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Several Philadelphia Eagles players will skip out on any White House celebration this year following their first-ever Super Bowl win Sunday. Wide receiver Torrey Smith, defensive end Chris Long and safety Malcolm Jenkins have all said they will not attend if the traditional presidential invitation is extended. “I permanently do not anticipate attending that,” Jenkins told CNN on Monday. He said he didn’t have any message for the president. Last year, several Patriots players skipped the White House celebration after that team won the Super Bowl, including Tom Brady; he had also missed a White House visit under former President Barack Obama. “We read the news just like everyone else. You see Donald Trump tweet something,” Smith said in January. “We have those conversations in the locker room, just like everyone else does in the workplace. We’re very informed about what goes on, and we’re trying to continue to educate ourselves.” Trump has blasted players who have taken a knee during the national anthem as a sign of protest and to call attention to racial injustice in America. Prior to the Super Bowl, the president released a statement to honor service members and to remind players to stand for the national anthem. “Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles on a great Super Bowl victory!” the president wrote in a tweet after Sunday’s game. Long, who played last year for the Patriots and skipped the trip then, also said before the game that he would not make the visit if his new team won this year. “No, I’m not going to the White House. Are you kidding me?” Long said on the “Pardon My Take” podcast in January. Eagles running back LeGarrette Blount, who played for the Patriots last year, also skipped the trip at the time. Source: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/05/eagles-trump-skip-white-house-389878 Tags: #IndieBrew, IndieBrew, news, Trump | #PresidentCheeto, #MusicNews

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