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Eagles blow out Chiefs to win franchise’s second Super Bowl
USA TODAY Sports’ Jarrett Bell and Lorenzo Reyes break down the Eagles Super Bowl 59 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
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The Philadelphia Eagles aren’t the only team invited to the White House this year for winning the Super Bowl.
President Donald Trump told Outkick that he plans to invite the Kansas City Chiefs to Washington to celebrate their win in Super Bowl 54 five years ago.
Kansas City defeated the San Francisco 49ers for its second championship in franchise history after the 2019 season. The team was unable to visit the White House to celebrate the win due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump did not provide an official date for his invitation to the Chiefs during his interview. He suggested the plan was to invite the team to Washington after the Eagles’ visit, which is scheduled for April 28, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“I look forward to having the Eagles (visit). And one other thing, we’re going to have the Kansas City Chiefs after that, because they missed their turn because of COVID,” Trump told Outkick.
The Chiefs did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation of an official invite.
The Eagles will visit the White House for the first time in late April after defeating the Chiefs in Super Bowl 59, 40-22, for the second championship in the franchise’s history. Philadelphia did not celebrate its Super Bowl 52 victory at the White House in 2018 after the president withdrew his invitation the day before the ceremony.
NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported at the time that Eagles team owner Jeffrey Lurie “did not want to put his players in a tough spot” and was prepared to send a small group of “fewer than 10 players” to Washington.
“Some of the players wanted to come. And I just said, just forget it,” Trump told Outkick.
