The “boycott Trump properties” movement continues, and the Washington Post is letting The Resistance know which professional sports team(s) might not be “resisting” hard enough:
We called all 123 pro teams. These are the teams that stayed at @realDonaldTrump's hotels. Almost all have quit. pic.twitter.com/sJOSUomdlh
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 12, 2017
Looks like at least one team might be about to get some strongly worded letters from members of The Resistance.
More of that hard hitting news coverage that we've come to recently expect from the @washingtonpost https://t.co/XECvowkS3c
— NoOneOfConsequence (@StarDogCh4mpion) October 12, 2017
Right!?
As you could have guessed from that list, the Washington Post’s hotel story sparked criticism of one team:
https://twitter.com/lauradesignsx/status/918498802922688512
So if The Pelicans stick w/Trump Hotels, Trump will probably praise them for it, and they’ll become the Hannity of the NBA.
— PassMeAPickle (@CeeLeeMusic) October 12, 2017
Gotta work on those Pelicans.
— Peahen (@Peahen1955) October 12, 2017
The New Orleans Pelicans are the only team in the league that could possibly stay at a Trump property this season on road trips.
— NBAMVP (@NBAMVP) October 12, 2017
However, this could have something to do with it:
To be clear: the Pelicans declined to say if they will continue staying at a Trump property this season. Different than saying they are. https://t.co/tTsptaVeGo
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) October 12, 2017
Regarding the Trump Hotel story, I've been told that the Pelicans/Saints don’t publicly release hotel information for security purposes
— Will Guillory (@WillGuillory) October 12, 2017
So there are other factors to consider.
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