When the Cubs hurriedly organized their official visit to the White House to meet with Barack Obama last year, it was thought that there was a bit of a statement being made. They weren’t trying to prove any massive point, but it’s clear that some members of the organization preferred not to visit once then-president-elect Donald Trump had taken the oath of office.
But with the Cubs in DC for a four-game set with the Nationals, a second trip to the White House has been set up. It apparently came together after congressman Lou Barletta (R-PA), one of Joe Maddon’s childhood friends from Hazleton, PA, asked his buddy to speak at a luncheon for young Republicans.