Right-Wing Pundit Claims ‘Racist’ and ‘Gay’ WNBA Players Hates ‘Bombshell’ Sophie Cunningham

Victor Davis Hanson argued most WNBA players hate Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham because she is a sexy blond “bombshell” who isn’t a lesbian — a combo which has led to her being targeted with brutal fouls and ridicule, the veteran conservative pundit claimed.

Hanson shared his take on the Tuesday episode of his podcast for The Daily Signal, three days after Cunningham was absolutely clobbered with a clothesline smack to the head by Chicago Sky player DiJonai Carrington. The hit — which occurred during a nationally broadcast game on ESPN — sent Cunningham sprawling to the floor with a bloody mouth.

He said the flagrant foul reminded him of Cunningham’s teammate Caitlin Clark, who he claimed has been “roughed up for being heterosexual and white” since entering WNBA. Hanson argued Cunningham is now getting the same sick treatment.

“Sophie Cunningham, who unfortunately for the WNBA, is absolutely stunning. She’s a blond, beautiful bombshell. Tall, statuesque, etc.,” Hanson said. “And suddenly you had two white people who were the objects of these flagrant fouls, and even the referees were in the tank.”

Hanson continued a minute later, calling the WNBA an “overtly racist and chauvinistic gay league” which is “completely intolerant” to any player who doesn’t fit the mold.

“Any minority who went in there and played and played well was an object of derision and attack[ed] in racist terms, and I say sexual orientation terms too,” Hanson added.

He also scoffed at Carrington — a 28-year-old Stanford graduate like Hanson, who is black — immediately posting “WHITE PRIVILEGE” on social media after she was booted from the game on Saturday; Carrington later claimed everyone who assumed she was talking about Cunningham was dead wrong.

Hanson said Carrington’s gripe about white privilege made no sense, considering Carrington “culturally appropriates” blond hair by sporting a “big blond wig.” He said this was textbook hypocrisy because if Cunningham had dreadlocks, everyone would call her racist.

All of this follows Cunningham being at the center of a media firestorm over the last month, after she told ESPN she does not believe girls and women should compete against biological boys and men who have transitioned.

Here is the comment which sparked the whole saga:

“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” [Cunningham] says. “I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest. And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”

Cunningham’s comment has been both praised and condemned, with some fans rallying in support of her and making her Adidas sneakers a must-have item. Others have criticized her for it, including one opposing coach who took a not-so-subtle shot at Cunningham last week by wearing a shirt declaring “Trans Kids Belong.”

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