Jackie Robinson's daughter demands the Trump campaign cut her father's image from an ad because the President stands 'in opposition to all' the civil rights hero stood for
The daughter of Brooklyn Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson is demanding that her father's image be removed from a recent Donald Trump campaign advertisement, saying that the President opposes the civil rights hero's values.
'The Trump campaign is in opposition to all that Jackie Robinson stood for and believed in,' tweeted Sharon Robinson, the 70-year-old daughter of the Hall of Famer.
'We're insulted and demand that his image be removed! @realDonaldTrump.'
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Fifteen seconds into the ad, Jackie Robinson is seen swinging a bat as the narrator continues: '"Impossible"? We treat that word as motivation. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing'
The daughter of Brooklyn Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson is demanding that her father's image be removed from a recent Donald Trump campaign advertisement, saying that the President opposes the civil rights hero's values
Sharon Robinson, the 70-year-old daughter of the Hall of Famer, has demanded the Trump campaign remove her father's image from his recent campaign ad
The ad titled 'Say What You Will About America' features iconic imagery from the 20th century in the US.
Native American football, baseball, and Olympic hero Jim Thorpe is pictured in the opening sequence before a shot of soldiers raising the flag at Iwo Jima in 1945.
'Say what you will about American, but don't bet against us,' the narrator is heard saying. 'We fight, we move forward, we pay any price.'
Fifteen seconds into the ad, Robinson is seen swinging a bat as the narrator continues: '"Impossible"? We treat that word as motivation. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.'
Sharon Robinson is an author who sits on the board of the Jackie Robinson Foundation and also serves as an educational consultant for Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson pictured with his wife Rachel and daughter Sharon in Connecticut in 1951
Jackie Robinson famously integrated Major League Baseball in 1947 as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, later becoming a vocal civil rights advocate during his decorated 10-year career and after his retirement in 1956.
Initially Robinson supported Republican candidates for president, such as Richard Nixon in 1960.
However, Robinson became displeased with the Republicans' opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and fumed at the party's decision to nominate Barry Goldwater, a staunch conservative, in that year's election.
'I had a better understanding of how it must have felt to be a Jew in Hitler's Germany,' Robinson told reporters after leaving the 1964 Republican Convention in San Francisco.
Robinson battled heart disease and diabetes in the early 1970s and died of a heart attack in 1972 at age 53.
Jackie Robinson's wife and children gather close to help him blow out the candle on a cupcake as they celebrate the Brooklyn Dodgers infielder's 35th birthday at home in St. Aldans, New York on January 31, 1954. From left are, Sharon, 4; Jackie, with David, 20 months, on his knee; his wife, Rachel; and Jackie Jr., 7