{"id":1910250,"date":"2023-04-05T18:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T22:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/womens-basketball-champs-lsu-reject-botched-biden-white-house-invite-star-player-says\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T18:29:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T22:29:13","slug":"womens-basketball-champs-lsu-reject-botched-biden-white-house-invite-star-player-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/womens-basketball-champs-lsu-reject-botched-biden-white-house-invite-star-player-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Basketball Champs LSU Reject Botched Biden White House Invite, Star Player Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwomens-basketball-champs-lsu-reject-botched-biden-white-house-invite-star-player-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1910250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p><h2>LSU teammates plan to visit the Obama&#8217;s instead<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n        Jill Biden (Getty Images)<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n        <span>The Louisiana State University women&#8217;s basketball team has decided not to accept an invitation to visit the White House to celebrate their victory in the NCAA championship. The decision came after First Lady Jill Biden proposed inviting the losing University of Iowa team as well.<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span>Star player Angel Reese responded, &#8221; [Iowa] can have that spotlight. We&#8217;ll go to the Obamas&#8217;, I&#8217;m gonna see Michelle. I&#8217;m gonna see Barack&#8221;.<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span>Biden&#8217;s office faced accusations of racism and disrespect towards the mostly Black champions from LSU after she suggested that both teams should be invited. Afterward, the first lady&#8217;s spokeswoman stated that the comments were &#8220;intended to applaud the historic game and all women athletes.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span>&#8220;If we were to lose, we would not be getting invited to the White House,&#8221; Reese said in a podcast. She added that she &#8220;doesn\u2019t accept&#8221; the apology offered by Biden&#8217;s office. Reese&#8217;s teammate, Alexis Morris, requested on Twitter if the team could &#8220;come celebrate our win at your house&#8221; following Biden&#8217;s snub. <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span>Biden&#8217;s office clarified that she &#8220;looks forward to celebrating the LSU Tigers on their championship win at the White House,&#8221; seemingly closing the door on her idea of bringing both teams.\u00a0<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span>Biden&#8217;s comment drew criticism on social media from users who accused her of favoring the mostly white Iowa team over LSU by proposing that they celebrated together. Reese had initially called this proposal &#8220;a joke.&#8221;<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span>&#8220;Jill Biden inviting Iowa to the White House is a joke, and it honestly feels like racism,&#8221; one Twitter user said. &#8220;Bigoted Bidens showing their true colors,&#8221; said another.<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span>Democratic Louisiana congressman Troy Carter also criticized the first lady on Twitter, saying that her idea would diminish the LSU Tigers&#8217; achievement.<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span>&#8220;With no disrespect to the outstanding players of the Iowa women\u2019s team \u2026 they did not win,&#8221; Carter said. He added that the LSU women\u2019s team should &#8220;enjoy this historic victory singularly.&#8221;<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ll go to the Obamas,&#8217; Angel Reese tells interviewer Jill Biden (Getty Images) A Louisiana State women&#8217;s basketball player says the team doesn\u2019t plan to visit the White House to celebrate their NCAA championship win after first lady Jill Biden proposed also inviting the losing University of Iowa team. &#8220;[Iowa] can have that spotlight. 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