NCAA Champions UVA Declines White House Invitation Following Dem-supported Petition

By Jim Hoft
Published April 29, 2019 at 8:21am

The University of Virginia defeated Texas Tech to win the NCAA basketball championship this year.

But the Virginia team won’t be going to the White House.
The team declined their invitation to meet with President Trump.

The University of Virginia announced their decision on Friday.

"We have received inquiries about a visit to the White House. With several players either pursuing pro opportunities or moving on from UVA, it would be difficult, if not impossible to get everyone back together. We would have to respectfully decline an invitation.” – Tony Bennett

— Virginia Men's Basketball (@UVAMensHoops) April 26, 2019

This came after a petition was signed more than i5,000 times urging the team to decline the invite.

The petition was supported by Democrats on campus.

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Jim Hoft is the founder of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.