Connecticut Solar participant DiJonai Carrington incited fierce backlash by carrying an anti-Trump shirt final weekend, and now she’s taking that message even additional.
Throughout a press convention earlier than an “Unrivaled” league sport Thursday, Carrington declared it is time for WNBA gamers to “take action” in response to President Donald Trump’s insurance policies.
“We see that some of the policies are already going into action, and, of course, that means that as the WNBA and being at the forefront of a lot of these movements, it’s time for us to also take action,” Carrington stated.
“It definitely needs to happen as women, women’s rights being taken away, like, now, LGBTQ rights being taken away now. They haven’t happened yet, but definitely in the works.”
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DiJonai Carrington (21) of the Connecticut Solar dribbles throughout Recreation 2 of the primary spherical of the WNBA playoffs towards the Indiana Fever Sept. 25, 2024, on the Mohegan Solar Area in Uncasville, Conn. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE by way of Getty Photos)
Carrington wore a shirt that stated, “The F— Donald Trump Tour” Friday whereas strolling into Wayfair Area in Miami, Florida.
The participant is most identified for her interactions with ladies’s basketball phenom Caitlin Clark throughout Clark’s rookie WNBA season in 2024.
Carrington gave Clark a black eye after poking her throughout a sport between Clark’s Indiana Fever and Carrington’s Connecticut Solar within the first spherical of the playoffs in September. Carrington laughed with Fever teammate Marina Mabrey after the incident.
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Connecticut Solar guard DiJonai Carrington (21) fouls Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) within the second half in Indianapolis Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Picture/Michael Conroy)
Carrington has stated she did not deliberately poke Clark within the eye and that she wasn’t laughing in regards to the incident. Nevertheless, she made mild of the controversy over Clark’s black eye in an Instagram Stay video in October.
Within the video, Carrington and her girlfriend, NaLyssa Smith, who performs on the Indiana Fever with Clark, have been of their kitchen when Smith poked Carrington within the eye.
“Ow, you poked me in the eye,” Carrington stated. Smith apologized, and the 2 laughed.
“Did you do it on purpose?” Carrington requested.
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Connecticut Solar guards Marina Mabrey (4) and DiJonai Carrington (21) have a good time in the course of the second half of a first-round WNBA basketball playoff sport towards the Indiana Fever Sept. 25, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Picture/Jessica Hill)
Carrington provoked Clark followers previous to the eye-poking incident with a number of statements berating Clark and her fan base.
Throughout a sport in June, Carrington fouled Clark after Clark obtained an inbound go from teammate Kristy Wallace. Clark caught the go and began towards the basket. Carrington was late attending to Clark attributable to a display screen by Aliyah Boston, and he or she ran into Clark.
Later that month, Carrington posted on X, saying Clark ought to do extra to talk out about individuals utilizing her identify for “racism” and different types of prejudice. She additionally referred to as the Fever followers the “nastiest” within the league.
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