Former President Donald Trump says “woke politics” contributed to the US Ladies’s soccer staff’s dismal opening efficiency within the Tokyo Olympics.
“The US Ladies’s Soccer staff is an excellent instance of what’s happening,” Trump informed a crowd throughout a campaign-style rally in Arkansas on Saturday evening.
“Woke politics takes the life and pleasure out of every thing. Woke-ism makes you lose, ruins your thoughts and ruins you as an individual. You change into warped. You change into demented,” he stated through the speech to the Turning Level Motion political motion committee in Phoenix.
“Earlier this week, [the women’s team] unexpectedly misplaced to Sweden, three to nothing, and People had been joyful about it,” Trump informed the group, who responded by cheering.
“You proved that time earlier than I even stated it,” Trump added to the viewers, shaking his head.
The US Ladies’s staff, favored to win a gold medal in Tokyo and ranked No. 1 on the earth, has traveled down a rocky street thus far within the Olympic Video games.
The staff — recognized for some members’ protests towards racism, together with by kneeling through the Nationwide Anthem — began off with a shocking 3-0 loss to Sweden. It rebounded with a 6-1 win over New Zealand on Saturday.
Throughout his Arizona speech, Trump additionally doubled-down towards the Cleveland Indians altering their identify to the Cleveland Guardians.
“The Cleveland Indians can be altering their identify, a reputation that was crammed with historical past and reminiscences. The brand new identify would be the Cleveland Guardians, which is horrible,” he informed the group.
“If I had been a [Native American], I’d sue,” the previous president stated.
“I imply, what could possibly be higher? Particularly when you’ve got a very good staff, the Cleveland Indians, it’s one of many biggest names. Some of the unbelievable logos. Individuals adore it. They’re going completely loopy in Ohio over the identify change. The Cleveland Guardians, what’s that each one about?” he stated.
“The madness of the left is aware of no bounds. And each Indians and baseball fans must be vastly insulted. They need to take away our historical past, our heritage, our tradition, and every thing that holds us collectively,” Trump added.
He had slammed the baseball staff final Friday when the identify change was introduced, calling it a “shame.”
“Can anyone consider that the Cleveland Indians, a storied and cherished baseball franchise since taking the identify in 1915, are altering their identify to the Guardians?” former commander-in-chief stated in a press release.
