Trump cancels football team’s visit to the White House because he’s a horrible racist
By So many lies smh
Here are some facts
1. Not many people were going to go
2. No one refused to go simply because Trump “insists” folks stand for the anthem
3. The President continues to spread the false narrative that players are anti military pic.twitter.com/89GUNhJ4eE— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) June 4, 2018
There are a lot of people on the team that have plenty of different views. The men and women that wanted to go should’ve been able to go. It’s a cowardly act to cancel the celebration because the majority of the people don’t want to see you. To make it about the anthem is foolish
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) June 4, 2018
One player who spoke to CNN said the team had multiple meetings to discuss the invitation to the White House. Not many players wanted to go, the player said.
“The number was low,” he said.
But the issue Trump brought to the fore — players kneeling during the National Anthem — was not one of the team’s chief concerns. The player said the issue was never mentioned in the meetings.
A separate NFL source said none of the players on the Eagles team that won the Super Bowl took a knee during the anthem during the regular season — one player took a knee in the preseason but was cut before the regular season began. Safety Malcolm Jenkins raised his fist during the anthem to protest racial injustice before some games, but he stopped when the NFL pledged to make a $100 million donation to various charities in November.
Sen. Bob Casey, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said he’s skipping the White House event, and instead invited the team to take a tour of the US Capitol.
“I’m proud of what the @Eagles accomplished this year. I’m skipping this political stunt at the White House and just invited the Eagles to Congress. @Eagles How about a tour of the Capitol?” Casey wrote on Twitter.
Of course his base eats this kind of thing up, because they’re horrible racists too, which is why they voted for him. (BTW I was taken aback by all the sympathy extended to Melania Trump in the thread about her absence. She’s helping to enable the continuation of this nightmare by choosing every day to continue to play the degrading role of a compliant mannequin trophy wife. That makes her as complicit as anybody).
Seriously the Republican party simply needs to be destroyed at this point.