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Eagles Lineman Chris Long Would Skip Super Bowl White House Visit

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Long also skipped the visit when the Patriots won last year’s Super Bowl.

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Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Chris Long will not visit the White House if his team wins the Super Bowl. “No, I’m not going to the White House,” Long said Sunday on the podcast Pardon My Take. “Are you kidding me?” Long also played for the Super Bowl-winning New England Patriots last season, and skipped out on the Trump White House visit with them as well. By contrast, the Patriots’ Bill Belichick and Tom Brady are friends and supporters of the president.

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