It sure seems like any speculation that the Philadelphia Eagles wouldn’t want to visit the president is out the window.
There were rumors floating shortly after the Birds won the Super Bowl that they would not attend the White House to celebrate the victory, but those were nixed.
President Donald Trump extended the invite, and the team will go to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on April 28.
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Trump said the Eagles “deserve” to be at the White House as champions. (IMAGN | AP Newsroom)
Trump said the Eagles “deserve” to be at the White House as champions — they stopped the Kansas City Chiefs from becoming the first team to threepeat in Super Bowl history with a 40-22 beatdown.
Trump rescinded his invite for the Super Bowl LII team in 2018 after some players refused to visit the White House due to Trump’s criticism of those who knelt or raised their fists during the national anthem in protest of racial injustice and police brutality.
But this year’s team is different, and Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is looking forward to the opportunity.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is looking forward to the opportunity. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
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“I’m really excited to go, yeah. What an honor. What an honor to be able to go to the White House. Teams that have been able to win championships have been doing that for a long time, and I’m really honored to go and really excited to go,” he said this week.
Trump, in attendance for the game, predicted that the Chiefs would make history, but the Eagles took an early lead and never looked back.
“What an honor to be able to go to the White House. Teams that have been able to win championships have been doing that for a long time, and I’m really honored to go and really excited to go,” Sirianni said. (Chris Szagola/AP Photo)
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The Florida Panthers recently visited the president to celebrate their Stanley Cup victory last summer, and the Los Angeles Dodgers will also be visiting next Sunday after defeating the New York Yankees in the World Series back in October.
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