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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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I doubt I would go to the White House if I were in a similar position and the Hildabeast was president, but that is because she is an evil, venal, treasonous criminal. Trump is just someone the other side disagrees with.
1 posted on 02/05/2018 1:47:01 PM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

Dear 3 eagles, nobody gives a sh*t whether you attend or not.


2 posted on 02/05/2018 1:48:08 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Cecily

I think KelleyAnn stated they would invite veterans for those that don’t show up..


3 posted on 02/05/2018 1:48:13 PM PST by scbison
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To: Cecily

Well, bye.


4 posted on 02/05/2018 1:48:53 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Cecily

They just can’t leave it alone.


5 posted on 02/05/2018 1:49:01 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: Cecily

Fine, don’t go. More food for everyone else.


6 posted on 02/05/2018 1:49:25 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (A year in Arizona... and I haven't burst into flames yet.)
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To: Cecily

Was Joe Walsh one of them?


7 posted on 02/05/2018 1:49:28 PM PST by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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To: Cecily

Let’s see: Don Henley, Joe Walsh, and who else?


8 posted on 02/05/2018 1:49:38 PM PST by dfwgator
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Do they realize that this is how they are coming across to people? Mr. Big tough football player acting like a weeping girl. Waah waaah waahhh! Boo hoo hoo! I'm not talking to HIM! Waah waaaaah!


9 posted on 02/05/2018 1:49:42 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
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To: 4yearlurker

10 lousy seconds, you rat!


10 posted on 02/05/2018 1:49:55 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: OpusatFR

They must like being traded to Cleveland.


11 posted on 02/05/2018 1:50:13 PM PST by blackdog
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To: Cecily

A$$holes!


12 posted on 02/05/2018 1:50:29 PM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Democrats: the political party of the undead)
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To: blackdog

‘Do you know how to speak Canadian?’


13 posted on 02/05/2018 1:50:46 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Cecily

That’s why I didnt watch these clowns. F em.

IM PROUD TO STATE THAT I DIDNT WATCH THE STUPID GAME.


14 posted on 02/05/2018 1:50:51 PM PST by beergarden
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To: scbison

Is Howie Long as big a political jerk as his son? Over the years Long always seemed like a stand up guy.


15 posted on 02/05/2018 1:51:27 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: dfwgator

Sometimes I gets lucky!


16 posted on 02/05/2018 1:51:36 PM PST by 4yearlurker ("There stands mother under the oleanders,open the windows." A dying cowboys last words,1879.)
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To: Cecily

It is up t the ownership/coaching staff to lay the smackdown on these ingrates. If it were up to me, they would have their contracts terminated immediately!


17 posted on 02/05/2018 1:51:43 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: Cecily

So what and who cares? Why don’t you grow up?


18 posted on 02/05/2018 1:52:12 PM PST by mulligan (The)
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To: faithhopecharity

Yes, who cares. So don’t go. Why whine about it in public?


19 posted on 02/05/2018 1:52:38 PM PST by apocalypto
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Three Eagles Say They Won’t Visit White House if Invited

Proving to anyone paying attention that, no matter their physical size, they are very small men indeed.

20 posted on 02/05/2018 1:53:04 PM PST by tomkat
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