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Following President Trump's Latest Comments, Here's a Look Back at How the Cleveland Indians Changed Their Name to the Guardians
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO, JUL 21 – Team president Chris Antonetti says the Guardians will build on their four-year rebrand despite calls from former President Trump to revert to the Indians name.
- On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump urged both Cleveland Guardians and Washington Commanders to revert to their former names, posting on Truth Social.
- Under rising racial sensitivity pressure, the Cleveland franchise dropped the Indians name in December 2020, later unveiling 'Guardians' in July 2021 for the 2022 season.
- A recent poll found strong preference for 'Indians', and many fans still wear mixed Guardians and Indians gear at Progressive Field.
- Following Trump's posts, the debate over Native American imagery in sports was revived, while Matt Dolan said the Indians name had its time but is no longer acceptable.
- At present, neither team plans to revert to their former names since 2022, despite debates and Trump's calls, and they indicate no reversal intentions.
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President Donald Trump publicly this Sunday called on the Cleveland Guardians baseball team and the Washington Commanders football team to rename Indians and Redskins, respectively, noting that there was a “great outcry” for undoing the rebranding that the two franchises materialized in recent years. Such decisions generated two of the most controversial sporting events of the decade, having been considered by many as an attempt by the teams to …
Cleveland Guardians Respond After Trump Demands They Change Name Back To Cleveland Indians - The American Tribune.com
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s demands that his team change its name back to the Cleveland Indians and away from the Cleveland Guardians, the team’s president said that while he hasn’t been following the demands closely, he doesn’t think that the team will change its name back, at least for now. As background, the name change happened in July of 2021, when the Cleveland Indians announced that they would change their name to the Clevelan…
Despite what Trump says, Cleveland ‘Guardians’ are here to stay
The Guardians have been the Guardians since 2022 and will continue to be the Guardians despite President Donald Trump saying they should be called the Indians again. Trump made his remarks July 20 on Truth Social when he said in the same post that the Washington Commanders should revert to Washington Redskins. The team has been the Commanders since 2022. They were the Washington Football Team in 2020 and 2021. “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should…
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