— Daniel Dale (@ddale8)
June 4, 2018
[7] “They disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country,” the statement read. The team was supposed to meet Trump Tuesday. Instead of the usual ceremony that sees the champions of a major sports league have a photo op with the president, the focus will be on Philadelphia fans who planned to attend. Defensive ends Chris Long and Brandon Graham and safety Malcolm Jenkins were among the handful of players who planned
[8] not to make the trip to Washington. No Eagles players actually sat or knelt for the anthem during the regular season or playoffs in 2017. Jenkins raised his fist as a form of protest, but stopped doing so in November after the NFL and the players’ coalition agreed to a $90 million social justice initiative. Trump[9] also revoked the Golden State Warriors’ invitation to the
White House[10] last season when their star player, Steph Curry, said he would not want to go.Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie is a critic of
Trump[11].
According to[12] a transcript leaked to the New York Times in April, Lurie said in a closed-door meeting with team owners that “many of us have no interest in supporting President
Trump[13]” and called his administration “one disastrous presidency.”The NFL Network
reported[14] Lurie wanted to send fewer than 10 members of the Eagles to the
White House[15], which “did not please
Donald Trump[16].”Torrey Smith, who played on the Eagles’ Super Bowl-winning squad but was traded to Carolina in March, responded on Twitter, saying that “no one refused to go simply because
Trump[17] ‘insists’ folks stand for the anthem.”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
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— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR)
June 4, 2018[20]Joe Lockhart, a former
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