Former U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT) soccer star Hope Solo said that her teammate Megan Rapinoe "almost bullied" their team to kneel during the playing of the national anthem, the Independent reports. During an interview, Solo commented on the political tensions that arose on the team that led them to "take a knee.” "Right now what I've seen is there's been so much debate about the kneeling, about the not kneeling. I know most people stand against discrimination," she said. "And I live in the south, I live in a very conservative area here in North Carolina in the south. Obviously, I have friends on both sides of the aisle, but I think the kneeling thing can be very divisive." Rapinoe has been vocal in opposition to the Trump Administration and supportive of Black Lives Matter, equal pay for equal work and LGBTQ+ causes as the de facto leader of the U.S. Women’s National Team. According to Solo, however, Rapinoe went as far as to “bully” her teammates to join her in public...
