Posted on 06/04/2018 4:17:55 PM PDT by Eddie01
Donald Trump has announced the plans for the Philadelphia Eagles to visit the White House to celebrate the Super Bowl victory is officially OFF ... and POTUS is making it seem like it was his decision.
Instead, Trump says he will still have the United States Marine Band and the United Army Chorus playing the national anthem at 1600 Pennsylvania ... while he stands proudly and watches.
The team was scheduled to visit on Tuesday ... without several key members from the team who opted out as a way to protest Trump's stance on the national anthem.
But Trump says the "smaller delegation" of players who accepted the invite are no longer coming because "the fans deserve better."
"The Philadelphia Eagles are unable to come to the White House with their full team to be celebrated tomorrow."
"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 country."
"The Eagles wanted to send a smaller delegation, but the 1,000 fan planning to attend the event deserve better."
"These fans are still invited to the White House to be part of a different type of ceremony-one that will honor our great country, pay tribute to the heroes who fight to protect it, and loudly and proudly play the National Anthem."
"I will be there at 3:00 p.m. with the United States Marine Band and the United Army Chorus to celebrate America."
He’ll be a professional lawn jockey before this is all over...
The Eagles are a Team, no, you don’t have “some” of them show up.
F/ NFL!
Oh boy...
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney called out Trump, releasing this statement on the cancellation:
“The Eagles call the birthplace of our democracy home, so it’s no surprise that this team embodies everything that makes our country and our city great. Their athletic accomplishments on the field led to an historic victory this year. Fans all across the country rallied behind them because we like to root for the underdog and we feel joy when we see the underdogs finally win. I’m equally proud of the Eagles’ activism off the field. These are players who stand up for the causes they believe in and who contribute in meaningful ways to their community. They represent the diversity of our nation—a nation in which we are free to express our opinions.
Disinviting them from the White House only proves that our President is not a true patriot, but a fragile egomaniac obsessed with crowd size and afraid of the embarrassment of throwing a party to which no one wants to attend. City Hall is always open for a celebration.”
“Disinviting them from the White House only proves that our President is not a true patriot.”
Philly Mayor Jim Kenney releases statement on White House canceling Eagles visit.https://t.co/M5No2rMKFX pic.twitter.com/weWyiTvjHB
— CBS Philly (@CBSPhilly) June 5, 2018
“The President won’t reward kneelers with a photo op.”
Exactly.
The racist aholes on the Eagles will do something stupid. Trump knows it. All the Eagles had to do is ask if anyone on the team wants to volunteer and this would have been handled properly. F the NFL.
Wow.
The NFL is really going to suffer due to the egomaniacs on the left.
Including that ass clown who said he didnt like Trump. Forgot this idiot’s name but who cares, he went with his teammmates and politely acted professionally. Damn. When I go to Disney productions, I hate everyone there but it’s a business. Act accordingly..
The same Bob Kraft who sent the team plane down to Florida to fly Adolph Hogg and his friends to the AstroTurf anti-gun rally “for our lives” in Washington DC.
https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/patriots/robert-kraft-flying-high-school-protesters-patriots-jet
And Kraft appears to be a gun grabber:
https://nesn.com/2018/03/heres-the-letter-robert-kraft-wrote-to-parkland-students-on-patriots-plane/
I’m sure Kraft is afraid of certain populations with guns. But don’t tell his players that.
Thank you.....Roll Tide Roll!!!!!!
See my post @ 107
Not even ten, eh? What a bunch of losers.
Not even ten, eh? What a bunch of losers.
Well then, nope to him!
Tom Brady then. Is at least he free of pernicious Leftardism?
Look at how he gets his voters in Philadelphia to turn out 110% in every precinct...
And thank goodness we got him......I’ll never forget the day we did in fact get him.....I called a friend of mine (LSU grad) in Baton Rouge and told him to put me on speaker phone. Once he did I said “just want you to know that the University of Alabama’s plane is flying to Tuscaloosa with our new coach Nick Saban.....both of the guys screamed ‘NOOOOOOOOO....we would have made him Gov if he came back here”......I laughed and said “sorry but he’d rather come to a winner”......RTR
Jim Kenney is the fragile egomaniac enabler of America haters.
Apparently, nobody told them Melanie would be there.
Or Melania
He should stop stealing poor peoples money via the soda tax. He is a terrible mayor.
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