LA Times Sports Writers Urge Dodgers to Ditch White House Visit: Trump Has 'Declared War on Its Fan Base' [View all]
Source: MEDIAite
Feb 7th, 2026, 2:54 pm
Two prominent Los Angeles Times sports reporters have urged the world-champion Dodgers to skip the customary trip to the White House, with veteran columnist Bill Plaschke saying it is necessary after President Donald Trump has “declared war on its fan base.”
Plaschke made his case in the Friday edition of the paper. He argued in his column — titled “Just say no! Dodgers players should decline White House visit” — that this was an issue that went beyond politics. “This is about asking them to be people,” he said.
And the Dodgers cannot be good people if they go to the White House while Trump carries out his raids on illegal immigrants, Plaschke said. He argued the organization should say, “No, they will not support the ICE raids that are taking place daily just outside their clubhouse doors.”
Plaschke said it was already an issue last year when the Dodgers opted to visit the president following their World Series win in late 2024. Things have only gotten worse since then, he said — and would make a White House trip look terrible.
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