Several Eagles will skip Donald Trump White House visit after winning Super Bowl

[Julian Englis]

Source: NJ.com

Several Eagles players plan on skipping the traditional White House celebration after winning Super Bowl LII over the New England Patriots on Sunday night.

Wide receiver Torrey Smith, defensive end Chris Long, and safety Malcolm Jenkins are among the players planing to boycott visiting President Donald J. Trump.

Trump has repeatedly attacked NFL players for silent acts of dissent whether it is kneeling or raising fists during the national anthem in advocating for criminal justice reform and eradicating social injustice.

"They call it the anthem protest," Smith said this week. "We're not protesting the anthem. It's a protest during the anthem. I understand why people are mad, or may be offended when someone takes a knee

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And then there's Chris Long, who really dislikes Trump. From his Twitter feed:

Link to tweet

Of course, most Eagles hate Trump.

[TDale313]

1. Good for them. n/t

[jmowreader]

2. And watch the tweets fly...

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Very likely LaGarrette Blount won't go, either.

He, along with Chris Long, was with the Patriots last year when they won Super Bowl LI.
He also didn't go to the WH last year.

[C Moon]

4. I certainly wouldn't go if I were on the team. He's a god damned treasonous criminal.

I don't know how ANY of the players (who aren't Trump believers) could go stand before that bastard.

[Initech]

11. Yeah remember when we had a president who wasn't a criminal?

Those were good times.

[C Moon]

12. :(

[lunasun]

5. Gif is proof real Eagles don't like Trump ! Don't go team don't go

Send a bag of philly cheese steaks with regrets instead
that will keep him happy & away from mad tweets on the team

[Scarsdale]

25. Send him NOTHING.

He is a piss-poor excuse for a president and a human being. Orange ass.

[olegramps]

34. I would be glad to donate a turd or two.

[Leghorn21]

6. Mssrs. Smith, Long, and Jenkins:

Torrey Smith


Chris Long


Malcolm Jenkins



fuckyeah

[iluvtennis]

17. Chris Long is Hall of Famer Howie Long's son. Just learned that few weeks ago (I know,shame on me).

[Quixote1818]

7. Here is Chris Long on Ellen

&t=224s

[Leghorn21]

8. Holy cow, am I cray? Isnt that Tommy Wiseaus photo there (instead of Chriss?!). nt

[Drunken Irishman]

13. What a story, Mark.

[Dave Starsky]

30. I already knew Chris Long was a boss.

Having a Tommy Wiseau Twitter avatar earns him even more of my respect.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Phila is BLUE/Dem...FUCK the moron!

Good for them! I am from Phila and my family lived in Center City. We are immigrants, union workers and Dem all the way. My ancestors were there in the 1700s and they would be rolling in their graves if any one of their descendants were GOP!

YEAH EAGLES!!!

[LompocDem]

19. I worked in Camden...

...in the early '70s. Going to Philly for Bowie concerts at the Tower and the Spectrum are among my favorite memories from those times. Oh, the Broad Street Bullies took me to the Spectrum more than a few times back in '73 and '74. Dave Schultz was...memorable and entertaining back then.

Congrats Eagles and Philadelphia!

[BigmanPigman]

20. Rock bands always love playing there.

I moved away a year before Live Aid was there. It's a rock and roll city.

[LompocDem]

21. Saw Dave Mason there too....

The 'Split Coconuts' Album tour. The opening act was Charlie Daniels. (great music back then but an incredible ass politically nowadays).

[politicaljunkie41910]

10. I wish they wouldn't announce it so early. That way Trump would just not invite them and say he

didn't invite them. Instead I'd say nothing right now, let him extend his invite, and those who don't want to go, not go and watch him lie and say he didn't want them anyway, or bullshit to that affect, when we all know, he hates when someone he feels is inferior to him slights him first.

[Pepsidog]

14. Life long Eagles fan here, I hope a lot more dont go.

[LompocDem]

15. Good to see...

...where nepotism isn't expected and humbling when given. I do not know Chris but if he's his fathers son he'd say what Howie said about taking a knee..

"Standing for the anthem is something I would not choose to do, but I fully support the right to do it. That being said, what's being lost in the criticism of the form of the protest is the message of inequality. Put it in perspective: As a white father having raised three boys, there were a million things to worry about on a daily basis. But it's impossible for me to understand the challenges that an African-American father faces at every turn while raising his children. But in a league that is comprised of 70% African-American players, if you're a white player in an NFL locker room, that puts you in a position to try to better understand those struggles, and, subsequently as we have seen, show your support for your teammates in your own way. Understanding starts with a dialogue, and the most important part of dialogue is to listen."

Edit to add a link to his Ellen appearance.

[iluvtennis]

16. Cool. They are entitled to do so...that's what democracy is about. So glad they won't go.

And yay to the Eagles...I was rooting for you as I can't stand the media team known as the Patriots.

[ffr]

18. I'd boycott it too. I have no desire whatsoever to be in tRump's presence. He's vile!

I'm reciprocating. I wouldn't give him the time of day, because of it.

[Upstate One]

22. Cheetoh is gonna be pissed!

Great move by Eagles players.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Good.

The whole team should!

Go Birds!

[Cha]

24. Brawha! The Eagle and

dumbshit is perfect!

".. ok, birther theory guy" big Hypocrite goon

[no_hypocrisy]

26. 1) If the Patriots had won, Trump would've taken credit for it somehow.

2) Eagles are in a very blue district.
3) A notable number of Eagles will boycott the WH reception.
4) Trump only likes to be seen with winners. Wonder what will happen to his "friendship" with Tom Brady.

[MrPurple]

39. You don't get much more blue than Massachusetts

A number of Patriots skipped it last year, the number of Eagles that don't show up may not exceed that. Even Brady skipped the event last year (though, at least at the outset, he made it clear that he liked Trump).

[truthisfreedom]

27. This is what we're reduced to as a nation.

Watching our loser so-called president get dissed by real winners.

[bronxiteforever]

28. Chris Long is a class act

On March 28, 2017, his 32nd birthday, Long signed a two-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles and announced that he would donate his entire 2017 salary to charity, with the money going to a different charity each week.

[klook]

29. Wow.

That's inspiring.

[dawnie51]

31. probably won't even offer the visit.....

Dump is Brady, Brady, Brady, all the way; he's no doubt pissed as hell that the Eagles won. He's just petulant enough to ignore the win entirely. But if it is offered, glad the players feel as they do.

[SergeStorms]

32. Eagles see orange.....

they think, "Salmon"! Trump can't get far enough away from that Eagle. What a wuss, tough guy!

[IADEMO2004]

33. and the ones that go take a knee for the group photo.

[mainstreetonce]

35. Genius suggestion

I like real genius.

[bucolic_frolic]

36. If Trump had lost the Super Bowl the crooked refs would be hearing it today!

[Paladin]

37. Good. (nt)

[MrPurple]

38. A bunch of Patriots skipped it last year

even Brady didn't go.

[dreamland]

41. He didn't go because his wife told him so.

The wife is the smart one and knows how to keep a good profile.

[SummerSnow]

40. Treasonous to say the least