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Do not be fooled by the Jackie Robinson jersey giveaway the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing or any of the empty platitudes they and Major League Baseball spout.
Their lionizing of Robinson this year is the epitome of rank hypocrisy given their actions, or rather inaction, of recent weeks. Never forget that these same people who will claim to treasure Robinson and his sacrifices Tuesday were conspicuously silent when the Trump administration was trying mightily to erase them both.
When the Department of Defense removed a page about Robinson from its series on sports stars who served in the military, not a word was heard publicly from either MLB or the Dodgers.