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Lawmakers press WNBA for accountability over ‘attacks’ on Caitlin Clark in scathing letter
New York Post ^ | 07/08/2026 | Andrew Battifarano

Posted on 07/08/2026 10:31:37 PM PDT by SmokingJoe

Caitlin Clark’s season has been dominated by the headlines surrounding the physical play she’s faced.

Now, a group of United States lawmakers is trying to make its voices heard with the WNBA.

Led by Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. August Pfluger (Texas), a cohort of congressional representatives wrote a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert over what they have called “repeated acts of unnecessary physical hostility and violence” toward the Fever star.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: andrewbattifarano; caitlinclark; newyorkpost; unneededquotemarks
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Them black lesbians in WNBA are really nasty.
1 posted on 07/08/2026 10:31:37 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

Get to work on the SAVE Act assh*les!


2 posted on 07/08/2026 10:33:58 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: SmokingJoe

Most wnba players are lesbians


3 posted on 07/08/2026 10:38:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SmokingJoe

This is between an employee and employer. Congress needs to stay out of it.


4 posted on 07/08/2026 10:57:41 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: Salvavida
I disagree.

The Marxists have captured all of our institutions. So we have to respond to that.

There is already a law on the books where discrimination is illegal.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964.

If the WNBA wants to avoid scrutiny then they need to clean up the league.

5 posted on 07/08/2026 11:06:35 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Salvavida
Nope.
Democrats in congress often intefere in conflicts between employees and employers.
6 posted on 07/08/2026 11:07:25 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Texas Eagle

“Get to work on the SAVE Act assh*les!”

Dittos.


7 posted on 07/08/2026 11:18:48 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: Salvavida

Exactly, they’re a lot more pressing issues than women playing basketball.


8 posted on 07/08/2026 11:19:58 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: SmokingJoe

She’s almost certainly a Democrat. Maybe they should intervene.


9 posted on 07/09/2026 12:25:13 AM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: SmokingJoe

10 posted on 07/09/2026 12:59:28 AM PDT by 4Liberty (One person’s Socialism is another’s neighborliness. -Tim Walz)
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“There is already a law on the books where discrimination is illegal.”

Yes , but it doesn’t cover whites apparently .


11 posted on 07/09/2026 2:16:20 AM PDT by sushiman
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To: SmokingJoe

white girls bleed lots


12 posted on 07/09/2026 2:44:15 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: SmokingJoe

They are just upset that a cute white girl is a better basketball player than those hulking black lesbos.


13 posted on 07/09/2026 3:55:43 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: SmokingJoe
Caitlin Clark’s season has been dominated by the headlines surrounding the physical play she’s faced.

It is just my opinion, I don't think punching another player in the throat while that player is on her back on the court is 'Physical Play'.

In this case I would call 'Physical Play' pure sophistry.

14 posted on 07/09/2026 4:38:11 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: Salvavida

Assault is assault - and the league has been ignoring/condoning it. If someone at your work punches out your lights, and the company doesn’t care, would you expect the law to stay out of it? I bet you’d sue the assailant and the company.


15 posted on 07/09/2026 6:06:13 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: teeman8r

Black girls don’t bleed?


16 posted on 07/09/2026 7:52:09 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: srmanuel
There's no issue more pressing than the epidemic of violence by black people on white people in America, which essentially is what the nasty black lesbians in the NBA are doing to Clark.
Punching someone who's on the floor in the throat is not basketball.
Its pure assault.
17 posted on 07/09/2026 7:57:58 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: FreedomForce

What political party she’s in is irrelevant.
In this case, what race she is, is what matters.
She’s being attacked because she’s white.
Further can you provide any proof of what party she’s in?


18 posted on 07/09/2026 8:01:01 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: trebb

That is a state issue.


19 posted on 07/09/2026 8:03:29 AM PDT by Salvavida
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To: trebb
If someone at your work punches out your lights, and the company doesn’t care, would you expect the law to stay out of it? I bet you’d sue the assailant and the company.

It's a hostile work environment.

If it was the other way around, Caitlin Clark would be suing the league.

But she's not doing that because she's indoctrinated to think that all of this is okay.

20 posted on 07/09/2026 8:03:54 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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