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White House cancels NFL Eagles ceremony, criticizes team
https://apnews.com/d1313cdd8bf148318c242e88cb58ef49/Trump-scraps-Eagles-visit-to-avoid-low-turnout,-cites-anthem
After President Donald Trump canceled Tuesday’s salute to the NFL champion Philadelphia Eagles, the White House accused the players of abandoning their fans because many had said they wouldn’t show up. Trump quickly scheduled a “Celebration of America” with military bands in the event’s place as he stoked fresh controversy over players who protest racial injustice by taking a knee during the national anthem.
Fuming over the risk of a low Eagles’ turnout, Trump late Monday announced the usual Super Bowl celebration was off.
Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the team had notified the White House last Thursday that 81 members, including players, coaches and managers would be attending. But she said the team got back in touch late Friday and tried to reschedule, “citing the fact that many players would not be in attendance.” They proposed a time when Trump would be overseas.
Sanders said the White House continued to work with the team over the weekend, but in the end, “the Eagles offered to send only a tiny handful of representatives, while making clear that the great majority of players would not attend the event.”
“In other words,” she added, “the vast majority of the Eagles team decided to abandon their fans.” She later called it a “political stunt.”
The policy announced last month requires players protesting racial injustice to stand if they’re on the field during the national anthem or else stay in the locker room. Trump tweeted that, “Staying in the Locker Room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. Sorry!”
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