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Ravens coach John Harbaugh pushes back on reporter for negatively questioning Trump White House visit
Fox News ^ | July 24, 2025 | Jackson Thompson

Posted on 07/24/2025 7:53:09 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh defended his recent meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House when a reporter confronted the coach about it on Wednesday.

Harbaugh and several family members — including his brother, Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh — were invited to the White House earlier this month.

During his media availability at Ravens training camp on Wednesday, a reporter framed a question on the visit around Trump's previous comments criticizing Baltimore as a city.

The Ravens coach criticized the reporter for the framing of the question and insisted that he "roots" for the president.

"How you framed that question — I would have framed that question like: ‘You got a chance to go visit with the president, man. What was that experience like?’" Harbaugh said. "It was amazing. It was awesome. And I promise you I root for our president. I want our president to be successful just like I want my quarterback to be successful, and I want my team to be successful, and it was an amazing experience. It's not often you get invited, and you get a chance to do something like that as a family."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: baltimore; baltimoreravens; johnharbaugh; maryland

1 posted on 07/24/2025 7:53:09 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo
Just another reporter trying to be the news rather than reporting the news.

Typical J-School moron.

2 posted on 07/24/2025 7:56:45 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: Mr. Mojo

The reporter sounds like the type that still wears a covid mask.


3 posted on 07/24/2025 7:57:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Mr. Mojo
When Harbaugh was coach of the Michigan Wolverines and they won the 2024 national championship they did not visit the WH like most champions do. And by the time the playoffs were over they would have visited Trump, not Biden.

So clearly it's not like Harbaugh is adamantly for visiting Trump every chance he gets, nor is he against it.

4 posted on 07/24/2025 7:59:55 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

What?!The Ravens haven’t won the Super Bowl in a dozen years? Somehow they have stolen credit for winning the most recent Super Bowl?


5 posted on 07/24/2025 8:00:47 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Mr. Mojo

A snarky speech framed as a question.


6 posted on 07/24/2025 8:16:46 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

That reporter should be fired for TDS bias. Why should anyone believe a word he says?


7 posted on 07/24/2025 8:19:30 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

There are few reporters, what we have is an over abundance of leftist activist TDS Trump haters in the media business.


8 posted on 07/24/2025 8:21:15 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Mr. Mojo

But had Harbaugh visited the White House when Biden or Obama were in office, this same reporter would have puddled the floor in excitement while asking how amazing the visit was.


9 posted on 07/24/2025 8:21:28 AM PDT by Dahoser (Liz Cheney needs to work on her soccer skills so she fits in when she transfers to Guantanamo High.)
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To: BenLurkin

Hopefully he’s fully vaccinated and boosted.


10 posted on 07/24/2025 8:35:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: nickcarraway

Couple of well known football coaches go visit the President.
They show him the respect due him by accepting his invitation.
What has that got to do with taking credit for a Super Bowl?


11 posted on 07/24/2025 8:57:13 AM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: Ditto

Yep.


12 posted on 07/24/2025 9:13:18 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Politics could learn from sports.

The loser congratulates the winner. The unsportsmanlike conduct of a player is called out... but does not diminish recognition of the winner.

Charles Barkley was commentary on the game. The refs obviously made a mistake that cost his beloved Auburn Tigers the game. Barkley accurately reported the mistake of the refs.

Barkley held his emotions in check and said his Tigers lost.

That has been the American way for 250 years.

We try to improve the skill of both the players and the refs. We fiddle with the rules. We often feel that “We got robbed”. But life goes on...imperfect life.


13 posted on 07/24/2025 9:53:44 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: Mr. Mojo

I think I have just become a Ravens fan.


14 posted on 07/24/2025 9:59:23 AM PDT by rwa265
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To: Tell It Right

He was interviewing with NFL teams after they won....He wasn’t back in AA for very many days after the national championship game.....good try though.


15 posted on 07/24/2025 10:24:10 AM PDT by BK_in Central Texas
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To: bray
That reporter should be fired for TDS bias.

That reporter totally doing his job. The media is there to shape the narrative and push any dissent back down.

Problem is that they are not being heeded like before. They are being called out and humiliated a lot now. Hopefully soon their rein will be ended.

16 posted on 07/24/2025 10:36:00 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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