The US women's national soccer team received an invitation from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after their stunning Friday victory over France in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
Superstar player Megan Rapinoe scored twice in USA's 2 - victory.
Both Rapinoe and teammate Ali Krieger have rejected invitations from President Donald Trump.
"It may not be the White House, but we’d be happy to welcome [Rapinoe] and the entire #USWMNT for a tour of the House of Representatives anytime they’d like," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
It may not be the White House, but we’d be happy to welcome @mPinoe & the entire #USWMNT for a tour of the House of… https://t.co/6TSbrAd5pU— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)1561762238.0
Rapinoe replied, "consider it done, AOC."
@mPinoe Yes! 🇺🇸⚽️✨— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)1561769307.0
The party’s on! 🥳 https://t.co/8evtIDxDsz— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)1561769374.0
Television personality Piers Morgan on Wednesday lashed out at gymnast Simone Biles because she received sympathy from the public after she withdrew from the Olympic all-around due to health reasons.
In a Tweet on Wednesday, Morgan compared Biles' decision to the time he stormed off of Good Morning Britain after a co-host accused him of having an obsession with Meghan Markle.
"Are 'mental health issues' now the go-to excuse for any poor performance in elite sport? What a joke," Morgan wrote on Twitter. "Just admit you did badly, made mistakes, and will strive to do better next time. Kids need strong role models not this nonsense."
"Twitter when I walked off GMB because I was a bit stressed out: 'YOU'RE A PATHETIC, GUTLESS, COWARDLY, WEAK, SHAMEFUL FAILURE! MAN UP!'" he later added. "Twitter when their favourite athletes quit because they're a bit stressed out: 'YOU'RE A BRAVE INSPIRING, ICONIC HERO!'"
Twitter commenters slammed Morgan for the comparison.
"Piers, hate to break it to you, but Presenting a Morning TV show and performing in the Olympic Finals are different things," one person explained.
"One situation describes arguing with a weather man and another is pushing your body and mind to physical limits in order to be the best in the world," another commenter agreed.
"Comparing yourself to an Olympian… shameless just shameless Piers!" one response said.
*NEW COLUMN*
Sorry Simone Biles, but there's nothing heroic or brave about quitting because you're not having 'fun' – you let down your team-mates, your fans and your country.https://t.co/gxNC7kOMN2 pic.twitter.com/eIlZsqqRHo
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 28, 2021
Twitter when I walked off GMB because I was a bit stressed out: 'YOU'RE A PATHETIC, GUTLESS, COWARDLY, WEAK, SHAMEFUL FAILURE! MAN UP!
Twitter when their favourite athletes quit because they're a bit stressed out: 'YOU'RE A BRAVE INSPIRING, ICONIC HERO!'
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 28, 2021
While D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone was fighting to protect the lives of members of Congress, the U.S. Capitol, and democracy itself on January 6, he suffered a heart attack, was beaten with as flag pole, was tasered, and lost consciousness as the pro-Trump insurrectionists threatened to "kill him with his own gun."
While Officer Fanone was testifying before the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on Tuesday, he suffered yet another attack: via voicemail.
A MAGA cult member spewed homophobic, racist, disgusting profanities and lies for one minute into Fanone's voicemail. Some of the lies sound plucked straight out of Fox News and other far right wing media outlets. In fact, at one point the anonymous caller says, "you want an Emmy, an Oscar, what are you trying to go for?" Tuesday night, after the voicemail was left, Fox News' Laura Ingraham ran a segment giving the four officers who testified "awards."
Fanone shared the audio with CNN Tuesday night. NCRM will not provide a transcript, and we warn the language is both offensive and may be triggering.
In a civil lawsuit filed earlier this year, Rep. Eric Swalwell of California sued former President Donald Trump, Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and other MAGA Republicans for lying about the 2020 presidential election, inciting the mob that violently attacked the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6 and causing pain and distress to those who were victimized by the violence during the insurrection. Legal expert Ryan Goodman — in a Twitter thread posted on July 27 — lays out some reasons why a U.S. Department of Justice memo issued that day is a hopeful sign for Swalwell's lawsuit and others.
Goodman, in addition to serving as co-editor of Just Security, is a New York University law professor and an ex-DOJ special counsel. In his July 27 thread, Goodman describes the DOJ memo as a "clear-as-day signal that Trump" will "not be shielded from these lawsuits brought by @RepSwalwell, Capitol Police officers, and others for allegedly inciting" the "#Jan6 attack." The "golden words" in the DOJ memo, according to Goodman, are "or any federal employee."
The memo reads, "Inspiring or conspiring to foment a violent attack on the United States Congress is not within the scope of employment of a Representative — or any federal employee — and thus is not the sort of conduct for which the United States is properly substituted as a defendant under the Westfall Act."
The Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, a.k.a. the Westfall Act of 1988, protects federal government employees from common law lawsuits while they are performing their duties. But it also allows civilians to seek damages in lawsuits.
The DOJ memo, according to Goodman, offers some "other signals" that Trump is "not shielded" by the Westfall Act "from these lawsuits." The memo, Goodman notes, points out that Trump's January 6 rally "was a campaign event." The memo reads, "Candidate Trump, who spoke later that day, put it bluntly on January 6: the rally was about whether 'we win the election.'"
2. Other signals in DOJ brief that Trump is also not shielded by Westfall Act from these lawsuits. https://t.co/bEwu7YNjUX— Ryan Goodman (@Ryan Goodman) 1627434924.0
Hoping to get Swalwell's lawsuit dismissed, Brooks argued that speaking at Trump's January 6 rally was "official" government business. But DOJ said that "Brooks' logic goes too far."
According to the DOJ's July 27 memo, "Under his view, it is not clear what limit there would be to his legislative functions; so long as he could point to some desire on some part of his constituency, any purely electioneering or campaign activity would fall within the scope of his office or employment and require the United States to bear responsibility for any alleged tortious conduct."
Reporting on the memo in Politico, reporters Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein explained, "Trump's lawyers have moved to dismiss Swalwell's case against him but have not filed any motions seeking to have the U.S. government take over his defense. His attorneys have declined to explain their rationale."
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