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Former American soccer star Tim Howard called out athletes using the Donald Trump-inspired dance who have then tried to tiptoe around any political motivations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Christian Pulisic was the latest athlete to break out the president-elect\u2019s well-known dance moves after scoring against Jamaica earlier this week, which led to a slew of headlines. <\/p>\n
Pulisic said afterward the celebratory dance wasn\u2019t politically motivated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But it was an aspect that Howard didn\u2019t seem to believe and questioned in a column for the Daily Mail on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf someone feels strongly the other way, no problem. But if you\u2019re going to make a political statement then be bold and brash enough to stand behind it,\u201d Howard wrote. \u201cDon\u2019t go quiet and don\u2019t plead innocence like Christian Pulisic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Howard also added that he thinks doing the Trump dance \u201cis stupid.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy? Because, whether it\u2019s the president of the United States or my neighbor down the street, I would never back someone who I believe is racist. I wouldn\u2019t glorify that. I wouldn\u2019t do it for anything,\u201d the former American soccer keeper wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Howard\u2019s clear issue was that Pulisic said that he wasn\u2019t supporting Trump with the celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pulisic had said after the game that he \u201cthought it was funny\u201d and that \u201cit was just a dance that everyone\u2019s doing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot have it both ways. You\u2019re on one side of this or the other,\u201d Howard also wrote in the column. \u201cIf you are bold enough to publicly make a statement, I don\u2019t have a problem with that. But own it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pulisic is one of the most well-known American men\u2019s soccer players, and the Hershey, Pennsylvania native has appeared in 76 games for the U.S. men\u2019s national team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He has scored 33 goals in the time frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pulisic also plays for AC Milan in Serie A in Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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