College basketball famous person Angel Reese says she and her LSU teammates won’t seek advice from the White House within the aftermath of feedback made by means of first woman Jill Biden.
LSU gained its first-ever nationwide identify on Sunday with a victory over Iowa. It is conventional for nationwide champions in the USA to satisfy the president, however on Monday Biden mentioned he would feel free for Iowa to sign up for LSU.
“I know we’ll have the champions come to the White House; we always do. So, we hope LSU will come,” Biden said. “But, you know, I’m going to tell Joe I think Iowa should come too, because they played such a good game.”
It was not clear how serious Biden was being and her spokesperson appeared to later walk back the comments.
Reese described Biden’s comments as a “joke” on social media. And in an appearance on the I Am Athlete podcast she went further.
“I don’t accept the apology because you said what you said … You can’t go back on certain things that you say … They can have that spotlight,” mentioned Reese. “We’ll pass to the Obamas. We’ll pass see Michelle. We’ll see Barack.
Some believe that Iowa, whose team is mostly white, were given more favorable coverage in the media than LSU, whose team is mostly Black. Most notably, Reese made the “You can not see me” gesture — made famous by wrestler John Cena — toward Iowa star Caitlin Clark as the Tigers closed out their 102-85 victory on Sunday.
Reese, who is Black, received abuse for the gesture on social media. Others pointed out that Clark, who is white, had made the same gesture earlier in the tournament but had been praised for her fighting spirit.
Reese appeared to reference that disparity on the I Am Athlete podcast.
“I simply know if the jobs had been reversed, they would not be the similar,” she said. “If we had been to lose, we might no longer be getting invited to the White House.”
On Tuesday, Clark said Iowa should not be invited to the White House.
“That’s for LSU,” Clark told ESPN. “They should enjoy every single second of being the champion. I think that’s theirs to do.
“I don’t think runner-ups usually go to the White House. LSU should enjoy that moment for them,” she mentioned. “And congratulations, clearly, they deserve to head there. Maybe I may pass to the White House [in the future] on other phrases.
The Obamas have no longer spoke back to Reese’s feedback.
Champion groups have ignored White House visits previously. In 2019, the NBA’s Golden State Warriors met Barack Obama as an alternative of visiting Donald Trump’s White House. They had skipped conferences with Trump on two earlier events.