WNBA star Dijonai Carrington led to indignation because she was wearing an 'F *** Donald Trump' Hoodie during an unparalleled basketball game and shared the photos on her X account.
The 27-year-old replaced the photos on Friday and wrote the caption: “What my hoodie says.”
The hoodie is merchandise of the rapper YG, who played shows throughout the United States in 2016 during a tour called 'F *** Donald Trump'.
Carrington received more criticism than support in response to her message to X, where many people mock her and said that her message was looking for attention.
“I don't know. Is there 'watch me'? ' A fan responded, while another wrote: “Read the room, this no longer has the impact it once had.”
Another answer was: 'Haha, the Wnba can no longer be viewed. Hopefully Taylor Swift and Caitlin Clark can make it, but who knows. “
WNBA star Dijonai Carrington recently wore an anti-Donald Trump hoodie during UNRIVALED
Fans were not impressed by the Anti-Donald Trump message from Dijonai Carrington
Unrivaled was contacted for comments about Carrington's clothing choice. The competition often places photos of the players who arrive on social media, but did not seem to post images of Carrington on the day she was wearing the hoodie.
For comparison: the NFL has forbidden players to make political statements and players even sent a memory after Trump won the elections in November. San Francisco 49ers player Nick Bosa received a fine of $ 11,255 in November to wear a Maga-cap after his team had defeated the Dallas Cowboys at the end of October.
Carrington, who plays in the WNBA for Connecticut Sun, was engaged in controversy around Caitlin Clark last season after she stuck her during the play-offs against Indiana Fever.
Clark had a small amount of bruises due to the incident, but laughed away, while Carrington was furious when he was asked by USA Today Reporter Christine Brennan if the violation was intentional.
“I don't even know why I would intend to hit someone in my eyes,” Carrington told her.
“That doesn't even seem logical to me. But no, I didn't. I didn't really know I hit her. I tried to play the ball, and I think I followed that and hit her.
'It is of course never intentional. That is not even the type of player I am. “
Clark, for her part, never suggested that she thought Carrington wanted to hurt her.
It is unclear whether Carrington risks any punishment for her message about President Trump
Carrington was engaged in controversy with Caitlin Clark in the last Wnba season
“It was by no means intentional. Just look at the play, “she said.
But Brennan's question caused a wild reaction from the WNBA Players' Association, which issued an extraordinary statement in which she said that her question to Carrington was a flagrant attempt to seduce a professional athlete to take part in a story that Is false and intended to stimulate racist ideas. ” , homophobic and female -unfriendly vitriol on social media. “
USA Today defended Brennan and answered with their own statement: 'We reject the idea that the interview maintained any other story than to get the player's perspective directly.
“Christine Brennan is highly regarded as an advocate for women and athletes, but above all she is a journalist.”
Unparalleled, meanwhile launched last week in Miami, where the stars of the WNBA compete against each other in 3×3 games.
But the first round of television viewing figures was disappointing, with the competition struggling to attract a large number of viewers, while Clark chose not to play.
