What if he just said that those that didn't want to attend were disinvited? The kneelers weren't gonna show anyway.
The whole thing of inviting the champs to the White House is just a photo op for the president.
Unless we want to say that the news source is lying. I'm sure that's never happened before /s
Swirling at the forefront of the rescinded invitation is the president’s strong stance against demonstrations during the national anthem... This marks the second time Trump has disinvited a championship team from making the traditional White House visit. The president rescinded an invitation to the Golden State Warriors last year after star player Stephen Curry said he probably would not attend.
Everywhere else in the article, it says that the whole team was disinvited.
If you act like you're not a patriot, you shouldn't be surprised when someone who fancies himself as a "supreme patriot" doesn't want anything to do with you.
On the other hand, this is punishment for free speech. And given that the government is not supposed to have any kind of an opinion or take any action against your free speech, this just kind of opened the door for some serious problems.