Many people might not agree with players turning down an invite from the President of the Unites States after their team wins a championship, and Johnny Damon is certainly one of those folks.
The former Major League Baseball star believes all athletes should visit the White House because he is a firm believer that players who don’t like the current sitting President should go and talk out their issues.
“That’s one of the things you wanted to do when you won the World Series was go to The White House, regardless of what political affiliation you may or may not have,” Damon said when talking about the Washington Nationals players who didn’t go to the White House. “I think it’s a great thing and if you do have an issue, that’s the greatest time to talk about the issues that you see and try to make things work.”
Damon was thrilled to know that the majority of the players on the Washington Nationals met with Trump.
“I’m glad the Nationals went there. I’m glad there was a great support for the president. I hope other teams elect to go in the future so they can talk about the issues that are bothering them.”
The Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in the World Series and were and still are celebrating their first championship in franchise history.
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Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo made sure people knew they had no political agenda when they visited Trump.
“We weren’t trying to make a political statement, whatsoever,” Rizzo said. “We just thought that the honor and the tradition of champions being invited to the White House and the office of the president, and especially us being the hometown team in their backyard two miles away from the capital, is something that should be done. Obviously, each player could make their own decision whether they wanted to attend, but most of the players were excited by it.”
