President Trump Withdraws White House Invite To Warriors

OAKLAND, CA — Controversy over whether the Golden State Warriors would make the traditional visit to the White House ended today when President Donald Trump tweeted, "Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!"

In response, the Warriors management said in a statement, "While we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we had this morning to collaboratively discuss a potential visit to the White House, we accept that President Trump has made it clear that we are not invited."

The Warriors said they were "disappointed" that they didn't have a chance "to share our views or have open dialogue on issues impacting our communities that we felt would be important to raise."

The team will visit the capitol in February as planned, the Warriors said, but will "constructively" use the trip to celebrate the values it embraces as an organization.

It's customary for American championship teams to visit the president in Washington, D.C. Curry has said he wasn't interested in going.

While Curry has been absent on Twitter today, other professional athletes supported his decision.

The Warriors visited the While House following their previous championship, when President Barack Obama was still in the Oval Office.

— Bay City News contributed to this report; Image via Creative Commons

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