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Another Pro Player Refusing White House Visit, Red Sox Player Shuns Visit with Trump

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Here we go with yet another pro ball player using a White House visit to push his personal politics with Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts announcing that he will not be visiting the White House to celebrate his team’s World Series win.

Betts announced his decision during his ceremony to receive the American League’s Most Valuable Player award, The Hill reported.

After receiving the award at the BBWAA dinner in New York on Saturday night, Betts told the media that he has decided to skip the White House visit saying, “I won’t be going there.”

The player did not elaborate on why he did not want to visit the White House.

The Sox were originally scheduled to visit the White House on February 15, but team president Sam Kennedy decided to postpone the event in part because of the government shutdown.

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“You’ve got 800,000 federal workers who are not working right now,” Kennedy said last week. “Just not sure it’s appropriate to be celebrating in such a public way while there’s people who are struggling right now. So that’s been the internal conversation.”

The Sox scheduled the visit for May when they will be in the area playing the Baltimore Orioles.

Kennedy noted that the visit was optional for the players.

“Like in the past, it’s an invitation. It’s not a mandatory, command performance,” Kennedy said last year. “It’s an opportunity for these guys to get the recognition they deserve for a world championship.”

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Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN, and several local Chicago News programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a "target rich environment" for political news.




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