During the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl parade, center Jason Kelce declared in a speech that will go down in Philadelphia sports folklore: “No one likes us — we don’t care.” Apparently President Trump got the memo, as he disinvited the Super Bowl champs from a White House celebration of their historic accomplishment.
Trump argued the Eagles “disagree with their President because he insists that they proudly stand for the National Anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women of our military and the people of our country.” But this logic is patently untrue — no Eagles players knelt for the anthem during the regular season or their run to the Super Bowl. Even Fox News issued a clarification, after showing video of Eagles players kneeling in prayer during warm-ups, seemingly implying that they were kneeling for the anthem. “To clarify, no players knelt in protest during regular or post-season,” said Christopher Wallace, executive producer of “Fox News @ Night with Shannon Bream.”
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