Megan Rapinoe takes swipe at ‘violent reality’ of another Trump presidency

Former USWNT prima Megan Rapinoe made a plea to voters little than a week earlier Election Day successful her play podcast, calling retired erstwhile President Donald Trump for what she calls nan "grim" and "violent reality" of what his presidency will look like. 

During Wednesday’s section of "A Touch More," Rapinoe and Sue Bird discussed a number of topics up of nan statesmanlike election, focusing predominantly connected women’s reproductive rights.

Former shot subordinate Megan Rapinoe attends nan Women's Gold Medal crippled betwixt Team France and Team United States connected Day 16 of nan Olympic Games Paris 2024 astatine Bercy Arena connected Aug. 11, 2024 successful Paris. (Tnani Badreddine/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Rapinoe expressed her support for Vice President Kamala Harris and besides cautioned voters against voting for another Trump presidency.  

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"I besides deliberation we person a really astonishing opportunity to elite a Black female successful this country. And for maine that is really important," Rapinoe said. 

"It is stressful. I americium tense but I besides americium hopeful. I judge successful group and I surely judge successful women and I judge that group want amended than nan grim, dark, conscionable convulsive reality that Donald Trump has very intelligibly laid retired for us. He’s telling everybody what he’s gonna do and it’s really acheronian and it’s really sad and I don’t deliberation anybody wants to unrecorded for illustration that." 

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine PPL Center connected Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024 successful Allentown, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Earlier, Rapinoe commended San Antonio Spurs caput coach Gregg Popovich for his caller remarks connected Trump, erstwhile he called nan erstwhile president a "pathetic individual." 

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"He’s a mini man who has to make everybody astir him smaller truthful he thinks he’s gonna beryllium bigger," Popovich said earlier past weekend’s crippled against nan Houston Rockets. "And isn’t that nan aforesaid point we show each of our kids successful people school? That’s not really you act. That’s not what you do."

Rapinoe seemingly agreed, and besides called out comedian Tony Hinchcliffe for remarks made during his quality astatine a Trump rally astatine Madison Square Garden connected Sunday.

Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, right, look connected successful nan first 4th betwixt nan United States and France successful nan men's hoops golden badge crippled during nan Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games astatine Accor Arena successful Paris connected Aug. 10, 2024. (Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)

"I really really liked what Greg Popovich had to opportunity astir Donald Trump. He goes connected to fundamentally opportunity you wouldn’t want this feline babysitting your child, aliases moving successful your mini business. He’s small, he’s mean, he makes nosy of people," she said.  

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"There was a rally astatine Madison Square Garden wherever nan comedic act, nan opening act, [was] conscionable openly racist, openly bigoted, openly xenophobic – saying nan astir horrible things. You would ne'er let your kids to opportunity those kinds of things… There’s a level of decency present that I deliberation is being mislaid successful nan decisiveness of right, left, and this, that and nan other. I deliberation that’s important." 

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