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GLENDALE, Ariz. - North Carolina coach Roy Williams doesn't sound excited about the prospect about meeting President Donald Trump in the traditional White House visit for NCAA champions. After Williams's Tar Heels held off Gonzaga for a 71-65 victory in the national title game Monday night, the coach gave a non-committal answer about going to meet Trump. He declined to give his thoughts after he said Friday he'd give an honest answer to the question. Let me think on it, Williams said. Again, I don't know if we're going to get invited. I really don't.
Williams said that his 2005 North Carolina team didn't end up visiting the White House because they weren't asked until September. By then, a majority of the team had scattered to NBA camps and Europe to pursue professional careers. The Tar Heels did visit after their 2009 title, and President Barack Obama addressed the team in October 2016 when he was in Chapel Hill campaigning for Hillary Clinton. (Former Obama aide Reggie Love was quoted earlier this year saying that the former president "loves Roy Williams."
I probably screwed it up, Williams said when asked for his thoughts on the White House. I should have told you I would think about it afterwards because I didn't want to jinx myself.
Williams made waves at the ACC tournament in Brooklyn with a comment about Trump's volatile habits on Twitter. You know, our president tweets out more bull---- than anybody I've ever seen, Williams said. His quote became the buzz of the day in New York and gave a window into Williams's views on Trump. Those views appear to align with his team's, as North Carolina forward Aaron Rohlman told Sports Illustrated that only about three of the 15 Tar Heels voted for Trump.
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BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Williams gets this country at a pretty deep level. He obviously finds Trump appalling.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)chimpymustgo
(12,774 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,391 posts)and not just related to the UNC sports teams. We vote 65-70% Dem in elections, so it's no surprise that
Roy isn't a Trump fan.
What does surprise me, though, is that as many as three of the 15 Tar Heels would have voted for Trump. I told
my husband this morning when we were talking about this (a visit to the White House) that I would have guessed
none of the team voted for Trump.
bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,391 posts)I know a woman who is a Mormon from Puerto Rico--married to an African American--served in the military and she's as Dem as they come.
But given that Stillman White is from Wilmington, NC you are probably right.
dsc
(52,162 posts)The first LGBT member of the legislature was from that area.
mnhtnbb
(31,391 posts)in many of the really red counties in NC.
In the 2016 General Election, this was the distribution of votes in New Hanover County (Wilmington is the county seat)
Trump: 50.3 %
Clinton 46.2 %
Johnson 3.5 %
Eric Trump's wife is from Wilmington.
http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/north-carolina/
For those of us who live in the really BLUE counties (like Orange County, home of UNC - Chapel Hill) you can see the difference
with the distribution of votes in 2016 and that's why we don't consider Wilmington to be liberal.
Clinton: 74%
Trump: 23%
Johnson: 2.9%
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)First at Kansas!
Still at North Carolina!
Great final game last night. Congratulations, Tarheels!