{"id":2413750,"date":"2025-03-18T18:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-bemoans-trumps-order-protecting-womens-sports\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:11:01","slug":"megan-rapinoe-bemoans-trumps-order-protecting-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-rapinoe-bemoans-trumps-order-protecting-womens-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Rapinoe bemoans Trump&#8217;s order protecting women&#8217;s sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmegan-rapinoe-bemoans-trumps-order-protecting-womens-sports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413750&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Megan Rapinoe bemoans Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;depraved&rsquo; order protecting women&rsquo;s sports<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2042474\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Retired soccer star Megan Rapinoe lamented President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women&rsquo;s sports, calling the president&rsquo;s action &ldquo;really cruel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe is no stranger to criticizing Trump in the past, previously stating she would not go to the White House should the U.S. women&rsquo;s national team get invited in 2019 and also accusing Trump of being &ldquo;a white nationalist&rdquo; in 2020. Trump argued his executive order, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3312624\/riley-gaines-feels-vindicated-since-trump-executive-order-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">signed in February<\/a>, seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3311219\/trump-sign-executive-order-keeping-men-out-women-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;defend the proud tradition of female athletes&rdquo;<\/a> and only allow biological women to compete in them, though Rapinoe has called his claim to protect women&rsquo;s sports &ldquo;totally disingenuous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3351822\/christopher-rufo-2025-bradley-foundation-prize-winner\/\">Christopher Rufo named a 2025 Bradley Prize winner<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3351929\/social-security-administration-head-apologizes-mistakes-downsize-plan-memo\/\">Social Security Administration head apologizes for mistakes and touts 3-month downsize plan in memo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3351826\/david-weiss-justice-department-officials-trump-cases-testify-house\/\">David Weiss and DOJ officials involved in Trump cases called to testify in House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s just really cruel,&rdquo; Rapinoe told <em>Mundial<\/em> magazine. &ldquo;You know, if you strip it all back, it&rsquo;s just kind of cruel and depraved. This isn&rsquo;t an issue and you aren&rsquo;t going to be able to Executive Order trans people out of existence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Megan Rapinoe, center, Colin Kaepernick, right, and Nessa Diab, left, pose for photographs during the second half of a WNBA basketball semifinal game between the New York Liberty and the Las Vegas Aces on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sports star and activist also complained that Trump&rsquo;s order was signed following 10 years of working toward &ldquo;equal rights and non-discriminatory behavior.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe&rsquo;s comments caught the attention of social media users, including Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who both rebuked the soccer player&rsquo;s opinion on Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Megan Rapinoe thinks it&rsquo;s &lsquo;depraved&rsquo; that President Trump is standing up to keep men out of women&rsquo;s sports,&rdquo; Blackburn wrote on X. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s depraved that a female athlete won&rsquo;t put biology first and stand up for her fellow and former teammates.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Megan Rapinoe thinks it&rsquo;s &ldquo;depraved&rdquo; that President Trump is standing up to keep men out of women&rsquo;s sports.<\/p>\n<p>I think it&rsquo;s depraved that a female athlete won&rsquo;t put biology first and stand up for her fellow and former teammates.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1902075690624643357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Megan Rapinoe is the &lsquo;depraved&rsquo; one,&rdquo; Mace wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Megan Rapinoe is the &ldquo;depraved&rdquo; one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b6xC2BkiAo\">https:\/\/t.co\/b6xC2BkiAo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NancyMace\/status\/1902052416381419703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The greatest obstacle women face are liberal women,&rdquo; women&rsquo;s sports activist Riley Gaines wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The greatest obstacle women face are liberal women <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BJ9aoxDbB\">https:\/\/t.co\/8BJ9aoxDbB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/1902043860785582340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/3350366\/colleges-on-watch-ignoring-federal-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">COLLEGES ARE FINALLY ON WATCH FOR IGNORING FEDERAL LAW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following Trump&rsquo;s executive order, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3313842\/ncaa-changes-rules-ban-biological-men-womens-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the NCAA announced that it would change its policy<\/a> to ban biological males from competing in women&rsquo;s sports. Trump took a victory lap of the policy change on Truth Social, calling it &ldquo;a great day for women and girls across our Country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration is feuding with Maine to address its Title IX violations, giving the Maine Department of Education, the Maine Principals&rsquo; Association, and Greely High School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3351444\/trump-administration-hhs-maine-title-ix-violation-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">10 days to resolve the matter<\/a>. Trump called out Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) in front of a bipartisan group of governors on Feb. 21 for failing to comply with his executive order, threatening to pull federal funding from the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2042474\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2042474\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Rapinoe bemoans Trump\u2019s \u2018depraved\u2019 order protecting women\u2019s sports Retired soccer star Megan Rapinoe lamented President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in women\u2019s sports, calling the president\u2019s action \u201creally cruel.\u201d Rapinoe is no stranger to criticizing Trump in the past, previously stating she would not go to the White House should<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2413751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Megan-Rapinoe-2024-scaled.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Megan-Rapinoe-2024-scaled.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}