Tennis legend Martina Navratilova served up some exhausting truths as she defined in a blistering new advert precisely why she is “pissed off as hell” concerning the state of America underneath Donald Trump, and likewise urged individuals to not sit on the sidelines and “maintain protesting.”
“I defected from a totalitarian regime and like hell am I going to be cowed once more and need to watch out about what I say,” stated the Czechoslovakia-born sports activities icon, who famously defected to the US in 1975 aged simply 18, in a video launched Wednesday by the conservative-led nonprofit Home of the Brave, which via its videos seeks to highlight the hurt Trump is inflicting throughout his second time period.
“I grew up in a communist nation, Czechoslovakia,” continued the 18-time Grand Slam champion, who battled breast and throat most cancers in 2023. “So I do know what it seems like and feels wish to stay in a totalitarian regime the place you can’t converse your thoughts, or worse but, be put in jail for political beliefs.”
“I’m so proud to be an American, however I’m embarrassed by what Trump is doing to our nation,” she added. “I’m pissed off as hell about individuals capitulating to Trump, whether or not it’s the authorized companies, or colleges, politicians or corporations. We’re too large to fail if we stand collectively, however divided we fall and that’s what Trump is relying on. Chaos, concern.”
“This was the freest nation on this planet after I defected in 1975. If this was the scenario for me now, I might undoubtedly not select to stay right here,” stated Navratilova, revealing her fear that complacency or concern means individuals don’t need to arise in opposition to the present president.
“If you depart a totalitarian regime and also you come to a freedom-loving nation, after all you need to converse up. Talking out is the precise patriotic factor to do. If you see one thing fallacious, don’t be afraid. You could find methods to make a distinction.”
