Megan Rapinoe Didn’t Hold Back While Reacting To Donald Trump Winning The U.S. Presidential Election: “I Feel Overwhelmed”

 

Megan Rapinoe and Donald Trump (Photos via Getty Images)

Megan Rapinoe’s worst nightmare has come true.

In her weekly podcast, the former U.S. women’s soccer star made a plea to voters less than a week before Election Day, calling out former President Donald Trump for what she calls the “grim” and “violent reality” of what his presidency would look like if he would win.

“It is stressful. I am nervous, but I also am hopeful. I believe in people and I certainly believe in women and I believe that people want better than the grim, dark, just violent reality that Donald Trump has very clearly laid out for us,” Rapinoe said. “He’s telling everybody what he’s gonna do and it’s really dark and it’s really sad and I don’t think anybody wants to live like that.”

What she was afraid of came true when Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the presidential election, receiving 312 electoral votes. He swept all seven of the hotly contested battleground states, while Kamala Harris got 226 votes.

According to the AP’s election results, he was also leading in the popular vote count. If that happens, he would become the first Republican in two decades to win the popular vote. It was way back in 2004 when George W. Bush won the popular vote against John Kerry.

Everything that could’ve gone wrong did, in fact, go that way for Megan Rapinoe.

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On Rapinoe’s podcast, “A Touch More,” she got right to the point as she spoke on Trump winning the election by what she described as a “close margin.”

 

“To get started this week, we’re just going to talk about it right at the top, Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 election by a close margin,” Rapinoe said.

Trump received over 75.8 million votes. Harris, meanwhile, received around 72.8 million votes.

Megan Rapinoe then spoke on being overwhelmed and how she feels for trans kids as well as families that are going to be destroyed by mass deportations.

“I feel overwhelmed by the reality that is going to be a Trump presidency, which we have seen before, so I don’t feel like I’m saying anything new, but the reality where anything crazy could happen any day, I think that is really overwhelming,” Rapinoe continued, via OutKick.”

“I think that I feel not so much personally scared, because I think that you know, we live in a very progressive place, we’re unbelievably privileged in our place in the world and life and, you know, financially and all of these things. I think the fear extends to just people in general that will be really affected. I’m thinking of all my trans friends and people that I know and trans kids. I’m thinking about the potential of mass deportations if that is going to happen, and kind of just general chaos.”

Megan Rapinoe concluded her rant by stating America was “founded on slavery and inequality,” so she wasn’t surprised that Donald Trump came out with the win.

 

Donald Trump Once Told Megan Rapinoe To ‘Never Disrespect’ The White House

Former President Donald Trump and Megan Rapinoe have quite a history.

It goes back as far as 2019 when he stated he would invite the U.S. women’s national soccer team to the White House following that year’s Women’s World Cup.

Former co-captain Megan Rapinoe said, “I’m not going to the f—ing White House.”

“I am a big fan of the American Team, and Women’s Soccer, but Megan should WIN first before she TALKS! Finish the job!” Trump wrote in a series of tweets at the time.

“We haven’t yet invited Megan or the team, but I am now inviting the TEAM, win or lose,” Trump added. “Megan should never disrespect our Country, the White House, or our Flag, especially since so much has been done for her & the team. Be proud of the Flag that you wear. The USA is doing GREAT!”

They have been on bad terms ever since.