They have a First Amendment right to do that, but nfl owners also have a right to fire those players. Reporter this is all happening just one day after President Trump rescinded his invitation for Golden State Warriors guard steph curry to visit the white house. Now the entire team isnt going, but the hockey team that just won the stanley cup, theyre taking a different approach. Im talking about the Pittsburgh Penguins, they put out a statement this morning that reads, quote the Pittsburgh Penguins respect the institution of the office of the president and the longstanding tradition of championship teams visiting the white house. Any agreement or disagreement with the president s politics, policies or agenda can be expressed in other ways. And, in fact, President Trump tweeted about that very statement and praised the penguins for sticking by the tradition and coming to the white house regardless of where the players stand on politics. But, you know, all of this i hate to use the word
white house and the policy agenda, but he cannot control donald trump, and he s not going to stop him from tweeting and dividing the nation through his tweets. let s just remember this: lebron james, maybe the most popular and talented athlete in the country, supported the players, not donald trump, and he has twice the number of twitter followers as donald trump. so in a popularity contest, i m not even sure donald trump would win this one. arthel: well, when you talk about pop a lairty is one thing, but when you talk about presidential history, how will it treat president trump on this development? oh, i don t think we can possibly say yet. we are just at the beginning of this administration. even, arthel, i think we all have to say it feels as if he s been president for a long arthel: you know, i m sorry, judy, i meant just on this particular issue when we look back on on this, how do you think the president will be