US EditionMookie Betts will join Dodgers teammates for White House visit
- Mookie Betts will join his Dodgers teammates for their White House visit on Monday to celebrate their 2020 World Series victory.
- Betts' choice to attend stems from a desire to support his team, contrasting with his 2019 decision.
- Betts wants the focus to be on the team's accomplishment, not on his individual choice regarding the visit.
- Betts stated, "It's about my loyalty to these boys, this clubhouse," clarifying his supportive motivation.
- By attending, Betts aims to avoid repeating what he now sees as a regrettable distraction from the team's achievement.
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Mookie Betts will join Dodgers teammates for White House visit
PHILADELPHIA — Mookie Betts will take part in the Dodgers’ White House visit on Monday. “I’m going to go,” he said Friday. “It’s not a political stance that I’m taking. I know no matter what I say and what I do people will take it as political. But that’s definitely not what it is. This is about an accomplishment that the Dodgers were able to accomplish last year.” Betts did not visit the White House with the Boston Red Sox in 2019. He was not a…
Betts opts to join Dodgers for White House trip
Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts said he will attend next week's World Series championship celebration at the White House after he declined to attend a previous ceremony with the Red Sox during President Donald Trump's first term.
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Dodgers' Mookie Betts will make White House visit after skipping previous celebration under Trump
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts said he will attend next week’s World Series championship celebration at the White House after he declined to attend a previous ceremony in President Donald Trump’s first term.
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