Sarah Sanders: “The Eagles are the ones who tried to changed their commitment at the eleventh hour … if this wasn’t a political stunt by the Eagles franchise, then they wouldn’t have planned to attend the event and then backed out at the last minute” https://t.co/M1Iji1b114
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 5, 2018
Why invite them when most wouldn’t come?
Via Daily Wire:
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders slammed the Philadelphia Eagles during Tuesday’s press briefing, accusing the team of engaging in a “political stunt.”
During the briefing, ABC News’ Jon Karl asked if President Donald Trump was aware that not a single player from the Eagles team had taken a knee during the national anthem all season long.
“There were 80 members of the Eagles’ organization that RSVPd and committed to attend this event as recently as Friday as well as over 1,000 fans of the Eagles’ organization,” Sanders said. “The Eagles, are the ones that tried to change their commitment at the 11th hour and the president frankly thinks that the fans deserve better than that and therefore we changed the ceremony to be a focus on celebrating our great country.”