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BeyondGeography

(39,991 posts)
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 02:23 PM Dec 2019

Megan Rapinoe just endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president

Megan Rapinoe, the star of the US women’s national soccer team and World Cup champion, has once again waded into American politics — this time to endorse a 2020 Democratic nominee for president.

“I’m proud to endorse Elizabeth Warren today, for being bold, for being real, for listening to ALL of us, and for being prepared to navigate the unique challenges we face today as a country,” Rapinoe tweeted on Friday afternoon. It’s a message that could resonate with her 900,000+ Twitter followers and many others who take her stances — most prominently when it comes to equal pay for women — seriously.

One of those people taking Rapinoe’s endorsement to heart? Warren, of course. “Megan is a champion of justice on and off the field and a role model for women and girls everywhere,” the US senator from Massachusetts and leading presidential candidate said in a statement sent to me by her campaign. “I am honored to have her endorsement, and look forward to fighting alongside her for big, structural change.”

Rapinoe’s tweet also included video of a phone call between the two women in which the senator thanked the soccer star for her support. “You both lead your team on the field, but you also help lead America off the field,” Warren said. Rapinoe replied that she’d been following Warren’s campaign closely and believes that “it’s amazing. It’s big, it’s bold.”

https://www.vox.com/2019/12/13/21020737/megan-rapinoe-elizabeth-warren-endorsement

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Megan Rapinoe just endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president (Original Post) BeyondGeography Dec 2019 OP
That's going to help EW treestar Dec 2019 #1
Celebrity endorsements sure are fun. NurseJackie Dec 2019 #2
You and Bernie BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #6
Hey there! NurseJackie Dec 2019 #8
... BeyondGeography Dec 2019 #9
Nice endorsement! demmiblue Dec 2019 #3
I like Megan Rapinoe and I hope Warren gets her campaign back comradebillyboy Dec 2019 #4
OK mylightningtoo Dec 2019 #5
Love this endorsement. NT TidalWave46 Dec 2019 #7
So much for the theory that all athletes are dumb. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #10
Wow! Figured she go with Elizabeth or Bernie! burrowowl Dec 2019 #11
Say what you will about celebrity endorsements, but this was delightful. CTyankee Dec 2019 #12
 

treestar

(82,383 posts)
1. That's going to help EW
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 02:25 PM
Dec 2019

youth vote, maybe, too.

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NurseJackie

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2. Celebrity endorsements sure are fun.
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 02:26 PM
Dec 2019
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BeyondGeography

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6. You and Bernie
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 02:34 PM
Dec 2019

I knew it was only a matter of time.

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comradebillyboy

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4. I like Megan Rapinoe and I hope Warren gets her campaign back
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 02:30 PM
Dec 2019

on track.

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CaptYossarian

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10. So much for the theory that all athletes are dumb.
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 04:09 PM
Dec 2019

But for every Rapinoe, there's a Curtsy Schilling. Okay, 50% are dumb.

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burrowowl

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11. Wow! Figured she go with Elizabeth or Bernie!
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 04:42 PM
Dec 2019

Love Megan! and RAH for the 2020 Olympics!

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CTyankee

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12. Say what you will about celebrity endorsements, but this was delightful.
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 05:00 PM
Dec 2019
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