Commanders, Donald Trump and football
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Native American groups had fought for years to get Washington's NFL team to change its name. Trump just renewed the battle.
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump is serious about wanting the NFL's Washington Commanders to go back to the name Redskins.
The Washington Commanders are one of the most storied franchises in the NFL. Trump wrote that there is a "big clamoring" for the team to be renamed the "Washington Redskins Football Team." Trump has his own history with the NFL after showing interest in buying a team during the 1980s,
President Trump isn't kidding around with his new threat to the NFL's Washington Commanders, the White House says.
Scott Turner, the HUD secretary and former Washington Redskins defensive back, backed President Donald Trump's push to change the Commanders' nickname.