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Angel Reese Says ‘We Not Coming’ After Jill Biden Suggested Iowa Hawkeyes Should Join Honorary White House Visit

<p><strong>Angel Reese<&sol;strong> isn&&num;8217&semi;t feeling <strong>First Lady Jill Biden<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s two-team White House invite following LSU&&num;8217&semi;s NCAA championship win&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s common knowledge that the national champions get an <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;michelle-obama-he-light-podcast&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">honorary visit<&sol;a> to the White House&period; But while congratulating the<strong> LSU Tigers<&sol;strong>&comma; the First Lady suggested she&&num;8217&semi;d tell President Biden also to invite the Iowa Hawkeyes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reese first reacted to the suggestion by calling it &&num;8220&semi;a joke&period;&&num;8221&semi; Shortly after&comma; she stepped into The Shade Room&&num;8217&semi;s comment&comma; seemingly suggesting Louisiana State&&num;8217&semi;s women&&num;8217&semi;s basketball team won&&num;8217&semi;t be visiting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lsus-angel-reese-defends-taunting-back-iowas-caitlin-clark-in-ncaa-title-win-garners-support&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">LSU’s Angel Reese Defends Taunting Back Iowa’s Caitlin Clark In NCAA Title Win&comma; Garners Support<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;WE NOT COMING&period; period&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Reese wrote in the comment section of <em>The Shade Room&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;em> Instagram post about Jill Biden&&num;8217&semi;s invite&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CqmK-IbJJrZ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jill Biden first suggested the runner-ups should join the national champs while speaking on Monday&period; She was attending an event at the Colorado State Capitol when she revealed she was at the NCCA championship game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;So I know we&&num;8217&semi;ll have the champions come to the White House&comma; we always do&period; So&comma; we hope LSU will come&comma; but&comma; you know&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m going to tell Joe &lbrack;Biden&rsqb; I think Iowa should come too because they played such a good game&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Biden&&num;8217&semi;s invite adds fuel to the online conversation that has been less focused on LSU&&num;8217&semi;s 102-85 victory and on Reese&&num;8217&semi;s sportsmanship&period; Since the win&comma; Reese has been labeled classless&comma; an f&ast;&ast;king idiot&comma; and had her character questioned for returning a common hand gesture in athletics&period; Angel returned Caitlin Clark&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;You Can&&num;8217&semi;t See Me&&num;8221&semi; move&&num;8211&semi;yes&comma; the John Cena one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1642646161659154432" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite both players <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;lsus-angel-reese-defends-taunting-back-iowas-caitlin-clark-in-ncaa-title-win-garners-support&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;wegx0b&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;NTY1NzUzNDQzLjE2ODA2MTYzMjQ&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MDYxNjMyMy4xLjAuMTY4MDYxNjMyMy4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">expressing no beef<&sol;a> with each other&period; Reese called Clark a &&num;8220&semi;hell of a player&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and Clark said she didn&&num;8217&semi;t see or feel any negativity from Reese&period; In fact&comma; she gave &&num;8220&semi;all the credit in the world to LSU&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Still&comma; as Reese said while addressing backlash&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Twitter is going to go into a rage every time&period;&&num;8221&semi; Some of the reactions have been plainly on Reese&&num;8217&semi;s side&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shannon Sharpe recently gave a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;shannon-sharpe-defends-angel-reese&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">powerful defense<&sol;a> of Angela&&num;8211&semi;pointing out the difference in how a Black athlete is being treated for doing the same thing a White athlete did first&period; Other prominent athletes&comma; including LeBron James and Shaquille O&&num;8217&semi;Neal&comma; have also spoken against the backlash and attack on Reese&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cqlaqu2vrl5" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>LSU Tigers have not released a statement confirming or denying Reese&&num;8217&semi;s social media claims Meanwhile&comma; more Black excellence coming from college basketball&excl; <strong>Jordan Hawkins<&sol;strong>&comma; who happens to be Angel Reese&&num;8217&semi;s cousin&comma; also the NCAA championship title for men on Tuesday with UConn&excl; Back-to-back wins for two cousins who grew up together in Maryland&comma; per his talk with CBS&period; He said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Me and Angel paved the way&comma; we did it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; dedicating the win to kids from Gaithersburg&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m going to see &lbrack;Angel&rsqb; in Maryland soon&period; The cookout gone be lit&comma;&&num;8221&semi; 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