Huff Post: Washington Nationals’ Sean Doolittle Boycotts Trump White House Celebration
“I just can’t do it,” said the World Series-winning pitcher, citing the president’s “divisive rhetoric and the enabling of conspiracy theories.”
Sean Doolittle explained:
“I have a brother-in-law who has autism, and [Trump] is a guy that mocked a disabled reporter. How would I explain that to him that I hung out with somebody who mocked the way that he talked, or the way that he moves his hands? I can’t get past that stuff.”
