Washington Gov. Jay InsleeJay Robert InsleeInslee calls on Trump to ‘stay out of Washington state’s business’ Seattle mayor responds to Trump: ‘Go back to your bunker’ Trump warns he will take back Seattle from ‘ugly Anarchists’ if local leaders don’t act MORE (D) said Saturday that if he is elected president, he will ask soccer player Megan Rapinoe to be his secretary of state.
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He said at the progressive Netroots Nation conference that one of his first acts as president would be to get a secretary of State who embraces world unity and “love rather than hate” as he rebuked President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s foreign policy.
“My first act will be to ask Megan Rapinoe to be my secretary of State,” he said. “I haven’t asked her yet, so this could be a surprise to her.”
“I actually believe this because what I think what she has said that has inspired us so much is such an antithesis of the president’s foreign policies,” he added.
Rapinoe is a player for the U.S. women’s national soccer team, which recently won its second consecutive World Cup. In a Wednesday victory speech, she encouraged listeners to love more and hate less.
“We have to love more, hate less. We got to listen more and talk less,” she said.
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Inslee is among two dozen people vying for the 2020 presidential nomination. His campaign has yet to see significant traction in the polls.