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Three Eagles Say They Won’t Visit White House if Invited
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | February 5, 2018 | JuliaKate Culpepper

Posted on 02/05/2018 1:47:01 PM PST by Cecily

Less than 24 hours after hoisting the Lombardi Trophy into the air in Minneapolis, the total number of Philadelphia Eagles players who said they won’t visit the White House if the team is invited for the ceremonial championship visit rose to three.

Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins— a prominent voice the past two seasons in NFL player protests of police brutality and social injustice— told CNN Monday that he will not attend the White House if President Donald Trump was to extend the invitation.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: boycott; eagles; football; goldengooseoncpr; nfl; nflboycott; philadelphia; philly; searchworks; superbowl
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To: nopardons

This whole stupid thing about inviting winning sports teams to the White House should end and end right now!
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IMNSHO, the President who stops inviting these ingrates, and also stops insisting (at the publics behest) on going to disaster areas where security etal just interferes with the people who are trying to clean up the mess, also he who instigates ‘pardoning’ the Thanksgiving Turkey, will go down as the GREATEST PRESIDENT ever.

If you want to do something ‘positive’, start prosecuting those that are circumventing our law and being given a ‘pass’ because they are ‘public figures’.


61 posted on 02/05/2018 2:43:51 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""In todays world:::WE, THE USofA are Rudyard Kiplings 'Tommy'")
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To: silverleaf

I hope President Trump doesn’t soil the White House with the presence of these anti-American ingrate losers and their LIB loser owner.


62 posted on 02/05/2018 2:44:39 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: ronnie raygun

Nah- tweet that the Eagles can choose to come be recognized as national champs or individuals can give up their place at the reception to a wounded warrior

Either way the WH recognizes champs


63 posted on 02/05/2018 2:46:32 PM PST by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Cecily

Just a reminder the NFL is still rife with unpatriotic asshats.


64 posted on 02/05/2018 2:51:39 PM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: Cecily

Figures with Torrey Smith. He came over from the 49ers, who started this flag-hating, anthem kneeling shitstorm.


65 posted on 02/05/2018 2:54:23 PM PST by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Watch President Trump outsmart them. Invite them to talk about the issue over dinner with their spouses and children. Have stats ready to show the truth. He’ll make sure he tapes everything.


66 posted on 02/05/2018 2:55:16 PM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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To: Cecily

I wasn’t aware they were invited.


67 posted on 02/05/2018 2:57:24 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: silverleaf

Nah- tweet that the Eagles can choose to come be recognized as national champs or individuals can give up their place at the reception to a wounded warrior

Either way the WH recognizes champs
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Oh THAT would be AMAZING!


68 posted on 02/05/2018 3:04:00 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: faithhopecharity

Simple solution, don’t invite the team. When they piss and moan tell them about the three who think they are “special”.


69 posted on 02/05/2018 3:08:04 PM PST by pfflier
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To: Cecily

So, a fellow football player gets killed and these 3 stogies are siding with the illegal.


70 posted on 02/05/2018 3:09:05 PM PST by Pure Country (�I�ve noticed that every person that is for abortion has already been born.� -Ronald)
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To: hardspunned

Don’t know about Howie’s politics but his son is your classic snowflake. He’s on a guilt trip that he’s not black and does everthing in his power to get them to like him, all the way to being plastered in ghetto tattoos, because we know how hard he had it growing up the son of a multi-millionaire father.


71 posted on 02/05/2018 3:10:35 PM PST by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness")
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To: pfflier

yes, i’d much rather DJT get down to business draining the swamp

instead of throwing parties or entertaining ball players


72 posted on 02/05/2018 3:11:40 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

Ditto.


73 posted on 02/05/2018 3:16:52 PM PST by tgusa (gun control: hitting center of mass)
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To: xrmusn
I agree, but that person will catch holy hell from the MSM and other whingers; sadly.

I'm sick of our now many tiered "justice" system and want the really BIG FISH, no matter which political party/who they are, to get treated as though they were just another "JOHN or JANE DOE"!

74 posted on 02/05/2018 3:17:17 PM PST by nopardons
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To: beergarden

OK, that’s two of us, beergarden


75 posted on 02/05/2018 3:21:53 PM PST by Walrus (Those who work should eat better than those who don't)
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To: DoughtyOne

Thank You DoughtyOne.


76 posted on 02/05/2018 3:22:21 PM PST by Randy Larsen (Trump IS MY president and I'm damn proud of him!)
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To: nopardons

You got it, nopardons!


77 posted on 02/05/2018 3:23:28 PM PST by Walrus (Those who work should eat better than those who don't)
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To: ronnie raygun

Great idea, Ronnie raygun


78 posted on 02/05/2018 3:25:45 PM PST by Walrus (Those who work should eat better than those who don't)
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To: scbison

Are they listed here? Most players are.
I would not want any criminals at the White House.

NFL Arrest
http://nflarrest.com/


79 posted on 02/05/2018 3:28:26 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Walrus
Thanks! :-)

These people get paid a king's ransom to do a job. The team, no matter which sport it may be, who wins the trophy/BIG win at the end, should see THAT as the prize! There is absolutely NO good reason to then "reward" them with a visit to the White House, which many, if not most, couldn't care less about anyway. WHAT'S THE POINT...JUST WHAT HAVE THEY REALLY DONE TO BETTER THIS NATION AND/OR HER POPULACE?

80 posted on 02/05/2018 3:29:16 PM PST by nopardons
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