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Quote:Why the Indiana Fever could be the new "America's Team": Here's another reason why they're America's team. Not only Caitlin Clark, but also Sophie Cunningham. Cunningham, of course, is Miss Fingerpointing. Amazing. Every time I see this pick, I crack up. She goes viral. It's amazing. It's probably one of my favorite memes of all time. And she's very likable.

After doing back-to-back games, you know, on Friday and Saturday, she was at her camp for 300 kids, signing autographs and taking pictures with them. People love Sophie. Just seems to say the right things, do the right things.

Heh. So much for Sophie Cunningham being the non-controversial element of the Fever. Yet another bad girl on the team.
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WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham shuts down Megan Rapinoe’s argument on trans athletes
https://youtu.be/PRULktcQzTs

VIDEO EXCERPTS: I'm sure Megan Rapinoe would support the biological men, the men staying in that women's shelter with the women who have been abused by men, often mentally ill men. It is perfectly obvious to say this is because of Megan Rapinoe's policies. The testing regime that she detests wouldn't have to exist. In fact, it never did exist until we had to do this because there was an ideological push to say men should play women's sports.

[...] And then let's talk about Sophie Cunningham here. One of the top-selling jerseys in the WNBA. Sophie Cunningham became, I believe, the first major current pro-female athlete. We can put this Clay Travis post up on the screen.

He said, "Sophie Cunningham just became one of the first current American female pro athletes to come out against men playing in women's sports in an ESPN profile article. Good for her. Rockstar, many others should follow. She's the anti-Megan Rapinoe."

I'm going to read from the ESPN article here because Cunningham, as you might expect, is coming under criticism from people in elite media spaces treating her a little bit, as you see in this ESPN article. Again, I'm quoting from it.

You say she's a MAGA Barbie, as some corners of the internet have taken a call in her projection, she says, because of what she looks like and where she's from. She'll weigh in on how to protect women's sports, she says. That's in quotes. Because she's in the world and feels qualified to speak to that world. Quote,

"I get a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans and I'm like, I never once said that." She says, "I think that I am here to extend love, but I also think that with that I also think love is truth and being honest. I want to protect young girls in a locker room or young girls in sport who shouldn't have to go against biological men."

Megan Rapinoe can take her "protect from who?" line to Payton McNabb. Try that out on Payton McNabb. Megan Rapinoe, try that out on many of the girls who have been involved in these dangerous situations. Tell that to people who are losing medals.

[...] So, Sophie Cunningham, according to Clay, gets grilled by WNBA reporters for saying men shouldn't be able to play women's sports. Refuses to back down...

Quote, "I said what I said." I said what I said. Sophie Cunningham, well done. May many more follow and take us out of the darkness of this ridiculous era that has needlessly endangered girls and women that has needlessly divided the country and that has needlessly hurt the very girls that it's intended to protect.

The people who are suffering from very real gender dysphoria or the people who got caught up in the social contagion that Abigail Shrier documented. very persuasively. And we have more data coming out on that seemingly every month confirming the Shrier thesis about social contagion sweeping in all kinds of people who will never get those years of their lives back. So well done, Sophie Cunningham...

After Party ... https://youtu.be/PRULktcQzTs

Drama continues...

Politically barbed coach Stephanie White punishing Sophie Cunningham and walking back what Fever administration said?

BEN DANIEL PODCAST
https://youtu.be/2LYRFaRNCKQ

VIDEO EXCERPTS: Damn, the Indiana fever returns fire. The Indiana Fever responding to what Sophie Cunningham had to say. The Indiana Fever responding to the sexual harassment allegations that Brianna Turner laid upon them.

Now, the Indiana Fever's response to what Sophie Cunningham had to say is actually quite interesting because it directly goes against what [coach] Stephanie White said.

The Indiana Fever said, "Oh, we want everybody to be fans here."

But Stephanie White said, "Well, we don't want everybody to be a fan. You know, if you don't think like me, talk like me, act like me, walk like me, oh, we really don't want you to be a fan over here."

Sophie Cunningham statements of the Fever almost seem to be a little bit conflicting with Stephanie.

Now, we said this yesterday during the live stream.

Where has Sophie Cunningham been all game? Are they like messing with Sophie Cunningham's playing minutes? Is this sort of like punishment? I don't want to say it was, but it kind of feels like it a little bit. Restrictive minutes, a little weird.

Let's get right into it, shall we?

[...] Now, prior to yesterday's game, the Indiana Fever media, they flooded Sophie Cunningham. Apologize, Sophie. Apologize. How dare you?

And then Sophie Cunningham says in that story with ESPN, you talked about wanting to protect young girls who shouldn't have to go against biological men. Just can you expand your viewpoint on that?

[...] You know they were hoping that Sophie Cunningham would apologize, would walk back all of her words that came out in that article.

[....] But then after that, you have the Indiana Fever putting out a statement. Our players are thoughtful adults with their own perspectives and voices, and those views are their own. We are committed to welcoming fans from every background and treating everyone with respect and that's what guides us as an organization.

[...] My initial reaction well this simply isn't true,because Stephanie White said they're not welcoming fans of every background. Stephanie White said, "If you're not about inclusivity, diversity, uplifting, preaching, supporting the marginalized, well then Stephanie White said that she doesn't want you as a fan."

[...] So if you don't agree with everything Stephanie White says, you're not wanted here.

Speaking of not wanted here, apparently the Indiana Fever had a staff member that wasn't wanted anymore that was fired for sexual harassment. Brianna Turner made us aware of that this morning, late last night. Indiana Fever put out a statement about that. quote, "Protecting our players and employees and maintaining a respectful, professional workplace is our top priority. Our policy is to take concerns seriously, investigate thoroughly, and act promptly when appropriate..."

[...] So, what Brianna Turner has done, she's opened up a whole can of worms [...] The Indiana Fever responded quite quickly to the Sophie. They responded within 24 hours to the Sophie Cunningham statement and they within 12 hours to the Brianna Turner statement...