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Nationals closer Sean Doolittle says he won't join team's White House visit
Jack Baer
Yahoo Sports Contributor
Yahoo SportsNov 1, 2019, 7:56 PM
The Washington Nationals will be missing at least one major contributor when visiting the House on Monday.
Closer Sean Doolittle told The Washington Posts Jesse Dougherty on Friday that he does not plan to attend the teams White House visit. Doolittle is the first member of the Nationals to publicly confirm he will not attend the event, currently scheduled for 1:15 p.m. ET on Monday.
The White House announced the visit early in the morning on Friday, two days after the Nationals won their first-ever championship in seven games.
Dougherty additionally reported that while Doolittle is the first to shoot down visiting the White House, people close to the team said a handful of players are also wrestling with the decision.
Why Sean Doolittle will not visit Trump
In an interview with Dougherty, Doolittle cited Trumps public conduct as the reason for his decision:
At the end of the day, as much as I wanted to be there with my teammates and share that experience with my teammates, I cant do it, Doolittle continued. I just cant do it.
Doolittle also reportedly cited Trumps past violations of the Fair Housing Act, his treatment of the Central Park Five and his comments following the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, as well as his mocking of a disabled reporter.
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50 Shades Of Blue
(9,991 posts)blm
(113,057 posts)👏👏👏
proud patriot
(100,705 posts)I'm an A's fan .. we train the greats ..we lose them as soon as they go free agent .
but it's moneyball and Oakland doesn't have the big money
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)He was a fantastic A, I was sorry to lose him but I support his stand against tRUMP.
proud patriot
(100,705 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,456 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)gademocrat7
(10,656 posts)Hope more team members decline the invitation.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,786 posts). . .having read about Sean Doolittle's stances for unions and the LGBTQ community in the past.
BTW, while he's not coming to the WH, he has accepted the invitation from the NHL Washington Capitals to be present for their game that Monday night.
Link to tweet
This is a podcast he and his wife Eireann Dolan did with The Nation's sportswriter Dave Zirin back in March 2019:
https://soundcloud.com/edgeofsports/will-the-caps-on-major-league-heads-be-union-made
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)He and his wife Eireann Dolan are both great follows on twitter:
https://twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo
https://twitter.com/EireannDolan
Sid
ismnotwasm
(41,978 posts)world wide wally
(21,743 posts)Doolittle was my fantasy league closer.
Class act
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)They won't I'm sure. Got to keep up the farce. Sorry but Trump and his cronies disgust me.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)...instead of visiting the Fat Nixon in the White House.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Actually in comparison to Bush and Trump, Nixon wasn't all that bad of a President.
aggiesal
(8,914 posts)Didnt GS then visit Obama?
Crowman2009
(2,495 posts)Your digestive tract will thank you later.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,343 posts)There are too many people, already, trying to normalize that thing in our White House.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Trump can have his share.
Harker
(14,016 posts)would be to tell the shitstick to resign and get out of our house.
ismnotwasm
(41,978 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)the man is just plain VILE