It’s “not a political issue” for Mulkey, whose previous two championship teams visited under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
Kim Mulkey said her Baylor team would welcome a White House invitation. By Cindy Boren Cindy Boren Reporter covering sports, with an emphasis on politics and national stories Email Bio Follow April 11 at 10:18 AM The invitation hasn’t been offered yet, just days after her team won a national championship, but Baylor Coach Kim Mulkey said she would welcome the chance to become the first women’s college basketball champion to visit President Trump in the White House.
"We were honored when President Bush was in the office. We were honored when Barack Obama was in the office. We'd be honored if Donald Trump invited us. With politics aside, we should go to say we went to the White House." “Where are the women’s teams?” USA Today columnist Christine Brennan, who has written extensively about women’s sports, said in a recent interview with The Post’s David Nakamura. “To me this is just a huge step backward and shows he’s completely out of touch with how the nation views women’s sports.”
“It’s hard not to think that gender is playing a role here,” Lynx Coach-General Manager Cheryl Reeve told The Post last year.
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