EXCERPT:
REID: “Call it patriotism, fandom, however you want to characterize it, we generally root for the home team when American athletes compete abroad, and we are sad with them when they lose. The defeats can be soul-crushing, and a lot of stomachs churned on Sunday when the U.S. soccer team lost to Sweden in the Women’s World Cup. It was an agonizing moment for the top-ranked women’s soccer team in the world, especially when soccer star Megan Rapinoe missed a crucial penalty kick, contributing to the loss. And then something weird happened. Conservatives relished America’s loss, expressing a maniacal glee over their, and by 'their,' I mean our country’s World Cup exit. They sent a clear message that it’s only America first if Republican trolls like you. So all of that argle-bargling about saving women’s sport, well, we knew that was a sham, but man, did they make it clear with the way they kicked the women’s team. President Biden, meanwhile, did what perfectly normal humans do and what presidents have always done in these instances, he congratulated the team, including with a post on ex-Twitter. 'You've made your country proud,' his post read, 'I'm looking forward to seeing how you continue to inspire Americans with your grit and determination on and off the field.' It’s what we’re supposed to expect, right? A totally normal, standard, encouraging response from a U.S. leader not named Donald Trump. As for Trump, well, Trump gotta Trump, especially when it comes to women, and so he trashed them, cheering the team’s defeat, claiming they lost because of wokeness, while somehow blaming Biden for the whole entire thing.“