Trump Calls Cleveland Indians Name Change a Disgrace
The former president says he is now a FORMER baseball fan
Aarohi Sheth | July 23, 2021 @ 6:11 PM
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Former President Donald Trump is not happy with the Cleveland Indians name change, as he expressed his disapproval of the situation Friday.
“Can anybody believe that the Cleveland Indians, a storied and cherished baseball franchise since taking the name in 1915, are changing their name to the Guardians? Such a disgrace, and I guarantee that the people who are most angry about it are the many Indians of our Country,” he said in a statement.
This reaction came shortly after the Major League Baseball team announced via a video narrated by actor Tom Hanks, that, beginning in 2022, their name all be the Cleveland Guardians.
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