Graham Platner should obviously drop out and I think he will drop out, but jesus christ, men -- if you've raped, abused, or otherwise badly mistreated women or anyone in the past, can you please just sit out running for office? Even if you believe you've changed, maybe work on a campaign or help someone you believe in, but perhaps one cost of your bad behavior is that you don't get to hold a position of extraordinary power.
I have been a soccer fan for over 20 years. My favorite team plays in the EPL. Iโve listened to Europeans bitch about FIFA corruption for decades, but as soon as a country has the pull to do something about it, they start crying. They broke their own rules to give him a red, they properly used the rules to reverse it. Any other country would have filed a grievance about that card, we just have a narcissistic buffoon that announces everything on social media to try to take credit. Perhaps, as a result of this, FIFA will start to look at how their horrible officiating put them in this position to start with and the game will improve. As much as I love Balogun, he is not Messi or Ronaldo, so stop crying.
Last but not least, cope and seethe you absolute losers. The reaction from football Twitter has been ridiculous and I hope you're all giving yourselves hypertension.
1. The foul wasn't a red(it was a yellow)
2. The process was stupid and dumb.
3. Trump taking credit for something he almost certainly had nothing to do with is fucking typical.
4. The outcome was correct and if it leads to players contesting suspensions, even better.
Iโm to the point where I wouldnโt vote for anyone associated with Trump in 2028 Iโm so upset with how heโs governed, not saying that for a pat on the back, just prefacing.
If youโre an American soccer fan concern trolling about precedent and corruption (the precedent was set and corruption in FIFA started LOOOOOONG before a phone call from the White House to Infantino) just because you hate Trump youโre a fucking loser. Many red card bans have been overturned before this one, including one for Penaldo in this very tournament, but I didnโt see that UEFA statement about โintegrity of the gameโ until this morning.
Flo was challenged from the back and never even saw the Bosnian defender coming, he was playing the ball, it wasnโt even a card on the field, the ref couldโve handed out multiple yellows to Bosnia before then, he used slow motion with VAR which is against the rules to give a ridiculous straight red, the whole thing was fucking bullshit. You want to talk โintegrity of the gameโ? That ref has been investigated for match fixing and FIFA still lets him officiate at the biggest event in sports.
Justice was served and I donโt care how we got there. And if youโre a red blooded American that knows the score on FIFA, you wonโt care either. This organization is the most corrupt in sports, if youโre apologizing for us getting our slice of the pie over your hate boner for the president you canโt enjoy anything. This is where his sycophants have a legit point when they talk about โTDSโ.
I hope Flo has a hat trick tonight and double birds the Belgian bench after all 3 of them. USA vs everybody.
TIME TO GET OUR VENGEANCE FOR 2014. TIME TO SHOW THE WORLD WE ARE A PROPER FOOTBALLING NATION. ITS GAMEDAY. LETS GO KICK THESE WAFFLE BASTARDS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY