Jason Whitlock has reacted furiously to Caitlin Clark’s Team USA Olympics snub, blaming ‘BLM-LGBTQIA+Silent P Alphabet Mafia bigots’ in a string of angry social media posts.
News of Clark’s Paris rejection has sparked widespread shock across American sports but the conservative podcaster Whitlock went further on Saturday by accusing the gay community for the WNBA star’s absence.
At first, Whitlock said he was pleased Clark would not compete in the upcoming Games, writing: ‘Am I the only one glad they left Caitlin Clark off the Olympic team? Now I don’t have to watch a bunch of angry, entitled feminists who hate America play hoops.’
But the target of Whitlock’s anger soon moved away from patriotism when he wrote: ‘They/Thems Hate Cait. End of story.’
He continued in a separate post: ‘Women’s basketball decision-makers are not dumb. They’ve been bullied by the BLM-LGBTQIA+Silent P Alphabet Mafia bigots.
Caitlin Clark has reportedly been left out of the USA team for this year’s Olympic Games
Jason Whitlock blamed ‘BLM-LGBTQIA+ alphabet mafia’ for Clark’s surprise omission
‘Same cowardice that built George Floyd statues, turned Juneteenth into a federal holiday, codified same-sex marriage, allows “kid-friendly” drag shows, let “Lia Thomas” swim… They keep making offers we don’t refuse.
‘The Mafia hates Cait. She refuses to publicly worship the Yas Queens and doesn’t scissor, so she sleeps with the fishes.’
Clark’s handling by the WNBA has been scrutinized during the first 12 games of her career in the league, with players seemingly targeting her due to the hype after she was the first pick in the Draft this year.
She was shoved to the ground off the ball by Chennedy Carter in last week’s game against Chicago Sky. OutKick founder Clay Travis said the physicality Clark was having to endure in games was because she ‘is a white heterosexual woman in a black lesbian league’.
Whitlock, after echoing those sentiments, then turned his attention back to the sport itself, disagreeing with a follower who said there is not a single member of the USA Olympic team that she should replace.
‘She could replace any of the 12. None are needed to win the gold,’ Whitlock said. ‘The “who do you remove from the team?” debate is comical. Like it matters.
‘For the first time in American history, women have the biggest star in sports and they don’t know how to utilize her. This is high comedy. They’re all Tito. She’s Michael. Beat it.’
Clark, the first pick in this year’s WNBA Draft, has helped propel the popularity of women’s basketball to new levels since being picked by Indiana Fever.
Clark, 22, was picked first in the WNBA Draft earlier this year by the Indiana Fever
She scored 30 points on Friday to lead the Fever to a narrow win over Washington Mystics
But her Olympics omission was anticipated for weeks – as DailyMail.Com reported a month ago, on May 8.
There is a ‘pay your dues with Team USA’ mantra within the national team meaning players cannot expect to be included for the biggest games if they are not consistently available.
Clark was the only college player invited to join the US’ 14-player training camp earlier this year. However, she was unable to attend as she was part of the Iowa Hawkeyes team which reached the national championship game in the NCAA Tournament.
On Friday, Clark scored 30 points as the Fever beat Washington Mystics 85-83 for their third win of the season.
The WNBA season will be taking a hiatus from July 21 to August 14 for the games with the Americans opening the tournament in Group C against Germany, Japan and Belgium.
The USA will kickstart its quest for another medal on July 29 against the Japanese.
Team USA is eyeing its eighth consecutive Olympic basketball gold medal – and 10th overall – in Paris.
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