president donald trump, in a tweet on saturday morning, withdrew an invitation to the white house for the 2017 nba champion golden state warriors. traditionally, championship professional sports teams visit for various annual ceremonies.
trump tweeted, "going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn."
curry and nba finals most valuable player kevin durant publicly admitted they wouldn't go to the white house. durant said he "has no respect for the man in office right now." warriors coach steve kerr has also expressed his disdain with the current administration's polices in the media.
the warriors today released a statement, "while we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we had this morning to collaboratively discuss a potential visit to the white house, we accept that president trump has made it clear that we are not invited. we believe there is nothing more american than our citizens having the right to express themselves freely on matters important to them."
the statement says, "we're disappointed that we did not have an opportunity during this process to share our views or have open dialogue on issues impacting our communities that we felt we would be important to raise. in lieu of a visit to the white house, we have decided that we'll constructively use our trip to the nation's capital in february to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion - the values we embrace as an organization."
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