'The WNBA players are acting out of principle while (Sen. Kelly) Loeffler is driven by personal gain. She's always going to look small and foolish by comparison,' writes nrarmour for usatodaysports.
Oh, the Atlanta Dream’s co-owner might be able to hang onto her U.S. Senate seat if enough Georgians fall for the opportunistic race-baiting that’s behind her mischaracterization of the WNBA’s support for Black Lives Matter. But WNBA players have been at the forefront of the social justice movement for years, well before it became trendy, and they’re in this for the long haul.
“It just so happened that Reverend Warnock was running in this specific seat, and he also supports Black Lives Matter and all that we as players have been fighting for.” “I'm not some political strategist, but what I do know is that voting is important,” Seattle star Sue Bird, who had the idea for the T-shirts, told ESPN on Tuesday. “So what a great way for us to get the word out about this man, and hopefully put him in the Senate. And if he's in the Senate, you know who's not. And I'll just leave it at that."
But after their initial reaction, which included a call for Loeffler’s removal by the players’ union, the players went silent. They’d recognized her scam for what it was – despite being a co-owner of the Dream since 2011, only now does Loeffler find the WNBA’s long-standing social consciousness objectionable -- and didn’t want to play into it.
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