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LYON, France Alex Morgan hinted the United States will snub President Donald Trump's White Scott Kazmir Jersey House invitation and is confident Jill Ellis' team will not be split on the i sue.
It is customary for champions to visit the White House after winning a major title, with Morgan and her teammates congratulated by Barack Obama after they won the World Cup in 2015.
However, since Trump succeeded Obama following the 2016 election, teams like the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and NBA's Golden Atlanta Braves Jersey State Warriors have had their White House offers withdrawn after numerous players from both teams declared they had no intention of making the trip for political reasons.
Morgan's outspoken teammate Megan Rapinoe has already she said is "not going to the f White House" and though Trump responded to that by inviting Ellis' squad regardle s of whether they beatthe Netherlands in Sunday's final, it appears the offer will be rejected.
"I think we'll make that decision after we finish Sunday's game," USA captain Morgan said. "I think there's been a lot of talk prematurely about the White House and about Trump.
"First we have to do busine s and then I think you guys know the answer to the question anyway."
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Jose Ramirez Jersey Alex Morgan ( Bob Uecker Jersey @alexmorgan13) The White House pulled the plug on the Eagles' scheduled visit following their Super Bowl 52 victory in 2018 because "the vast majority of the team" wished to stay away.
Morgan believes there will be no factions in Ellis' squad when it comes to their decision.
"I can't say 100 percent but this team is very close and we've always made decisions together so I can't really see us deciding to part in that way," she said. "But at the same time, if someone feels strongly then who are we to tell them to do or not do something?"
Trump took to Twitter last week to expre s his disapproval of Rapinoe's comments, telling the striker to John Smoltz Jersey "WIN first before she TALKS!"
Yet Rapinoe was unrepentant when speaking ahead of the semifinal victory over England, which she mi sed with a slight hamstring strain.
"I don't David Justice Jersey think that I would want to go to the White House and I would encourage my teammates to think hard about lending that platform or having that co-opted by an administration that doesn't feel the same way and doesn't fight for the same things that we fight for," said Rapinoe, who expects to be fit for the final.
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