'At the end of the day, as much as I wanted to be there with my teammates and share that experience with my teammates, I can't do it. I just can't do it,' Nats closer Sean Doolittle told The Washington Post.
When the Washington Nationals visit the White House on Monday, they will be without at least one player -- pitcher Sean Doolittle.
"There's a lot of things, policies that I disagree with, but at the end of the day, it has more to do with the divisive rhetoric and the enabling of conspiracy theories and widening the divide in this country.
"I want to show support for them. I think that's an important part of allyship, and I don't want to turn my back on them," Doolittle told the newspaper."I have a brother-in-law who has autism, and [Trump] is a guy that mocked a disabled reporter. How would I explain that to him that I hung out with somebody who mocked the way that he talked, or the way that he moves his hands? I can't get past that stuff.
Shortly after the clip gained attention, the president weighed in on Rapinoe's comments, posting to Twitter that she should"win before she talks."
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