Trump, Washington Commanders and Name Change
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An Ohio state lawmaker backed President Donald Trump's push to have the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians change their team names back.
President Donald Trump wants the Cleveland Guardians to go back to their former name. Here's why the city's MLB team changed it in the first place.
The team left Washington for Landover, Maryland, in 1997, but DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and the team announced a deal in April to bring the Commanders back to D.C. at the site of the old Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Trump supported the deal at the time, but the proposal is stalled before the DC Council.
Trump also said Sunday that he wants Cleveland's baseball team to revert to its former name, the Indians, saying there was a “big clamoring for this" as well. The Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians have had their current names since the 2022 seasons and both have said they have no plans to change them back.
Residents had some strong opinions about President Donald Trump's most-recent insertion into the Washington Commanders' attempt to return to D.C.
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The former president's comments about the team's name change have sparked fresh controversy in Northeast Ohio, though many fans say they've moved on and just want the team to win.