The Dodgers are visiting Trump at the White House today and Jackie Robinson would be outraged

Get the Full StoryThe World Series champions, whose franchise integrated baseball, have angered some by accepting Trump s invitation to the White House.

President Donald Trump has aggressively targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across a wide swath of American society. So when Trump sent a White House invitation to the 2024 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers the franchise of Jackie Robinson, a team whose identity is indelibly linked to its role in dismantling racial segregation in sports it surprised some that the Dodgers accepted. Less than a week before they did so the Defense Department removed a tribute to Robinson on its website, a move apparently linked to its DEI purge. The page was restored following a public outcry.

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