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Exclusive: Clemson’s Black Players Refused to Accept Donald Trump’s Invitation to the McCookout
The Root ^ | 29th January 2019 | Michael Harriot

Posted on 01/29/2019 6:16:10 PM PST by Ennis85

When Filet-O-Fish aficionado Donald Trump invited the Clemson Tigers to enjoy the White House’s first Presidential Value Meal, most of Clemson’s national championship football team members jumped at the opportunity to meet the original cheeseburger-swallowing clown. But The Root has learned that Clemson’s black players, some specifically citing racism and their disdain for Trump’s divisive politics, passed on the opportunity to hang out with the real-life Mayor McCheese.

The Root spoke with three black Clemson players who each separately confirmed that many players, both black and white, had no interest in making the trip. All three acknowledged that Donald Trump was the reason they chose not to attend. Even more telling, most of Clemson’s white players were in attendance while nearly three-fourths of the school’s black football players took a hard pass on the chance to eat cold fries with the president of people who eat salads from McDonald’s.

“It wasn’t like we had a team meeting or anything,” said one of Clemson’s offensive stars who spoke with The Root on the condition of anonymity. “Players were talking amongst each other but everybody was like: ‘I’m not going to that.’”

Another defensive standout noted that coaches didn’t pressure players to accompany the team to Washington, D.C., but said that almost every black player he knew didn’t want to take the trip. However, he noted that he knew that some players only attended because they worried that refusing to attend the traditional White House visit might affect their scholarships or playing time.

“Not saying anything against the players who went,” the junior explained, “but if you look at who went—freshman and people fighting for playing time—you’ll see what I’m talking about.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theroot.com ...


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To: Ennis85

Must be the Clemson Football family culture coach Swinny always talks about.


21 posted on 01/29/2019 6:31:20 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: House Atreides

I would like just one of them to explain what Trump has done that is racist or what policies of his are racist. Just one.


22 posted on 01/29/2019 6:32:33 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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To: chief lee runamok

Research required. This is junk.


23 posted on 01/29/2019 6:34:54 PM PST by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: txrefugee

Research required. This is junk.


24 posted on 01/29/2019 6:35:07 PM PST by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: Ennis85

I suspect some number of them wanted to go, but if you’re black and even show so much as indifference about visiting Trump, the social price you pay from your black peers isn’t worth admitting it. This racist rag gives you a pretty good idea of what’s in store for you if you do.


25 posted on 01/29/2019 6:35:35 PM PST by MountainWalker
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To: Ennis85

If I were the coach or the school’s AD they would be playing waterboy or painting the stripes on the field next year.


26 posted on 01/29/2019 6:36:10 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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To: ps
.. and yet truly racist pukes like this Harriot maggot - esp those with a few bucks in their pockets thanks to the evil white man's economy - are still HERE instead of on a jet back to that mythical African 'paradise' they mouth their affinity for, ad nauseum.


spit 3

27 posted on 01/29/2019 6:37:21 PM PST by tomkat
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To: Ennis85

Their mothers, aunts, sisters, grand mammas and baby mammas probably work at local McDonald’s so I can understand how they might be uncomfortable in a white house.


28 posted on 01/29/2019 6:39:06 PM PST by VietVet876
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To: Ennis85

anonymous sources means made up quotes.


29 posted on 01/29/2019 6:41:25 PM PST by FreeAtlanta (what a mess we got ourselves into)
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To: House Atreides

Hmmm. Should someone ask the players that did attend if this is the case? Just wonderin’. Could be another fauxnews story like the gay black ‘empyre’ actor getting assaulted at 0200 this morning near a Subway shop in chitcago by two MAGA type guys in -9 deg wind chill. Anyone get the address to look for possible security cameras to verify the attack?


30 posted on 01/29/2019 6:42:10 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: TheZMan

Maybe so, but this isn’t the only source I’ve come across.


31 posted on 01/29/2019 6:44:05 PM PST by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: chief lee runamok

Most reports like Yahoo, the Hill, Buzzfeed simply refer to the Root. Haven’t found independet corroboration. May very well be true but why would it take ten days to surface. Are there any group pix.


32 posted on 01/29/2019 6:50:06 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: Ennis85

Biggest “elephant in the living room” secret in America is that as a group, there is no one more racist than Blacks.

Blacks overall, are extremely racist.


33 posted on 01/29/2019 6:50:29 PM PST by OldArmy52 (Nazi concentration camps are proof that banning guns works.)
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To: Ennis85

Sounds racist to me.


34 posted on 01/29/2019 6:51:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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To: rktman

While it may be true, I’d imagine that the major players (WaPo, NYT) would be triumphantly blaring this out as well. I would look into it if it actually mattered to me.


35 posted on 01/29/2019 6:53:24 PM PST by organicchemist (Without the second amendment, the first amendment is just talk)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These LIB racist misfits at least soil the Whitehouse by their presence. Losers..,nitwits.


36 posted on 01/29/2019 6:54:15 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Ennis85

“We’s all decided to stay on the Democrat Plantation and follow are Liberal masters.”


37 posted on 01/29/2019 6:54:47 PM PST by LeonardFMason
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These LIB racist misfits at least don’t soil the Whitehouse by their presence. Losers...nitwits.


38 posted on 01/29/2019 6:55:12 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

Stop inviting athletes to the White House.


39 posted on 01/29/2019 6:57:10 PM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Ennis85
I bet if these players were asked what particular instance justifies their allegation that President Trump is a racist?


40 posted on 01/29/2019 7:00:04 PM PST by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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