David Ortiz backs Alex Cora, Red Sox who are boycotting Trump's White House
David Ortiz backs Alex Cora, Red Sox who are boycotting Trump’s White House
By Cindy Boren
Never mind that David Ortiz, as a former member of the Boston Red Sox, wasn’t going to be visiting the White House with the team that won the World Series last year.
He expressed solidarity with Manager Alex Cora and other players who said they will skip Thursday’s visit with President Trump in Washington. And Ortiz did it in the plain-spoken manner he used to lift Bostonians before a Fenway Park game shortly after the Boston Marathon bombing. “This is our f------ city, and nobody is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.”
Ortiz was just as passionate when it comes to visiting Trump.
“I’m an immigrant. When it comes down to the political side of it, I don’t know much about politics and things like that, but when it comes down [to] the way immigrants have been treated, it’s something that goes a long way,” Ortiz, who was born in the Dominican Republic, told WEEI earlier this week. “You don’t want to go and shake hands with a guy who is treating immigrants like [expletive] because I’m an immigrant.”
Cora, who was born in Puerto Rico, has been critical of the president’s handling of disaster relief after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017. Earlier this week, Trump said that the island had been given $91 billion in aid, a sum The Post’s Fact Checker gave three Pinnochios. Cora explained that his decision was “made with a lot of conviction. . . . I don’t feel comfortable going to a celebration while we’re living what we’re living back home.”
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