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Fresh Details Emerge About New ‘MAGA Barbie’s’ Right-Wing Support
The Daily Beast ^ | July 27, 2026 | Laura Esposito

Posted on 07/28/2026 10:04:27 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Sophie Cunningham appears to be of MAGA mindset.

The WNBA star, who created a firestorm over her comments about transgender athletes, has also shared videos promoting anti-immigration and other right-wing sentiments.

First reported by MeidasTouch, the Indiana Fever guard reposted a video on TikTok, where she has 3.2 million followers, captioned: “the illegal immigrant conversation confuses me so much.”

The re-posted creator, who also included the hashtags “MAGA” and “conservatives,” blasted undocumented people for not “following rules” and argued that those who enter the United States illegally do not deserve sympathy. “You shouldn’t have ----ing came here to begin with,” the creator, who identifies as “Matrix,” said.

Cunningham, 29, also reposted a video that declared “rap is demonic,” “being promiscuous leads to regret,” and referred to “modern tv” as “propoganda.”

She also reposted a video criticizing Olympian Hunter Hess, who made headlines after admitting he had “mixed emotions” about representing the United States at the Winter Olympics. The clip begins with Hess saying, “Just ‘cuz I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.”

It then cuts to a WWE clip of The Rock saying, “Shut up, ---–h.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Was wondering also about that floating hand, it could be an AI goof. Plus, how can you play basketball and shoot 3-pointers pointers with fake fingernails like that?


21 posted on 07/29/2026 4:20:10 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: EasySt

22 posted on 07/29/2026 4:21:40 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Be like Sophie!


23 posted on 07/29/2026 4:29:58 AM PDT by dforest
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To: No name given

Is Laura even a human?!...................


24 posted on 07/29/2026 5:17:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Ken H

Was not lucky enough to purchase Sophie’s shoes for my girls.They sold out in an hour.
Sophie does not want to be political. She talks only common sense. Typical Struggle Sessions from Leftists pressuring everything to be political.


25 posted on 07/29/2026 5:18:20 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness)
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To: MinorityRepublican

The WNBA, a league in which blacks liberals legally beat up whites...😀


26 posted on 07/29/2026 5:28:34 AM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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To: rktman

Sophie da BOMB!!


27 posted on 07/29/2026 5:33:59 AM PDT by OKSooner ("Thank you, Dr. Fauci!" /s)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Cunningham, 29, also reposted a video that declared “rap is demonic,” “being promiscuous leads to regret,” and referred to “modern tv” as “propoganda.” ...


Annnnd????

She’s not wrong.


28 posted on 07/29/2026 5:37:28 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Ken H
Caitlin Clark?? She's is a woke apologist. No, thanks.

Go, Sophie! 🫵🏼

29 posted on 07/29/2026 5:39:06 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
anti-immigration and other right-wing sentiments.

I can't speak for other right-wingers, but I'm not opposed to immigration; I'm opposed to illegal immigration. We need a sane and controlled system, but we don't have that.

30 posted on 07/29/2026 8:01:27 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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To: MinorityRepublican
anti-immigration and other right-wing sentiments.

I can't speak for other right-wingers, but I'm not opposed to immigration; I'm opposed to illegal immigration. We need a sane and controlled system, but we don't have that.

31 posted on 07/29/2026 8:03:25 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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To: libertylover

Double post oops.


32 posted on 07/29/2026 8:04:15 AM PDT by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

No idea. I just added the text.


33 posted on 07/29/2026 4:25:29 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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To: EasySt

I think that AI adds content just to discredit itself.


34 posted on 07/29/2026 4:37:06 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: EasySt
Love that meme! 👍

35 posted on 07/29/2026 4:41:22 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

It was a player from the other team, cut from the photo.


36 posted on 07/29/2026 4:41:56 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: libertylover
"I can't speak for other right-wingers, but I'm not opposed to immigration; I'm opposed to illegal immigration"

Speaking as a third generation immigrant (two grandparents born in the austro-hungarian empire at the turn of the 20th century), I have to agree with you. That said, I don't think too many Americans have the political will to rigidly regulate and restrict who we let in. Immigration should be structured to ensure it is a net benefit to the country as a whole and to those already living here. Right now, it's not.

37 posted on 07/29/2026 4:48:54 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: MeanWestTexan

Expertly cut, but not removed entirely in order to give the photo credibility.

Pretty lame.


38 posted on 07/29/2026 5:08:37 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

I don’t know or care.

I’ve just see the original photo plenty of times.

It’s an action shot from the game when it happened.


39 posted on 07/29/2026 5:22:29 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oooo. Can’t go against the narrative.


40 posted on 07/29/2026 5:25:05 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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