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The Indiana Hoosiers football team visited the White House on Monday to visit Donald Trump.
It’s tradition that teams that win the national championship in football visit the White House; yesterday was the Hoosiers' turn.
But one face was absent from the White House visit, and that was former Hoosiers QB Fernando Mendoza.
Mendoza had said weeks prior that he would not be attending the White House visit with his former team because he didn’t want to miss OTA’s.
Despite his explanation, Trump was still displeased with his absence.
“The reason he’s not here — he was so nice, he called because he has actually . . . he’s a big fan of ours,” Trump said. “You wouldn’t believe it, because he didn’t show up. I’m not happy, but that’s OK. The reason he didn’t, because he’s at spring training, right? . . .
Trump continued, “And he’s at spring training, like his first day or something. I said, ‘You better go there.’ But he became Indiana’s first — otherwise, if he didn’t do that, believe me, I wouldn’t have even talked about him. I would have not. If he was not here for other reasons, like he didn’t like Trump or he didn’t want to come, I wouldn’t have even mentioned him. I’d go through the whole [speech] — I’d talk about how great [the team was], I wouldn’t even mention the quarterback’s name.”
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: Trump not happy with Fernando Mendoza not coming to the White House
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It’s tradition that teams that win the national championship in football visit the White House; yesterday was the Hoosiers' turn.
But one face was absent from the White House visit, and that was former Hoosiers QB Fernando Mendoza.
Mendoza had said weeks prior that he would not be attending the White House visit with his former team because he didn’t want to miss OTA’s.
Despite his explanation, Trump was still displeased with his absence.
“The reason he’s not here — he was so nice, he called because he has actually . . . he’s a big fan of ours,” Trump said. “You wouldn’t believe it, because he didn’t show up. I’m not happy, but that’s OK. The reason he didn’t, because he’s at spring training, right? . . .
Trump continued, “And he’s at spring training, like his first day or something. I said, ‘You better go there.’ But he became Indiana’s first — otherwise, if he didn’t do that, believe me, I wouldn’t have even talked about him. I would have not. If he was not here for other reasons, like he didn’t like Trump or he didn’t want to come, I wouldn’t have even mentioned him. I’d go through the whole [speech] — I’d talk about how great [the team was], I wouldn’t even mention the quarterback’s name.”
This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: Trump not happy with Fernando Mendoza not coming to the White House
Continue reading...
