Over the weekend, West Point and Annapolis met in Philadelphia for the annual Army-Navy game. Army clinched sweet victory when Navy kicker Bennett Moehring missed a 48-year field goal attempt. While Navy lost the football game, they can be given credit for some of the trash talking that occurred in the stands. The Naval Academy cadets made sure to let their Army counterparts know about their recent public relations embarrassment over 2nd Lt. Spenser Rapone, who tweeted support for former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, trashed Secretary of Defense James Mattis by calling him an “evil, vile f**k” and said that “communism will win.”
NO GOOD. ARMY WINS. ARMY WINS. pic.twitter.com/1LeNrLPVYG
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) December 9, 2017
Rapone graduated in 2016, but tweeted photos of himself wearing a Che Guevera shirt underneath his uniform. He also wrote that communism tribute inside of his officer’s cap. He’s currently with the 10th Mountain Division. He’s reportedly a member of Democratic Socialists of America. I’m pretty sure you cannot be political while in uniform, but that’s a story for another time.
The Navy sends a brutal message to the Army Infantry Officer who advocated for communism in uniform #ArmyNavyGame pic.twitter.com/uMSt3mFpBk
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) December 9, 2017
Another sign appears in the Navy crowd pic.twitter.com/NyoMPPvM7q
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) December 9, 2017
For something a bit more patriotic, please read Guy’s post about the Army-Navy glee clubs’ rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner. For all you liberals, this is why so many Americans are sour at the NFL for their national anthem antics.
UPDATE: Army had some good posters of their own: