Trump demands Guardians and Commanders revert to previous names out of respect for Native Americans
by Guardian sport from US news | The Guardian on (#6YS37)
NFL's Commanders changed name in 2020
MLB's Guardians switched in 2022
Donald Trump demanded in a Truth Social post on Sunday that the NFL's Washington Commanders and MLB's Cleveland Guardians revert to their old names, both of which were abandoned in recent years due to being racially insensitive to Native Americans.
The Washington Whatever's' [sic] should IMMEDIATELY change their name back," the post read in part. There is a big clamoring for this ... Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago."
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