First lady Jill Biden has walked back her initial comments about inviting both NCAA women’s basketball national champion LSU and runner-up Iowa to the White House. Does that mean Tigers star Angel Reese will accept the invite?
“We going to see,” Reese told “The Paper Route” podcast.
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On Monday, Biden said that, in addition to inviting LSU, she wanted to invite Iowa to celebrate the Hawkeyes. Biden’s press secretary, Vanessa Valdivia, appeared to walk back the comments later, saying they were only intended to “applaud the historic game and all women athletes” and then suggesting only LSU would be coming to the White House.
Her comments in Colorado were intended to applaud the historic game and all women athletes. She looks forward to celebrating the LSU Tigers on their championship win at the White House.
— Vanessa Valdivia (@vvaldivia46) April 4, 2023
Reese isn’t accepting Biden’s apology, and now she’s throwing out another suggestion for where LSU should celebrate its championship.
“I don’t accept the apology because you said what you said. I said what I said and, like, you can’t go back on certain things you say,” Reese said. “I mean, you felt like they should’ve [been invited] because…
