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'The View' Co-Host Whoopi Goldberg Urges All Knicks Players to Visit Trump at White House — After Prez Sparked Outrage for Attending Finals Game
Goldberg said the champions should go, while co-hosts warned the invite could put players under pressure.
- On Thursday's episode of The View, co-host Whoopi Goldberg urged the New York Knicks to visit the White House, noting no NBA team has ever accepted an invite during President Donald Trump's administration.
- Knicks owner James Dolan confirmed the team accepted an invite after they triumphed 4-1 over the San Antonio Spurs in the finals, though they trailed during the first quarter of each game.
- Co-Hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin expressed reservations, saying the previous five NBA champions declined invitations because Trump politicizes such events, while Sara Haines noted pressure from the Dolan-Trump friendship.
- The final decision rests with the team, coach, and captain Jalen Brunson; Puerto Rican player Jose Alvarado said, 'I will do what my team decides,' reflecting internal pressure.
- Goldberg encouraged the Black players to 'stand in our house' as champions, arguing their presence would symbolize resilience and remind observers that 'nobody can keep you down if you are rising up.
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Whoopi wants Knicks to visit White House, hopes it will remind America of slavery · American Wire News
The harpies on “The View” are beside themselves that the New York Knicks are breaking recent precedent and will visit the White House to be honored by President Donald Trump — the Knicks will be the first NBA champions in the largely left-of-center league to make the trip while Trump has been in office. It doesn’t hurt that Trump and Knicks owner James Dolan are longtime friends, with Dolan even getting married at Mar-a-Lago. The president sat c…
Whoopi Goldberg Draws Cheers For Unexpected Response To Knicks' White House Invite
“I want all those Black men to stand in our house and remind all of those people ... that when you try to destroy one part of history, you’re destroying all of our histories,” she said on "The View."
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