.
Whitlock nonetheless blasted the soccer star and in contrast her to controversial right-wing social media persona Andrew Tate.
“In the history of sports, no team has needed a comeuppance more than our women’s soccer team,” Whitlock stated.
“Rooting against this American Nightmare is not unpatriotic. Rooting for them is.
“Rapinoe is the ultimate pimp. She is the Andrew Tate of LGBTQ feminism. She sees herself as a force for good, a force for freedom and proper femininity.
“She believes she is a threat to the establishment. She is popular, she is wealthy beyond her imagination, sexually liberated and adored by her followers.
“She is a fraud. She hates America because she hates herself. She is toxic. Her attitude pervades the national team.
“At 38, she is only on the roster to further burnish her brand.”
Whitlock’s scathing assault comes scorching on the heels of a blistering spray from veteran presenter Megan Kelly.
Kelly referred to as the US ladies’s soccer staff “morons” for his or her lack of patriotism in the course of the Women’s World Cup and stated fading star Rapinoe has “poisoned” the squad.
“Megan Rapinoe, she’s the leader of all this,” Kelly advised listeners of her SiriusXM podcast ‘The Megyn Kelly Show’.
“She’s not a starter. So that’s why she’s not on camera when they’re doing the national anthem, but she’s behind a lot of this.”
“She’s poisoned the entire team against the country for which they play,” Kelly stated.
“I don’t know about you, but I’m not rooting for them. I’m not with them. I hope they lose … it’s shameful.”
The US solely superior after a shot by a Portuguese ahead hit the submit within the dying seconds of the match.
Fox Sports studio analyst Carli Lloyd lit into the Americans after the match for yukking it up with followers, dancing and smiling.
Kelly echoed the criticism heaped on the staff by the retired USWNT star.
“They’re making fools of themselves,” Kelly stated.
“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-assing it,” Kelly stated.
“They clearly don’t want to be doing it. I mean, they look like they don’t even want to be there.”
Kelly added: “It’s like some sort of inconvenience to be representing the USA.”
The US will face Sweden, one of many event’s strongest groups, within the knockout spherical at 7pm (AEST) on Sunday.
– with NY Post
Originally revealed as Megan Rapinoe labelled the ‘Andrew Tate of LGBTQ feminism’
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au